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HebrewH4305Verb

מָטַר

ma.tar

14Occurrences
H4305Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to rain

a primitive root;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. to rain 1a) (Niphal) to be rained on or upon 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to rain, send rain 1b2) to rain hail, send hail

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

מָטַר appears 14 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Exodus
3
Genesis
3
Psalms
3
Job
2
Amos
1
Ezk
1
Isaiah
1

Key Passages

Amos 4:7BSB

“I also withheld the rain from youwhen the harvest was three months away.I sent rain on one citybut withheld it from another.One field received rain;another without rain withered.

Exodus 9:18BSB

Behold, at this time tomorrow I will rain down the worst hail that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded until now.

Ezk 38:22BSB

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Genesis 2:5BSB

Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted; for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.

Isaiah 5:6BSB

I will make it a wasteland,neither pruned nor cultivated,and thorns and briers will grow up.I will command the cloudsthat rain shall not fall on it.”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.