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Lexicon :: Strong's H4456 - malqôš

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מַלְקוֹשׁ
Transliteration
malqôš
Pronunciation
mal-koshe'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1127b

Strong’s Definitions

מַלְקוֹשׁ malqôwsh, mal-koshe'; from H3953; (compare H3954) the spring rain; figuratively, eloquence:—latter rain.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H4456 in the following manner: latter rain (6x), latter (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H4456 in the following manner: latter rain (6x), latter (2x).
  1. latter rain, spring rain

    1. the March and April rains which mature the crops of Palestine

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַלְקוֹשׁ malqôwsh, mal-koshe'; from H3953; (compare H3954) the spring rain; figuratively, eloquence:—latter rain.
STRONGS H4456: Abbreviations
מַלְקוֺשׁ noun masculineJeremiah 3:3 latter-rain, spring-rain (i.e. showers of March-April; important, as strengthening and maturing crops); מ׳ Hosea 6:3 + 7 times; — related to גֶּשֶׁם as particular to general, opposed to יוֺרֶה (former rain, q. v.): Hosea 6:3; Jeremiah 5:24; so opposed to מוֺרֶה Joel 2:23; particular under מָטָר Deuteronomy 11:14 (opposed to יוֺרֶה), Zechariah 10:1 (+ מְטַרגֶּֿשֶׁם), Job 29:23; || רְבִבִים Jeremiah 3:3; עָב מ׳ Proverbs 16:15 spring-rain-cloud (simile of king's favour).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

11:14

Job

29:23

Proverbs

16:15

Jeremiah

3:3; 3:3; 5:24

Hosea

6:3; 6:3

Joel

2:23

Zechariah

10:1

H4456

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4456 matches the Hebrew מַלְקוֹשׁ (malqôš),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:14 - that [fn]He will give the rain for your land in its season, the early [fall] rain and the late [spring] rain, so that you may gather in your grain and your new wine and your [olive] oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:23 -

“They waited for me [and for my words] as for the rain,

And they opened their mouths as for the spring rain.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:15 -

In the light of the king’s face is life,

And his favor is like a cloud bringing the spring rain.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:3 -

“Therefore the showers have been withheld,

And there has been no spring rain.

Yet you have the forehead (appearance) of a prostitute;

You refuse to be ashamed.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:24 -

‘They do not say in their heart,

“Let us now fear and worship the LORD our God [with profound awe and reverence],

Who gives rain in its season,

Both the autumn and the spring rain,

Who keeps for us

The appointed weeks of the harvest.”

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:3 -

“So let us know and become personally acquainted with Him; let us press on to know and understand fully the [greatness of the] LORD [to honor, heed, and deeply cherish Him].

His appearing is prepared and is as certain as the dawn,

And He will come to us [in salvation] like the [heavy] rain,

Like the spring rain watering the earth.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:23 -

So rejoice, O children of Zion,

And delight in the LORD, your God;

For He has given you the early [autumn] rain in vindication

And He has poured down the rain for you,

The early [autumn] rain and the late [spring] rain, as before.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:1 -

Ask for rain from the LORD at the time of the spring rain.

It is the LORD who makes the thunder clouds;

And He will give them showers of rain, grass in the field to everyone.

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