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Lexicon :: Strong's H4306 - māṭār

Aa
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 BoxExo 9:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:33 - So Moses H4872 went H3318 out of the city H5892 from Pharaoh, H6547 and spread H6566 out his [fn]hands H3709 to the LORD; H3068 and the [fn]thunder H6963 and the hail H1259 ceased, H2308 and rain H4306 [fn]no H3808 longer poured H5413 on the earth. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:34 - But when Pharaoh H6547 saw H7200 that the rain H4306 and the hail H1259 and the [fn]thunder H6963 had ceased, H2308 he sinned H2398 again H3254 and [fn]hardened H3513 his heart, H3820 he and his servants. H5650

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:11 - “But the land H776 into which H834 you are about to cross H5674 to possess H3423 it, a land H776 of hills H2022 and valleys, H1237 drinks H8354 water H4325 from the rain H4306 of heaven, H8064

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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 BoxDeu 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:17 - “Or the anger H639 of the LORD H3068 will be kindled H2734 against you, and He will shut H6113 up the heavens H8064 so that there will be no H3808 rain H4306 and the ground H127 will not yield H5414 its fruit; H2981 and you will perish H6 quickly H4120 from the good H2896 land H776 which H834 the LORD H3068 is giving H5414 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:12 - “The LORD H3068 will open H6605 for you His good H2896 storehouse, H214 the heavens, H8064 to give H5414 rain H4306 to your land H776 in its season H6256 and to bless H1288 all H3605 the work H4639 of your hand; H3027 and you shall lend H3867 to many H7227 nations, H1471 but you shall not borrow. H3867

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:24 - “The LORD H3068 will make H5414 the rain H4306 of your land H776 powder H80 and dust; H6083 from heaven H8064 it shall come H3381 down H3381 on you until H5704 you are destroyed. H8045

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:2 - “Let my teaching H3948 drop H6201 as the rain, H4306
My speech H565 distill H5140 as the dew, H2919
As the droplets H8164 on the fresh H1877 grass H1877
And as the showers H7241 on the herb. H6212

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:17 - “Is it not the wheat H2406 harvest H7105 today? H3117 I will call H7121 to the LORD, H3068 that He may send H5414 [fn]thunder H6963 and rain. H4306 Then you will know H3045 and see H7200 that your wickedness H7451 is great H7227 which H834 you have done H6213 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 by asking H7592 for yourselves a king.” H4428

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:18 - So Samuel H8050 called H7121 to the LORD, H3068 and the LORD H3068 sent H5414 [fn]thunder H6963 and rain H4306 that day; H3117 and all H3605 the people H5971 greatly H3966 feared H3372 the LORD H3068 and Samuel. H8050

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:21 - “O mountains H2022 of Gilboa, H1533
Let not dew H2919 or rain H4306 be on you, nor H408 fields H7704 of offerings; H8641
For there H8033 the shield H4043 of the mighty H1368 was defiled, H1602
The shield H4043 of Saul, H7586 not anointed H4899 with oil. H8081

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:4 - Is as the light H216 of the morning H1242 when the sun H8121 rises, H2224
A morning H1242 without H3808 clouds, H5645
When the tender H1877 grass H1877 springs out of the earth, H776
Through H4480 sunshine H5051 after H4480 rain.’ H4306

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:35 - “When the heavens H8064 are shut H6113 up and there is no H3808 rain, H4306 because H3588 they have sinned H2398 against You, and they pray H6419 toward H413 this H2088 place H4725 and confess H3034 Your name H8034 and turn H7725 from their sin H2403 when H3588 You afflict H6031 them,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:36 - then hear H8085 in heaven H8064 and forgive H5545 the sin H2403 of Your servants H5650 and of Your people H5971 Israel, H3478 indeed, H3588 teach H3384 them the good H2896 way H1870 in which H834 they should walk. H1980 And send H5414 rain H4306 on Your land, H776 which H834 You have given H5414 Your people H5971 for an inheritance. H5159

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:1 - Now Elijah H452 the Tishbite, H8664 who was of [fn]the settlers H8453 of Gilead, H1568 said H559 to Ahab, H256 “As the LORD, H3068 the God H430 of Israel H3478 lives, H2416 before H6440 whom H834 I stand, H5975 surely H518 there shall be neither H518 dew H2919 nor rain H4306 these H428 years, H8141 except H3588 H518 by my word.” H1697

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:1 - Now it happened H1961 after many H7227 days H3117 that the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 to Elijah H452 in the third H7992 year, H8141 saying, H559 “Go, H1980 show H7200 yourself to Ahab, H256 and I will send H5414 rain H4306 on the face H6440 of the earth.” H127

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:26 - “When the heavens H8064 are shut H6113 up and there is no H3808 rain H4306 because H3588 they have sinned H2398 against You, and they pray H6419 toward H413 this H2088 place H4725 and confess H3034 Your name, H8034 and turn H7725 from their sin H2403 when H3588 You afflict H6031 them;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:27 - then hear H8085 in heaven H8064 and forgive H5545 the sin H2403 of Your servants H5650 and Your people H5971 Israel, H3478 indeed, H3588 teach H3384 them the good H2896 way H1870 in which H834 they should walk. H1980 And send H5414 rain H4306 on Your land H776 which H834 You have given H5414 to Your people H5971 for an inheritance. H5159

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:13 - “If H2005 I shut H6113 up the heavens H8064 so that there is no H3808 rain, H4306 or if H2005 I command H6680 the locust H2284 to devour H398 the land, H776 or if H518 I send H7971 pestilence H1698 among My people, H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:10 - “He gives H5414 rain H4306 on the earth H776
And sends H7971 water H4325 on the fields, H2351

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:26 - When He set H6213 a limit H2706 for the rain H4306
And a course H1870 for the thunderbolt, H6963 H2385

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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 BoxJob 36:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:27 - “For He draws H1639 up the drops H5198 of water, H4325
They distill H2212 rain H4306 from [fn]the [fn]mist, H108

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:6 - “For to the snow H7950 He says, H559 ‘Fall H1933 on the earth,’ H776
And to the [fn]downpour H1653 H4306 and the rain, H1653 H4306 ‘Be strong.’ H5797

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:28 - “Has H3426 the rain H4306 a father? H1
Or H176 who H4310 has begotten H3205 the drops H96 of dew? H2919

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:6 - [fn]May he come H3381 down H3381 like rain H4306 upon the mown H1488 grass,
Like showers H7241 that water H2222 the earth. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:7 - [fn]He causes the [fn]vapors H5387 to ascend H5927 from the ends H7097 of the earth; H776
Who makes H6213 lightnings H1300 for the rain, H4306
Who brings H3318 forth H3318 the wind H7307 from His treasuries. H214

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:8 - Who covers H3680 the heavens H8064 with clouds, H5645
Who provides H3559 rain H4306 for the earth, H776
Who makes grass H2682 to [fn]grow H6779 on the mountains. H2022

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:1 - Like snow H7950 in summer H7019 and like rain H4306 in harvest, H7105
So H3651 honor H3519 is not fitting H5000 for a fool. H3684

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:3 - A poor H7326 man H1397 who oppresses H6231 the lowly H1800
Is like a driving H5502 rain H4306 [fn]which leaves H369 no H369 food. H3899

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:6 - There will be a shelter H5521 to give shade H6738 from the heat H2721 by day, H3119 and refuge H4268 and [fn]protection H4563 from the storm H2230 and the rain. H4306

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:6 - “I will lay H7896 it waste; H1326
It will not be pruned H2168 or hoed, H5737
But briars H8068 and thorns H7898 will come H5927 up.
I will also charge H6680 the clouds H5645 to rain H4305 no H4480 rain H4306 on it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:23 - Then He will give H5414 you rain H4306 for [fn]the seed H2233 which H834 you will sow H2232 in the ground, H127 and bread H3899 from the yield H8393 of the ground, H127 and it will be [fn]rich H1879 and [fn]plenteous; H8082 on that day H3117 your livestock H4735 will graze H7462 in a roomy H7337 pasture. H3733

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:13 - When He utters H5414 His voice, H6963 there is a tumult H1995 of waters H4325 in the heavens, H8064
And He causes the clouds H5387 to ascend H5927 from the end H7097 of the earth; H776
He makes H6213 lightning H1300 for the rain, H4306
And brings H3318 out the wind H7307 from His storehouses. H214

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:16 - When He utters H5414 His voice, H6963 there is a tumult H1995 of waters H4325 in the heavens, H8064
And He causes the clouds H5387 to ascend H5927 from the end H7097 of the earth; H776
He makes H6213 lightning H1300 for the rain H4306
And brings H3318 forth H3318 the wind H7307 from His storehouses. H214

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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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