Bible Dictionary: Rain: Figurative

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Psalm 72:6
He shall come down like rain on the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
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On the Words of the Gospel, Matt. xxi. 19, Where Jesus Dried up ...
... If we are parched, let us beg for rain, that we may grow green ... of these at once,
both its own literal interpretation, [2972] and a figurative signification also ...
/.../sermons on selected lessons of the new testament/sermon xxxix on the words.htm

Elements of Prophetic Interpretation.
... statutes and keep my commandments, and do them: then I will give you rain in due ...
Prophecy is figurative when it abounds in tropes, as in much of ISAIAH and the ...
/.../a brief commentary on the apocalypse/elements of prophetic interpretation.htm

Translated from Latin of Rufinus.
... the whole earth, yet, by one and the same operation of the rain, that soil ... I think
there is no absurdity in explaining the tropical or figurative [2326] nature ...
/.../origen/origen de principiis/translated from latin of rufinus.htm

Psalm LXXII.
... it is perceived, that the very word Salomon is used in a figurative sense, so ... 9.
"And He shall come down like rain into a fleece, and like drops distilling ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm lxxii.htm

Concerning Loans Prohibition of Usury and the Usurious Spirit. The ...
... ungrateful who deserved to have their gratitude"even He, whose sunshine and rain
even you ... [4128] For in applying to these heretics the figurative words which ...
/.../the five books against marcion/chapter xvii concerning loans prohibition of.htm

Chapter vii
... Flood would be what would normally be expected, namely the rain from above ... the fact
that the heavens poured down torrential rains, the figurative expression is ...
//christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter vii.htm

Even the Metaphorical Descriptions of this Subject in the ...
... the resurrection by means of the language of the prophets, which is equally figurative. ...
on a general condition once for all made to man, "sending rain on the ...
/.../chapter xxvi even the metaphorical descriptions.htm

Exposition of the Present State of the Churches.
... billows and whirled up from the deep, while a vehement torrent of rain pours down ...
77. Turn now I beg you from this figurative description to the unhappy reality ...
/.../basil/basil letters and select works/chapter xxx exposition of the.htm

Whether Sufficient Reason Can be Assigned for the Ceremonies ...
... The figurative meaning of these things is that the boards of which the tabernacle
was ... the curtains of goats' hair, which were exposed to wind and rain, as the ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether sufficient reason can be.htm

Interpretation of Prophecy.
... monarch's progress through the land of Judea, ending with a figurative account of
his ... grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain." The mind ...
/.../barrows/companion to the bible/chapter xxxviii interpretation of prophecy.htm

Subtopics

Rain

Rain of Christ in the Communication of his Graces

Rain of Righteousness

Rain of Spiritual Blessings

Rain of the Doctrine of Faithful Ministers

Rain of the Word of God

Rain: (Destructive) of a Poor Man Oppressing the Poor

Rain: (Destructive) of God's Judgments

Rain: Answer to Prayer For, Promised

Rain: Canaan Abundantly Supplied With

Rain: Contingent Upon Obedience