Lexicon :: Strong's H4456 - malqôš

מַלְקוֹשׁ
Transliteration
malqôš
Pronunciation
mal-koshe'
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From לָקַשׁ (H3953)
Dictionary Aids

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).
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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