Strong H1653גֶּ֫שֶׁם
rain
- Transliteration
- geshem
- Pronunciation
- gheh'-shem
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From H1652; a shower: - {rain} shower.
Detailed definition
rain, shower
In the Bible
Strong H1653 appears in 33 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- rain29
- shower4
- cause1
First verses
- Genesis 7:12And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
- Genesis 8:2The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
- Leviticus 26:4Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
- 1 Kings 17:7And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
- 1 Kings 17:14For thus saith the Lord God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the Lord sendeth rain upon the earth.
- 1 Kings 18:41And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.
- 1 Kings 18:44And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man’s hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.
- 1 Kings 18:45And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
- 2 Kings 3:17For thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.
- Ezra 10:9Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.
- Ezra 10:13But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.
- Job 37:6For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
- Psalms 68:9Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
- Psalms 105:32He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.
- Proverbs 25:14Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
- Proverbs 25:23The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
- Ecclesiastes 11:3If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
- Ecclesiastes 12:2While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
- Song of Songs 2:11For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
- Isaiah 44:14He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.