גֶּשֶׁם H1653
- Home gloss
- downpour
- Instead of (KJV / RSV)
- rain
- Note
- Heavy rain (7:12; 8:2; 1 Kgs 18:41, 45). Set with מָטַר "rain (v.)" and מָטָר "rain (n.)" (44): "rain" belongs to that root
- Rulings
- 44
Occurrences (2)
Genesis 7
- 7:12 And the downpour was on the land forty days and forty nights.
Genesis 8
- 8:2 And the springs of Abyss and the lattices of the skies were stopped up, and the downpour from the skies was restrained.