מָטַרmâṭar

rain (Exodus 9:33; Deuteronomy 11:11; Job 37:6; Deuteronomy 11:14; Deuteronomy 11:17)

Pronunciation: maw-tawr' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4306

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 38 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 9:33 So Moses left Pharaoh’s court and went out of the city. When he lifted his hands to the Lord, the thunder and hail stopped, and the downpour ceased.
  • Exodus 9:34 But when Pharaoh saw that the rain, hail, and thunder had stopped, he and his officials sinned again, and Pharaoh again became stubborn.
  • Deuteronomy 11:11 Rather, the land you will soon take over is a land of hills and valleys with plenty of rain—
  • Deuteronomy 11:14 then he will send the rains in their proper seasons—the early and late rains—so you can bring in your harvests of grain, new wine, and olive oil.
  • Deuteronomy 11:17 If you do, the Lord’s anger will burn against you. He will shut up the sky and hold back the rain, and the ground will fail to produce its harvests. Then you will quickly die in that good land the Lord is giving you.
  • Deuteronomy 28:12 The Lord will send rain at the proper time from his rich treasury in the heavens and will bless all the work you do. You will lend to many nations, but you will never need to borrow from them.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).