Strong's Lexicon

H4305

H4305 — מָטַר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

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HebrewmatarverbOccurrences: 17TWOT: 1187

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4305
Word:מָטַר
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:17
Transliteration:matar
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:maw-tar'
Meaning:1. to rain
KJV Renderings:(cause to) rain (upon).

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[מָטַר] verb denominative (compare GerberVerb. denom.106) [ rain] (Arabic [untranscribed source text 2967]; Syriac [untranscribed source text 2968] ᵑ7 Aph`el אַמְטַר); —

Niph`al Imperfect be rained upon חֶלְקָה אַחַתּ תִּמָּטֵר Amos 4:7.
Hiph`il Perfect הִמְטִיר Gen 2:5; Gen 19:24 וְהִמְטַרְתִּ֫י Amos 4:7 Imperfect יַמְטֵר Ps 11:6; Job 20:23 וַיַּמְטֵר Exod 9:3 + 2 t.; 3 feminine singular תַּמְטִיר Amos 4:7 (but read אַמְטִיר ᵐ5 ᵑ9 1 singular אַמְטִיר Amos 4:7 + Amos 4:7 (for תַּמְטִיר), Ezek 38:22 Infinitive construct הַמְטִיר Isa 5:6; Job 38:26 Participle מַמְטִיר Gen 7:4 + 2 t.; — send rain, rain (followed by עַל except Exod 9:18; Exod 16:4); subject ׳ י (no direct object) Gen 2:5; Gen 7:4 (both J ), Amos 4:7 (3 t. in verse), compare Job 38:26 subject clouds עָבִים by divine command Isa 5:6 (accusative of cognate meaning with verb מָטָר); מָן ׳ הִמִ Ps 78:24 שְׁאֵר Ps 78:27 לֶחֶם Exod 16:4 ( J ; מִןהַֿשָּׁמַים no עַל); as act of judgment בָּרָד ׳ הִמ rain hail, send hail, subject ׳ י Exod 9:23 ( J ); compare Exod 9:18 ( J ; no עַל); object גָּפְרִית וָאֵשׁ Gen 19:24 ( J ), compare Ezek 38:22 ׳ וְגֶשֶׁם שׁוֺטֵף וְאַבְנֵי אֶלְגָּבִישׁ אֵשׁ וְגָפְרִית אַמ; figurative Ps 11:6 (object פַּחִים; but read פַּחֲמֵי אֵשׁ see Ew Che Bae and others); Job 20:23 (|| clause יְשַׁלַּח בּוֺ חֲרוֺן אַפּוֺ ).

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מטר (mah-tar’)

Amos 4:7

KJV: And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.
EHCC: one piece was rained upon,

Genesis 2:5

KJV: And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
EHCC: the Lord God had not caused it to rain

Genesis 19:24

KJV: Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven;
EHCC: the Lord rained upon Sodom and

Amos 4:7

KJV: And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.
EHCC: and 1 caused it to rain

Job 38:26

KJV: To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
EHCC: To cause it to rain on the earth,

Isaiah 5:6

KJV: And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
EHCC: command the clouds that they rain no rain

Exodus 9:23

KJV: And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt.
EHCC: and the Lord rained hail

Job 20:23

KJV: When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
EHCC: and shall rain (it) upon him

Job 78:24

EHCC: And had raixed down manna

Amos 4:7

KJV: And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.
EHCC: and caused it not to rain

Genesis 7:4

KJV: For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.destroy: Heb. blot out
EHCC: 1 will cause it to rain

Exodus 9:18

KJV: Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now.
EHCC: 1 will cause it to rain

Exodus 16:4

KJV: Then said the Lord unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.a certain…: Heb. the portion of a day in his day
EHCC: 1 will rain bread from heaven

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