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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 BoxDeu 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:14 - that [fn]He will give H5414 the rain H4306 for your land H776 in its season, H6256 the [fn]early H3138 and [fn]late H4456 rain, H3138 H4456 that you may gather H622 in your grain H1715 and your new H8492 wine H8492 and your oil. H3323

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:23 - “They waited H3176 for me as for the rain, H4306
And opened H6473 their mouth H6310 as for the spring H4456 rain. H4456

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:15 - In the light H216 of a king’s H4428 face H6440 is life, H2416
And his favor H7522 is like a cloud H5645 with the [fn]spring H4456 rain. H4456

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:3 - “Therefore the showers H7241 have been withheld, H4513
And there has been H1961 no H3808 spring H4456 rain. H4456
Yet you had H1961 a harlot’s H802 H2181 forehead; H4696
You refused H3985 to be ashamed. H3637

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:24 - ‘They do not say H559 in their heart, H3824
“Let us now H4994 fear H3372 the LORD H3068 our God, H430
Who gives H5414 rain H1653 in its season, H6256
Both the autumn H3138 rain H3138 and the spring H4456 rain, H4456
Who keeps H8104 for us
The appointed H2708 weeks H7620 of the harvest.” H7105

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:3 - “So let us know, H3045 let us press H7291 on to know H3045 the LORD. H3068
His going H4161 forth H4161 is as certain H3559 as the dawn; H7837
And He will come H935 to us like the rain, H1653
Like the spring H4456 rain H4456 watering H3384 the earth.” H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:23 - So rejoice, H1523 O sons H1121 of Zion, H6726
And be glad H8055 in the LORD H3068 your God; H430
For He has given H5414 you [fn]the early H4175 rain H4175 for your vindication. H6666
And He has poured H3381 down H3381 for you the rain, H1653
The [fn]early H4175 and [fn]latter H4456 rain H4456 [fn]as before. H7223

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:1 - Ask H7592 rain H4306 from the LORD H3068 at the time H6256 of the spring H4456 rain H4456—
The LORD H3068 who makes H6213 the [fn]storm H2385 clouds; H2385
And He will give H5414 them showers H1653 of rain, H1653 vegetation H6212 in the field H7704 to each man. H376
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