גֶּשֶׁם geshem

Meaning

a shower

In the King James Version: rain, shower.

Derivation: from H1652 (גָּשַׁם);

Where it is used

• Genesis 7:12 And the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.
• Genesis 8:2 The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.
• Leviticus 26:4 I will give you rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit.
• 1 Kings 17:7 Some time later, however, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
• 1 Kings 17:14 for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be exhausted and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain upon the face of the earth.’”
• 1 Kings 18:41 And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.”
• 1 Kings 18:44 On the seventh time the servant reported, “There is a cloud as small as a man’s hand rising from the sea.” And Elijah replied, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.’”
• 1 Kings 18:45 Meanwhile, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and a heavy rain began to fall. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.
• 2 Kings 3:17 For the LORD says, ‘You will not see wind or rain, but the valley will be filled with water, and you will drink—you and your cattle and your animals.’
• Ezra 10:9 So within the three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem, and on the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square at the house of God, trembling regarding this matter and because of the heavy rain.
• Ezra 10:13 But there are many people here, and it is the rainy season. We are not able to stay out in the open. Nor is this the work of one or two days, for we have transgressed greatly in this matter.
• Job 37:6 For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the gentle rain, ‘Pour out a mighty downpour.’
• Psalms 68:9 You sent abundant rain, O God; You refreshed Your weary inheritance.
• Psalms 105:32 He gave them hail for rain, with lightning throughout their land.
• Proverbs 25:14 Like clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given.
• Proverbs 25:23 As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.
• Ecclesiastes 11:3 If the clouds are full, they will pour out rain upon the earth; whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there it will lie.
• Ecclesiastes 12:2 before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is darkened, and the clouds return after the rain,
• Song of Solomon 2:11 For now the winter is past; the rain is over and gone.
• Isaiah 44:14 He cuts down cedars or retrieves a cypress or oak. He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow.
• Isaiah 55:10 For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,
• Jeremiah 5:24 They have not said in their hearts, ‘Let us fear the LORD our God, who gives the rains, both autumn and spring, in season, who keeps for us the appointed weeks of harvest.’
• Jeremiah 14:4 The ground is cracked because no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.
• Ezekiel 1:28 The appearance of the brilliant light all around Him was like that of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell facedown and heard a voice speaking.
• Ezekiel 13:11 tell those whitewashing the wall that it will fall. Rain will come in torrents, I will send hailstones plunging down, and a windstorm will burst forth.
• Ezekiel 13:13 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: In My wrath I will release a windstorm, and in My anger torrents of rain and hail will fall with destructive fury.
• Ezekiel 34:26 I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season—showers of blessing.
• Ezekiel 38:22 I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour out torrents of rain, hailstones, fire, and sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him.
• Hosea 6:3 So let us know—let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.
• Joel 2:23 Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.
• Amos 4:7 “I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered.
• Zechariah 10:1 Ask the LORD for rain in springtime; the LORD makes the storm clouds, and He will give everyone showers of rain and crops in the field.
• Zechariah 14:17 And should any of the families of the earth not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, then the rain will not fall on them.