מָטַר matar
Hebrew word for “to rain” · Strong’s H4305 · used 17 times in 14 verses
Meaning
1) to rain; 1a) (Niphal) to be rained on or upon; 1b) (Hiphil); 1b1) to rain, send rain; 1b2) to rain hail, send hail
How it is translated
Glosses given for matar in context, with how often each is used:
- rained down 3
- sent rain 3
- about to rain down 2
- will rain down 2
- had caused rain 1
- about to bring rain 1
- caused to rain 1
- will send rain 1
- send rain 1
- raining 1
- rained on 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Exodus 9 (2), Psalms 78 (2), Genesis 2 (1), Genesis 7 (1), Genesis 19 (1), Exodus 16 (1), Job 20 (1), Job 38 (1), Psalms 11 (1), Isaiah 5 (1)
Forms
- וימטר 4
- ממטיר 3
- המטיר 2
- אמטיר 2
- להמטיר 1
- ימטר 1
- מהמטיר 1
- והמטרתי 1
- תמטר 1
- תמטיר 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with matar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- גׇּפְרִית gophrit “brimstone” 3
- אֵשׁ esh “fire” 4
- שָׁמַיִם shamayim “heaven” 4
- בָּרָד barad “hail” 2
- גֶּשֶׁם geshem “rain” 2
- אֲדָמָה adamah “land” 2
- מִן־ min “from” 3
- הֵן hen “look!” 2
- אָנֹכִי anokhi “I” 2
- עוֹד od “still” 2
- כֶם khem “you” 2
- אָדָם adam “man” 2
Key verses
The verses using matar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 2:5 — 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,…
- Genesis 7:4 — 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…
- Genesis 19:24 — Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
- Exodus 9:18 — 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.
- Exodus 9:23 — 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…
- Exodus 16:4 — 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…
- Job 20:23 — 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.
- Job 38:26 — To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
- Psalms 11:6 — Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
- Isaiah 5:6 — 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…
- Ezekiel 38:22 — And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an…
- Amos 4:7 — 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…
See all 14 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.