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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #4456 - מַלְקוֹשׁ

Transliteration

malqôwsh

Phonetics

mal-koshe'

Origin

from (H3953)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

1127b

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

latter rain, spring rain
1. the March and April rains which mature the crops of Palestine

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 3797 ‑ ὄψιμος (op'‑sim‑os);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (6)

Proverbs 1

Jeremiah 2

Hosea 1

Joel 1

Zechariah 1

BSB (6)

Deuteronomy 1

Job 1

Proverbs 1

Jeremiah 2

Hosea 1

Joel 1

Zechariah 1

CSB (6)

Deuteronomy 1

Job 1

Proverbs 1

Jeremiah 2

Hosea 1

Joel 1

Zechariah 1

ESV (8)

Deuteronomy 1

Job 1

Proverbs 1

Jeremiah 2

Hosea 1

Joel 1

Zechariah 1

KJV (8)

Deuteronomy 1

Job 1

Proverbs 1

Jeremiah 2

Hosea 1

Joel 1

Zechariah 1

LEB (8)

Deuteronomy 1

Job 1

Proverbs 1

Jeremiah 2

Hosea 1

Joel 1

Zechariah 1

LSB (15)

Deuteronomy 1

Job 2

Proverbs 2

Jeremiah 4

Hosea 2

Joel 2

Zechariah 2

N95 (15)

Deuteronomy 1

Job 2

Proverbs 2

Jeremiah 4

Hosea 2

Joel 2

Zechariah 2

NAS (15)

Deuteronomy 2

Job 2

Proverbs 2

Jeremiah 4

Hosea 2

Joel 2

Zechariah 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (8)

Job 1

Proverbs 1

Jeremiah 2

Hosea 1

Joel 1

Zechariah 2

ASV (6)

and the latter 1

and the latter rain 1

and there hath been no latter rain 1

as the latter 1

of the latter rain 2

BSB (6)

and spring 1

and spring rains 1

in spring 1

like spring showers 1

like the spring showers 1

spring rains 1

CSB (6)

late 1

of spring rain 1

showers 1

spring rain 1

spring showers 1

with spring rain 1

ESV (8)

later rain 1

rain 3

spring rain 3

spring rains 1

KJV (8)

latter 2

rain 6

LEB (8)

and later rain 1

and spring rains 1

and the spring rain 2

as for the spring rain 1

like the spring rain 1

spring rain 1

the spring rain 1

LSB (15)

late 8

rain 6

rains 1

N95 (15)

late 1

latter 1

rain 7

spring 6

NAS (15)

late 2

latter 1

rain 7

spring 5

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (8)

and the latter 1

and the latter rain 1

and there has been no latter rain 1

as with the spring rain 1

in the spring 1

like the spring 1

of the spring rain 1

rain 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2321) s q l (לקסה LQSh) AC: Gather CO: After-growth AB: ?: A late gathering of a crop after a late rain. [from: lq- gathering]

V) s q l (לקסה LQSh) - Gather: To gather in the late crop. KJV (1): (vf: Piel) gather - Strongs: H3953 (לָקַשׁ)

N^m) s q l (לקסה LQSh) - After-growth: KJV (2): latter growth - Strongs: H3954 (לֶקֶשׁ)

ac^m) s f q l m (מלקוסה MLQWSh) - Late rain: A late rain that causes a latter growth of crops. KJV (8): latter rain - Strongs: H4456 (מַלְקוֹשׁ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מַלְקוֺשׁ noun masculine^{Jeremiah 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).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

מַלְקוֹשׁ m. (from the root לָקַשׁ) the latter (i.e. the spring) rain, which falls in Palestine in the months of March and April, before the harvest. Deuteronomy 11:14; Jeremiah 3:3, 5:24 opp. to the former or autumnal rain (יוֹרֶה, מוֹרֶה). Poet. an eloquent and profitable discourse is compared to the latter rain Job 29:23.

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List of Word Forms

וּמַלְק֑וֹשׁ וּמַלְק֖וֹשׁ ומלקוש כְּמַלְק֖וֹשׁ כמלקוש לְמַלְקֽוֹשׁ׃ למלקוש׃ מַלְק֔וֹשׁ מַלְקֽוֹשׁ׃ מלקוש מלקוש׃ kə·mal·qō·wōš kemalKoosh kəmalqōwōš lə·mal·qō·wōš lemalKoosh ləmalqōwōš mal·qō·wōš malKoosh malqōwōš ū·mal·qō·wōš umalKoosh ūmalqōwōš