Strong H4456מַלְקוֹשׁ

spring rain

Definition

From H3953; the spring rain (compare H3954); figuratively eloquence: - latter rain.

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

Strong H4456 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.

Deuteronomy 11:14
That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.
Job 29:23
And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
Proverbs 16:15
In the light of the king’s countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
Jeremiah 3:3
Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
Jeremiah 5:24
Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the Lord our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
Hosea 6:3
Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
Joel 2:23
Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.
Zechariah 10:1
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.