מַלְקוֹשׁ
mal.qosh
“spring rain”
Definition
the spring rain; figuratively, eloquence
from H3953 (לָקַשׁ); (compare H3954 (לֶקֶשׁ))
- latter rain, spring rain 1a) the March and April rains which mature the crops of Palestine
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
מַלְקוֹשׁ appears 8 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
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.
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.
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.
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.’
They waited for me as for rainand drank in my words like spring showers.
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