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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 -

“I[fn] will provide rain for your land in the proper time, the autumn and spring rains, and you will harvest your grain, new wine, and fresh oil.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:23 -

They waited for me as for the rain

and opened their mouths as for spring showers.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:15 -

When a king’s face lights up, there is life;

his favor is like a cloud with spring rain.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:3 -

This is why the showers haven’t come —

why there has been no spring rain.

You have the brazen look of a prostitute[fn]

and refuse to be ashamed.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:24 -

“They have not said to themselves,

‘Let’s fear the LORD our God,

who gives the seasonal rains, both autumn and spring,

who guarantees to us the fixed weeks of the harvest.’

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:3 -

Let’s strive to know the LORD.

His appearance is as sure as the dawn.

He will come to us like the rain,

like the spring showers that water the land.

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:23 -

Children of Zion, rejoice and be glad

in the LORD your God,

because he gives you the autumn rain[fn]

for your vindication.[fn]

He sends showers for you,

both autumn and spring rain as before.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:1 -

Ask the LORD for rain

in the season of spring rain.

The LORD makes the rain clouds,

and he will give them showers of rain

and crops in the field for everyone.

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