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 the rain of your land in its season, the former rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy grain, and thy new 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 favor is as a cloud of the latter rain.Jeremiah 3:3 · וּמַלְק֖וֹשׁTherefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; yet thou hast a harlot’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.Jeremiah 5:24 · וּמַלְק֖וֹשׁNeither say they in their heart, Let us now fear Jehovah our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in its season; that preserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.Hosea 6:3 · כְּמַלְק֖וֹשׁAnd let us know, let us follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is sure as the morning; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.Zechariah 10:1 · מַלְק֔וֹשׁAsk ye of Jehovah rain in the time of the latter rain, even of Jehovah that maketh lightnings; and he will give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.