HebrewH4456Noun (Masculine)

מַלְקוֹשׁ

mal.qosh

8Occurrences
H4456Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

the spring rain; figuratively, eloquence

from H3953 (לָקַשׁ); (compare H3954 (לֶקֶשׁ))

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. latter rain, spring rain 1a) the March and April rains which mature the crops of Palestine

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

מַלְקוֹשׁ appears 8 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Jeremiah
2
Deuteronomy
1
Hosea
1
Job
1
Jol
1
Proverbs
1
Zechariah
1

Key Passages

Deuteronomy 11:14BSB

then I will provide rain for your land in season, the autumn and spring rains, that you may gather your grain, new wine, and oil.

Hosea 6:3BSB

So let us know—let us press on to know the LORD.As surely as the sun rises,He will appear;He will come to us like the rain,like the spring showers that water the earth.

Jeremiah 3:3BSB

Therefore the showers have been withheld,and no spring rains have fallen.Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute;you refuse to be ashamed.

Jeremiah 5:24BSB

They have not said in their hearts,‘Let us fear the LORD our God,who gives the rains, both autumn and spring, in season,who keeps for us the appointed weeks of harvest.’

Job 29:23BSB

They waited for me as for rainand drank in my words like spring showers.

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