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Lexicon :: Strong's H4306 - māṭār

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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 Box Exo 9:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:33 - So Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh and spread out his hands to the LORD; then the thunder and the hail ceased, and the rain was not poured on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:34 - And when Pharaoh saw that the rain, the hail, and the thunder had ceased, he sinned yet more; and he hardened his heart, he and his servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:11 - “but the land which you cross over to possess is a land of hills and valleys, which drinks water from the rain of heaven,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:14 - ‘then I[fn] will give you the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, your new wine, and your oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:17 - “lest the LORD’s anger be aroused against you, and He shut up the heavens so that there be no rain, and the land yield no produce, and you perish quickly from the good land which the LORD is giving you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:12 - “The LORD will open to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:24 - “The LORD will change the rain of your land to powder and dust; from the heaven it shall come down on you until you are destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:2 - Let my teaching drop as the rain,
My speech distill as the dew,
As raindrops on the tender herb,
And as showers on the grass.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:17 - “Is today not the wheat harvest? I will call to the LORD, and He will send thunder and rain, that you may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which you have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking a king for yourselves.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:18 - So Samuel called to the LORD, and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day; and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:21 - “O mountains of Gilboa,
Let there be no dew nor rain upon you,
Nor fields of offerings.
For the shield of the mighty is cast away there!
The shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:4 - And he shall be like the light of the morning when the sun rises,
A morning without clouds,
Like the tender grass springing out of the earth,
By clear shining after rain.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:35 - “When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against You, when they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and turn from their sin because You afflict them,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:36 - “then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk; and send rain on Your land which You have given to Your people as an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:1 - And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the LORD God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, except at my word.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:1 - And it came to pass after many days that the word of the LORD came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, “Go, present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:26 - “When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against You, when they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and turn from their sin because You afflict them,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:27 - “then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk; and send rain on Your land which You have given to Your people as an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:13 - “When I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among My people,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:10 - He gives rain on the earth,
And sends waters on the fields.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:26 - When He made a law for the rain,
And a path for the thunderbolt,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:23 - They waited for me as for the rain,
And they opened their mouth wide as for the spring rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:27 - For He draws up drops of water,
Which distill as rain from the mist,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:6 - For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth’;
Likewise to the gentle rain and the heavy rain of His strength.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:28 - Has the rain a father?
Or who has begotten the drops of dew?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:6 - He shall come down like rain upon the grass before mowing,
Like showers that water the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 135:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:7 - He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth;
He makes lightning for the rain;
He brings the wind out of His treasuries.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 147:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:8 - Who covers the heavens with clouds,
Who prepares rain for the earth,
Who makes grass to grow on the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:1 - As snow in summer and rain in harvest,
So honor is not fitting for a fool.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:3 - A poor man who oppresses the poor
Is like a driving rain which leaves no food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:6 - And there will be a tabernacle for shade in the daytime from the heat, for a place of refuge, and for a shelter from storm and rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:6 - I will lay it waste;
It shall not be pruned or dug,
But there shall come up briers and thorns.
I will also command the clouds
That they rain no rain on it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:23 - Then He will give the rain for your seed
With which you sow the ground,
And bread of the increase of the earth;
It will be fat and plentiful.
In that day your cattle will feed
In large pastures.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:13 - When He utters His voice,
There is a multitude of waters in the heavens:
“And He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth.
He makes lightning for the rain,
He brings the wind out of His treasuries.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:16 - When He utters His voice—
There is a multitude of waters in the heavens:
“He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth;
He makes lightnings for the rain;
He brings the wind out of His treasuries.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:1 - Ask the LORD for rain
In the time of the latter rain.[fn]
The LORD will make flashing clouds;
He will give them showers of rain,
Grass in the field for everyone.
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