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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:14 - that I will give the rain of your land in its season, the former rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, and your new wine, and your oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:23 - They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:15 - In the light of the king's face is life. His favor is like a cloud of the spring rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:3 - Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there has been no latter rain; yet you have a prostitute's forehead, you refused to be ashamed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:24 - Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season; who preserves to us the appointed weeks of the harvest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:3 - Let us acknowledge the LORD. Let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, The LORD will appear. He will come to us like the rain, Like the spring rain that waters the eretz."

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:23 - "Be glad then, you children of Tziyon, And rejoice in the LORD, your God; For he gives you the former rain in just measure, And he causes the rain to come down for you, The former rain and the latter rain, As before.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:1 - Ask of the LORD rain in the spring time, The LORD who makes storm clouds, And he gives rain showers to everyone for the plants in the field.
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