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Lexicon :: Strong's H4456 - malqôš

Aa
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 provide H5414 rain H4306 for your land H776 in its season H6256, the [fn]early H3138 and [fn]late H4456 rain H3138 H4456, so that you may gather H622 your grain H1715, 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 mouths H6310 as for the late 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 prostitute’s H802 H2181 [fn]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’s learn H3045, let’s press H7291 on H7291 to know H3045 the LORD H3068.

His appearance H4161 is as sure H3559 as the dawn H7837;

And He will come H935 to us like the rain H1653,

As the spring H4456 rain H4456 waters H3384 the earth H776.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:23 -

So shout H1523 for H1523 joy H1523, you sons H1121 of Zion H6726,

And rejoice 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 brought 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 for 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 winds H2385;

And He will give H5414 them showers H4306 of rain H1653, vegetation H6212 in the field H7704 to each person H376.

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