# H4305 מָטַר

מָטַר (mâṭar), Strong’s H4305: to rain KJV: (cause to) rain (upon).. Occurs 17 times.

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*mâṭar* — to rain

KJV: (cause to) rain (upon).

Occurs 17 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [מָטַר] vb. denom. [rain]
- Niph. be rained upon
- Hiph. send rain, rain

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 2:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/2?v=5) — No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for the LORD God had not caused…
- [Genesis 7:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/7?v=4) — In seven days, I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights. I will destroy every living thing…
- [Genesis 19:24](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/19?v=24) — Then the LORD rained on Sodom and on Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the LORD out of the sky.
- [Exodus 9:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/9?v=18) — Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as has not been in Egypt since the…
- [Exodus 9:23](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/9?v=23) — Moses stretched out his rod toward the heavens, and the LORD sent thunder and hail; and lightning flashed down to the…
- [Exodus 16:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/16?v=4) — Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread from the sky for you, and the people shall go out and gather a…
- [Isaiah 5:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/5?v=6) — I will lay it a wasteland. It won’t be pruned or hoed, but it will grow briers and thorns. I will also command the…
- [Ezekiel 38:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/38?v=22) — I will enter into judgment with him with pestilence and with blood. I will rain on him, on his hordes, and on the many…
- [Amos 4:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/amos/4?v=7) — “I also have withheld the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain on…
- [Psalms 11:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/11?v=6) — On the wicked he will rain blazing coals; fire, sulfur, and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.