# מָטַר (matar)

Israeli respelling: ma-tar. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H4305. 14 Old Testament occurrences.

to rain

King James renderings: (cause to) rain (upon).

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/matar-h4305

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 2:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [Genesis 7:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 wil…
- [Genesis 19:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/19/24) — Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
- [Exodus 9:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [Exodus 9:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 r…
- [Exodus 16:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 d…
- [Job 20:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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.
- [Psalms 78:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/78/24) — And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.
- [Psalms 78:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/78/27) — He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:
- [Isaiah 5:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [Ezekiel 38:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 ar…
- [Amos 4:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 c…