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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Psalms 72:6 - Showers
Psalms 72:6 - He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
| Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
|---|---|---|---|
| He shall come down | H3381 | יָרַד |
[Verb] to descend (literally to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower {region} as the {shore} a {boundary} the {enemy} etc.; or figuratively to fall); causatively to bring down (in all the above applications) |
| like rain | H4306 | מָטַר |
[Noun Masculine] rain |
| upon | H5921 | עַל |
[Preposition] {above} over: {upon} or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications |
| the mown grass | H1488 | גֵּז |
[Noun Masculine] a fleece (as shorn); also mown grass |
| as showers | H7241 | רָבִיב |
[Noun Masculine] a rain (as an accumulation of drops) |
| that water | H2222 | זַרְזִיף |
[Verb] a pouring rain |
| the earth | H776 | אֶרֶץ |
[Noun Feminine] the earth (at {large} or partitively a land) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.