Strong's Definition
from 3953; the spring rain (compare 3954); figuratively, eloquence
KJV Usage: latter rain
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
מַלְקוֹשׁ (mal.qosh) — spring rain. 1) latter rain, spring rain 1a) the March and April rains which mature the crops of Palestine
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · לקשׁ
Rain | ≈ גֶּשֶׁם · יֹורֶה · מָטָר
latter rain, spring rain = rain that falls during the first half of April, before the harvest; ► provides the moisture that is crucial for the grains to mature; ≈ regarded as a blessing from YHWH (ABD)
DEU 11:14 · JOB 29:23 · PRO 16:15 · JER 3:3 · JER 5:24 · HOS 6:3 · JOL 2:23 · ZEC 10:1
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
מַלְקוֹשׁ n.m. latter-rain, spring-rain (i.e. showers of March-April; important as strengthening and maturing crops) base