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Spring rain

מַלְקוֹשׁStrong’s H4456

malqosh (mal-qosh)

Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Malqosh is the Hebrew word usually translated “spring rain” and “like spring rain”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.

“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.”
Zechariah 10:1 KJV
Meaning
  1. Latter rain, spring rainthe March and April rains which mature the crops of Palestine
How it's translated
  • and spring rain 4
  • spring rain 2
  • for spring rain 1
  • like spring rain 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Jeremiah 2
  • Deuteronomy 1
  • Job 1
  • Proverbs 1
  • Hosea 1
  • Joel 1

7 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

מַלְקוֹשׁ malqosh · spring rain

1) latter rain, spring rain 1a) the March and April rains which mature the crops of Palestine

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.