Strong’s H3138 · Hebrew
יוֹרֶה
yôwreh · yo-reh'
Origin active participle of יָרָה (H3384);
Meaning sprinkling; hence, a sprinkling (or autumnal showers)
In the King James Version first rain, former (rain).
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- Deuteronomy 11:14That 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.
- Jeremiah 5:24Neither 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.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.