Strong's Hebrew #4456 - מַלְקוֹשׁ malqosh (latter rain)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance latter rain From laqash; the spring rain (compare leqesh); figuratively, eloquence -- latter rain. see HEBREW laqash see HEBREW leqesh Englishman's Concordance 1) latter rain, spring rain 1a) the March and April rains which mature the crops of Palestine Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H3953 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1127b Brown-Driver-Briggs 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 7t.; — 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). Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Hebrew: 4456. מַלְקוֹשׁ (malqosh) — 8 OccurrencesDeuteronomy 11:14 Job 29:23 Proverbs 16:15 Jeremiah 3:3 Jeremiah 5:24 Hosea 6:3 Joel 2:23 Zechariah 10:1 |