H4456 מַלְקוֹשׁ
malqôwsh — the spring rain; figuratively, eloquence
KJV: latter rain.
Derived from לָקַשׁ lâqash (to gather the after crop)
Occurs 8 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מַלְקוֹשׁ n.m. latter-rain, spring-rain (i.e. showers of March-April; important as strengthening and maturing crops)
Where it occurs
- Deuteronomy 11:14 — that I will give the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your…
- Jeremiah 3:3 — Therefore the showers have been withheld and there has been no latter rain; yet you have had a prostitute’s forehead…
- Jeremiah 5:24 — They don’t say in their heart, ‘Let’s now fear the LORD our God, who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its…
- Hosea 6:3 — Let’s acknowledge the LORD. Let’s press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, the LORD will appear. He will…
- Joel 2:23 — “Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD, your God; for he gives you the early rain in just…
- Zechariah 10:1 — Ask of the LORD rain in the spring time, the LORD who makes storm clouds, and he gives rain showers to everyone for the…
- Proverbs 16:15 — In the light of the king’s face is life. His favor is like a cloud of the spring rain.
- Job 29:23 — They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.