Joel 2:23

Old Testament • 19 words with Strong's data

"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."

Word-by-Word Analysis

Be

שָׂמַח

sâmach

H8055

probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome

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then ye

בֵּן

bên

H1121

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...

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of

צִיּוֹן

Tsîyôwn

H6726

Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem

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and

שָׂמַח

sâmach

H8055

probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome

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in the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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your

אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...

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for he hath

נָתַן

nâthan

H5414

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

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you the

רִאשׁוֹן

riʼshôwn

H7223

first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)

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מָטַר

mâṭar

H4306

rain

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צְדָקָה

tsᵉdâqâh

H6666

rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)

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and he will

רִיב

rîyb

H7379

a contest (personal or legal)

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to

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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down for you the

מָטַר

mâṭar

H4306

rain

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the

רִאשׁוֹן

riʼshôwn

H7223

first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)

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מָטַר

mâṭar

H4306

rain

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and the

אַחֲרִית

ʼachărîyth

H319

the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity

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מָטַר

mâṭar

H4306

rain

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in the

רִאשׁוֹן

riʼshôwn

H7223

first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)

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חֹדֶשׁ

chôdesh

H2320

the new moon; by implication, a month

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Key Terms in This Verse

moderately H6666

צְדָקָה tsᵉdâqâh

rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)

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latter H319

אַחֲרִית ʼachărîyth

the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity

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former H7223

רִאשׁוֹן riʼshôwn

first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)

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former H7223

רִאשׁוֹן riʼshôwn

first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)

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glad H8055

שָׂמַח sâmach

probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome

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rain H4306

מָטַר mâṭar

rain

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rain H4306

מָטַר mâṭar

rain

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rain H4306

מָטַר mâṭar

rain

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rain H4306

מָטַר mâṭar

rain

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Zion H6726

צִיּוֹן Tsîyôwn

Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem

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Cross References

Philippians 4:4 cross-reference

Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.

Leviticus 26:4 cross-reference

Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

Deuteronomy 11:14 cross-reference

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.

Hosea 6:3 cross-reference

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.

Psalm 149:2 cross-reference

Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.

Isaiah 41:16 cross-reference

Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.

Zechariah 10:1 cross-reference

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.

Philippians 3:1 cross-reference

Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.

Psalm 28:7 cross-reference

The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

Deuteronomy 32:2 cross-reference

My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:

Deuteronomy 28:12 cross-reference

The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt...

Isaiah 30:23 cross-reference

Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pa...

Psalm 104:34 cross-reference

My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.

Jeremiah 5:24 cross-reference

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.

Zechariah 10:7 cross-reference

And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD.

Philippians 3:3 cross-reference

For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.

Isaiah 61:10 cross-reference

I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh...

Jeremiah 3:3 cross-reference

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.

Job 33:23 cross-reference

If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:

Isaiah 30:21 cross-reference

And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

Proverbs 16:15 cross-reference

In the light of the king’s countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.

Zechariah 9:9 cross-reference

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ...

Amos 4:7 cross-reference

And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained ...

Lamentations 4:2 cross-reference

The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

Zechariah 9:13 cross-reference

When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.

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