מָטַר matar

Hebrew word for “rain” · Strong’s H4306 · used 38 times in 36 verses

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Meaning

rain

How it is translated

Glosses given for matar in context, with how often each is used:

• rain 33
• like the rain 2
• like rain 2
• rains 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Deuteronomy 11 (3), Exodus 9 (2), Deuteronomy 28 (2), 1 Samuel 12 (2), 1 Kings 8 (2), 2 Chronicles 6 (2), Deuteronomy 32 (1), 2 Samuel 1 (1), 2 Samuel 23 (1), 1 Kings 17 (1)

Forms

• מטר 19
• למטר 6
• ומטר 5
• כמטר 3
• המטר 1
• ממטר 1
• מטרות 1
• וכמטר 1
• וממטר 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with matar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• שָׁמַיִם shamayim “heaven” 12
• קוֹל qol “voice” 7
• טַל tal “dew” 4
• עָצַר atsar “to restrain” 4
• מַלְקוֹשׁ malqosh “spring rain” 3
• אוֹצָר otsar “treasure” 4
• בָּרָק baraq “lightning” 3
• עָב av “cloud” 3
• מַי mayim “water” 5
• חֲזִיז chaziz “lightning” 2
• חַטָּאת chattat “sin” 4
• קָצֶה qatseh “end” 3

Key verses

The verses using matar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Deuteronomy 32:2 — My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
• 2 Samuel 23:4 — And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear…
• 1 Kings 8:35 — When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their…
• 1 Kings 8:36 — Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give…
• 1 Kings 17:1 — And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew…
• 1 Kings 18:1 — And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon…
• Psalms 72:6 — He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
• Psalms 135:7 — He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.
• Psalms 147:8 — Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
• 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…
• Isaiah 30:23 — Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in…
• Zechariah 10:1 — Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.

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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.