מַלְקוֹשׁ malqôwsh

Hebrew · Strong's H4456 · pronounced mal-koshe' · used 8 times in 8 verses

Meaning

the spring rain; figuratively, eloquence

In the King James Version: latter rain.

Derivation: from H3953 (לָקַשׁ); (compare H3954 (לֶקֶשׁ))

Deuteronomy 11:14 then I will provide rain for your land in season, the autumn and spring rains, that you may gather your grain, new wine, and oil.
Job 29:23 They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.
Proverbs 16:15 When a king’s face brightens, there is life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.
Jeremiah 3:3 Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.
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.’
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.
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.