מָטַר
ma.tar
“rain”
Definition
rain
from H4305 (מָטַר);
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
מָטַר appears 36 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”
then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an inheritance.
The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow from none.
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.”
Does the rain have a father?Who has begotten the drops of dew?
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.