1) latter rain, spring rain 1a) the March and April rains which mature the crops of Palestine
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H4456 — מַלְקוֹשׁ
mal.qosh · spring rain · Hebrew/Aramaic
7 tagged verse occurrences
Deuteronomy 11:14 · וּמַלְק֑וֹשׁThat I will give [you] the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.Job 29:23 · לְמַלְקֽוֹשׁ׃And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide [as] for the latter rain.Proverbs 16:15 · מַלְקֽוֹשׁ׃In the light of the king’s countenance [is] life; and his favour [is] as a cloud of the latter rain.Jeremiah 3:3 · וּמַלְק֖וֹשׁTherefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.Jeremiah 5:24 · וּמַלְק֖וֹשׁNeither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.Hosea 6:3 · כְּמַלְק֖וֹשׁThen shall we know, [if] we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter [and] former rain unto the earth.Zechariah 10:1 · מַלְק֔וֹשׁAsk ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; [so] the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.