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Lexicon :: Strong's H4306 - māṭār

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מָטָר
Transliteration
māṭār
Pronunciation
maw-tawr'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1187a

Strong’s Definitions

מָטַר mâṭar, maw-tawr'; from H4305; rain:—rain.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 38x

The KJV translates Strong's H4306 in the following manner: rain (36x), great (1x), small (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 38x
The KJV translates Strong's H4306 in the following manner: rain (36x), great (1x), small (1x).

  1. rain

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָטַר mâṭar, maw-tawr'; from H4305; rain:—rain.
STRONGS H4306: Abbreviations
† מָטָר noun masculineExodus 9:33. rain (Assyrian meṭru, DlHWB 406; Arabic bdb056403; Sabean (Minaean) מטר HomChrestom. 127; Aramaic מַטְרָא, bdb056404); — מ׳ Exodus 9:33 + 30 times; construct מְטַר Deuteronomy 11:11 + 5 times; plural construct מִטְרוֺת Job 37:6; — rain, as watering earth, especially Canaan, Deuteronomy 11:11 הַשָּׁמַיִם מ׳; as blessing sent (verb usually נָתַן and withheld by י׳ Deuteronomy 11:14 (|| יוֺרֶה, מַלְקוֺשׁ); Deuteronomy 11:17 (here אַרְצְכֶס מְ׳); Deuteronomy 28:12; 1 Kings 8:35, 36; 1 Kings 17:1 (|| טַל), 1 Kings 18:12; 1 Chronicles 6:26; 1 Chronicles 6:27; 1 Chronicles 7:13; Job 5:10 (|| מַיִם), compare Job 28:26; Job 36:27; Psalm 147:8 (verb מֵכִין); so זַרְעֲךָ מְ׳ Isaiah 30:23; Zechariah 10:1 (|| מַלְקוֺשׁ), Zechariah 10:1 מְטַרגֶּֿשֶׁם; גֶּשֶׁם מָטָר Job 37:6, גֶּשֶׁם מִטְרוֺת עֻזּוֺ Job 37:6 (|| שֶׁלַג); Job 38:28 (|| אֶגְלֵיטָֿ֑ל) בְּרָקִים לַמּ׳ Psalm 135:7; Jeremiah 10:13 = Jeremiah 51:16 (|| הֲמוֺן מַיִם); also in אַרְצְךָ אָבָק וְעָפָר נָתַן אֵת מְ׳ Deuteronomy 28:24; compare Isaiah 5:6 (where accusative of congnate meaning with verb הִמְטִיר); wish of David 2 Samuel 1:21 (|| טַל); בַּקָּצִיר מ׳ simile of the unseasonable, Proverbs 26:1 (|| שֶׁלֶג בַּקַּיִץ); sent by extraordary supernatural power as sign Exodus 9:33, 34 (J; both || בָּרָר, קֹלוֺת) compare 1 Samuel 12:17, 18 (|| קֹלוֺת); simile of refreshment Deuteronomy 32:2 (|| טַל), Job 29:23 (|| מַלְקוֺשׁ), Psalm 72:6 (|| רְבִיבִים), compare 2 Samuel 23:4; as destructive Psalm 28:3 מָטָר סֹחֵף); also figurative, Isaiah 4:6 (|| זֶרֶם).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

9:33; 9:33; 9:33; 9:34

Deuteronomy

11:11; 11:11; 11:14; 11:17; 28:12; 28:24; 32:2

1 Samuel

12:17; 12:18

2 Samuel

1:21; 23:4

1 Kings

8:35; 8:36; 17:1; 18:12

1 Chronicles

6:26; 6:27; 7:13

Job

5:10; 28:26; 29:23; 36:27; 37:6; 37:6; 37:6; 38:28

Psalms

28:3; 72:6; 135:7; 147:8

Proverbs

26:1

Isaiah

4:6; 5:6; 30:23

Jeremiah

10:13; 51:16

Zechariah

10:1; 10:1

H4306

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4306 matches the Hebrew מָטָר (māṭār),
which occurs 38 times in 36 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:33 - And Moses goeth out from Pharaoh, from the city, and spreadeth his hands unto Jehovah, and the voices and the hail cease, and rain hath not been poured out to the earth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:34 - and Pharaoh seeth that the rain hath ceased, and the hail and the voices, and he continueth to sin, and hardeneth his heart, he and his servants;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:11 - but the land whither ye are passing over to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys; of the rain of the heavens it drinketh water;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:14 - that I have given the rain of your land in its season -- sprinkling and gathered -- and thou hast gathered thy corn, and thy new wine, and thine oil,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:17 - and the anger of Jehovah hath burned against you, and He hath restrained the heavens, and there is no rain, and the ground doth not give her increase, and ye have perished hastily from off the good land which Jehovah is giving to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:12 - 'Jehovah doth open to thee his good treasure -- the heavens -- to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand, and thou hast lent to many nations, and thou -- thou dost not borrow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:24 - Jehovah giveth the rain of thy land -- dust and ashes; from the heavens it cometh down on thee till thou art destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:2 - Drop as rain doth My doctrine; Flow as dew doth My sayings; As storms on the tender grass, And as showers on the herb,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:17 - is it not wheat-harvest to-day? I call unto Jehovah, and He doth give voices and rain; and know ye and see that your evil is great which ye have done in the eyes of Jehovah, to ask for you a king.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:18 - And Samuel calleth unto Jehovah, and Jehovah giveth voices and rain, on that day, and all the people greatly fear Jehovah and Samuel;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:21 - Mountains of Gilboa! No dew nor rain be on you, And fields of heave-offerings! For there hath become loathsome The shield of the mighty, The shield of Saul -- without the anointed with oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:4 - And as the light of morning he riseth, A morning sun -- no clouds! By the shining, by the rain, Tender grass of the earth!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:35 - 'In the heavens being restrained, and there is no rain, because they sin against Thee, and they have prayed towards this place, and confessed Thy name, and from their sin turn back, for Thou dost afflict them,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:36 - then Thou dost hear in the heavens, and hast forgiven the sin of Thy servants, and of Thy people Israel, for Thou directest them the good way in which they go, and hast given rain on Thy land which Thou hast given to Thy people for inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:1 - And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, saith unto Ahab, 'Jehovah, God of Israel, liveth, before whom I have stood, there is not these years dew and rain, except according to my word.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:1 - And the days are many, and the word of Jehovah hath been unto Elijah in the third year, saying, 'Go, appear unto Ahab, and I give rain on the face of the ground;'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:26 - 'In the heavens being restrained, and there is no rain, because they sin against Thee, and they have prayed towards this place, and confessed Thy name -- from their sin they turn back because Thou dost afflict them --

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:27 - then Thou dost hear in the heavens, and hast forgiven the sin of Thy servants, and of Thy people Israel, because Thou directest them unto the good way in which they walk, and hast given rain on Thy land that Thou hast given to Thy people for an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:13 - If I restrain the heavens and there is no rain, and if I lay charge on the locust to consume the land, and if I send pestilence among My people --

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:10 - Who is giving rain on the face of the land, And is sending waters on the out-places.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:26 - In His making for the rain a limit, And a way for the brightness of the voices,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:23 - And they wait as for rain for me, And their mouth they have opened wide As for the latter rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:27 - When He doth diminish droppings of the waters, They refine rain according to its vapour,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:6 - For to snow He saith, 'Be on the earth.' And the small rain and great rain of His power.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:28 - Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:6 - He cometh down as rain on mown grass, As showers -- sprinkling the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 135:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:7 - Causing vapours to ascend from the end of the earth, Lightnings for the rain He hath made, Bringing forth wind from His treasures.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 147:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:8 - Who is covering the heavens with clouds, Who is preparing for the earth rain, Who is causing grass to spring up on mountains,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:1 - As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honour is not comely for a fool.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:3 - A man -- poor and oppressing the weak, Is a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:6 - And a covering may be, For a shadow by day from drought, And for a refuge, and for a hiding place, From inundation and from rain!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:6 - And I make it a waste, It is not pruned, nor arranged, And gone up have brier and thorn, And on the thick clouds I lay a charge, From raining upon it rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:23 - And He hath given rain for thy seed, With which thou dost sow the ground, And bread, the increase of the ground, And it hath been fat and plenteous, Enjoy do thy cattle in that day an enlarged pasture.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:13 - At the voice He giveth forth, A multitude of waters is in the heavens, And He causeth vapours to come up from the end of the earth, Lightnings for rain He hath made, And bringeth out wind from His treasures.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:16 - At the voice He giveth forth, A multitude of waters are in the heavens, And He causeth vapours to come up from the end of the earth, Lightnings for rain He hath made, And He bringeth out wind from His treasures.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:1 - They asked of Jehovah rain in a time of latter rain, Jehovah is making lightnings, And rain in showers He doth give to them. To each -- the herb in the field.
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