Word Study · Strong's H4306 · Hebrew
מָטַר
matar
maw-tawr'
Strong's 1890 spelling: mâṭar
“rain”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
rain
Rendered in the KJV as
rain.
- 38occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 12 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 27inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 38 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 27
- מָטָ֖ר3
- מָטָר֙3
- וּמָטָ֖ר2
- וּמָטָ֑ר2
- לַמָּטָ֣ר2
- לַמָּטָר֙2
- מָטָ֑ר2
- מָטָ֔ר2
- מְטַֽר־2
- הַמָּטָ֧ר1
- וְכַמָּטָ֥ר1
- וּמְטַר־1
and 15 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 13
- rain15
- for the rain5
- [the] rain of4
- and rain4
- like the rain2
- [the] rains of1
- and from [the] rain1
- and like the rain1
- and rain of1
- from rain1
- like rain1
- the rain1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 11
- noun · masculine singular15
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular7
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular4
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)4
- preposition + noun · masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 15
- HRd/Ncmsa · 7
- HC/Ncmsa · 4
- HNcmsc · 4
- HR/Ncmsa · 2
- HC/Ncmsc · 1
- HC/R/Ncmsa · 1
- HC/Rd/Ncmsa · 1
- HNcfpc · 1
- HR/Ncmsc · 1
- HTd/Ncmsa · 1
All 38, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Job7 of 38 · 18%
- Deuteronomy6 of 38 · 16%
- 1 Kings4 of 38 · 11%
- 2 Chronicles3 of 38 · 8%
- Psalms3 of 38 · 8%
Job carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Exodus2 occurrences
- Exodus 9:33וּמָטָ֖רumatarconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularThen Moses departed from Pharaoh, went out of the city, and spread out his hands to the LORD. The thunder and hail ceased, and the rain no longer poured down on the land.here: and rain
- Exodus 9:34הַמָּטָ֧רhamatarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularWhen Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had ceased, he sinned again and hardened his heart—he and his officials.here: the rain
Deuteronomy6 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 11:11לִמְטַ֥רlimtarpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)But the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks in the rain from heaven.here: to [the] rain of
- Deuteronomy 11:14מְטַֽר־metar-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)then I will provide rain for your land in season, the autumn and spring rains, that you may gather your grain, new wine, and oil.here: [the] rain of
- Deuteronomy 11:17מָטָ֔רmatarnoun · masculine singularor the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you. He will shut the heavens so that there will be no rain, nor will the land yield its produce, and you will soon perish from the good land that the LORD is giving you.here: rain
- Deuteronomy 28:12מְטַֽר־metar-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow from none.here: [the] rain of
- Deuteronomy 28:24מְטַ֥רmetarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)The LORD will turn the rain of your land into dust and powder; it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed.here: [the] rain of
- Deuteronomy 32:2כַּמָּטָר֙kamatarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularLet my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.here: like the rain
1 Samuel2 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 12:17וּמָטָ֑רumatarconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularIs it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.”here: and rain
- 1 Samuel 12:18וּמָטָ֖רumatarconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularSo Samuel called to the LORD, and on that day the LORD sent thunder and rain. As a result, all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.here: and rain
2 Samuel2 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 1:21מָטָ֛רmatarnoun · masculine singularO mountains of Gilboa, may you have no dew or rain, no fields yielding offerings of grain. For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.here: rain
- 2 Samuel 23:4מִמָּטָ֖רmimatarpreposition + noun · masculine singularis like the light of the morning at sunrise of a cloudless dawn, the glistening after the rain on the sprouting grass of the earth.’here: from rain
1 Kings4 occurrences
- 1 Kings 8:35מָטָ֖רmatarnoun · masculine singularWhen the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them,here: rain
- 1 Kings 8:36מָטָר֙matarnoun · masculine singularthen may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an inheritance.here: rain
- 1 Kings 17:1וּמָטָ֑רumatarconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularNow Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”here: and rain
- 1 Kings 18:1מָטָ֖רmatarnoun · masculine singularAfter a long time, in the third year of the drought, the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the face of the earth.”here: rain
2 Chronicles3 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 6:26מָטָ֖רmatarnoun · masculine singularWhen the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them,here: rain
- 2 Chronicles 6:27מָטָר֙matarnoun · masculine singularthen may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an inheritance.here: rain
- 2 Chronicles 7:13מָטָ֔רmatarnoun · masculine singularIf I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people,here: rain
Job7 occurrences
- Job 5:10מָ֭טָרmatornoun · masculine singularHe gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.here: rain
- Job 28:26לַמָּטָ֣רlamatarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularwhen He set a limit for the rain and a path for the thunderbolt,here: for the rain
- Job 29:23כַמָּטָ֣רkhamatarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularThey waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.here: like the rain
- Job 36:27מָטָ֣רmatarnoun · masculine singularFor He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist,here: rain
- Job 37:6מָטָ֑רmatarnoun · masculine singularFor He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the gentle rain, ‘Pour out a mighty downpour.’here: rain
- Job 37:6מִטְר֥וֹתmitrotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the gentle rain, ‘Pour out a mighty downpour.’here: [the] rains of
- Job 38:28לַמָּטָ֥רlamatarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularDoes the rain have a father? Who has begotten the drops of dew?here: for the rain
Psalms3 occurrences
- Psalms 72:6כְּמָטָ֣רkematarpreposition + noun · masculine singularMay he be like rain that falls on freshly cut grass, like spring showers that water the earth.here: like rain
- Psalms 135:7לַמָּטָ֣רlamatarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularHe causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.here: for the rain
- Psalms 147:8מָטָ֑רmatarnoun · masculine singularwho covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.here: rain
Proverbs2 occurrences
- Proverbs 26:1וְכַמָּטָ֥רvekhamatarconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singularLike snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.here: and like the rain
- Proverbs 28:3מָטָ֥רmatarnoun · masculine singularA destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food.here: rain
Isaiah3 occurrences
- Isaiah 4:6וּמִמָּטָֽר׃ פumimatarconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singulara shelter to give shade from the heat by day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and the rain.here: and from [the] rain
- Isaiah 5:6מָטָֽר׃matarnoun · masculine singularI will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”here: rain
- Isaiah 30:23מְטַ֨רmetarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.here: [the] rain of
Jeremiah2 occurrences
- Jeremiah 10:13לַמָּטָר֙lamatarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularWhen He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.here: for the rain
- Jeremiah 51:16לַמָּטָר֙lamatarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularWhen He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.here: for the rain
Zechariah2 occurrences
- Zechariah 10:1מָטָר֙matarnoun · masculine singularAsk the LORD for rain in springtime;the LORD makes the storm clouds,and He will give everyone showers of rainand crops in the field.here: rain
- Zechariah 10:1וּמְטַר־umetar-conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Ask the LORD for rain in springtime;the LORD makes the storm clouds,and He will give everyone showers of rainand crops in the field.here: and rain of
Same headword in Strong's