Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H4672: מָצָא

mâtsâʼ · pronounced maw-tsaw' · “to find”

Definition

properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present

KJV translates it as: [phrase] be able, befall, being, catch, [idiom] certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), [idiom] have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with), [idiom] occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.

Word origin: a primitive root;

Extended definition

1) to find, attain to
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to find
1a1a) to find, secure, acquire, get (thing sought)
1a1b) to find (what is lost)
1a1c) to meet, encounter
1a1d) to find (a condition)
1a1e) to learn, devise
1a2) to find out
1a2a) to find out
1a2b) to detect
1a2c) to guess
1a3) to come upon, light upon
1a3a) to happen upon, meet, fall in with
1a3b) to hit
1a3c) to befall
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be found
1b1a) to be encountered, be lighted upon, be discovered
1b1b) to appear, be recognised
1b1c) to be discovered, be detected
1b1d) to be gained, be secured
1b2) to be, be found
1b2a) to be found in
1b2b) to be in the possession of
1b2c) to be found in (a place), happen to be
1b2d) to be left (after war)
1b2e) to be present
1b2f) to prove to be
1b2g) to be found sufficient, be enough
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to cause to find, attain
1c2) to cause to light upon, come upon, come
1c3) to cause to encounter
1c4) to present (offering)

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H4672 is translated

  • i have found ×30
  • he found ×24
  • they found ×21
  • it was found ×19
  • him ×18
  • it will be found ×14
  • find ×12
  • it will find ×12
  • they were found ×12
  • were found ×12
  • was found ×11
  • me ×10

Bible verses with H4672 (mâtsâʼ)

Mâtsâʼ appears in 425 verses; the first 25 are shown below.

  • Genesis 2:20

    And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.

  • Genesis 4:14

    Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.

  • Genesis 4:15

    And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.

  • Genesis 6:8

    But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.

  • Genesis 8:9

    But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.

  • Genesis 11:2

    And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

  • Genesis 16:7

    And the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.

  • Genesis 18:3

    And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:

  • Genesis 18:26

    And the Lord said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

  • Genesis 18:28

    Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.

  • Genesis 18:29

    And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty’s sake.

  • Genesis 18:30

    And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

  • Genesis 18:31

    And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty’s sake.

  • Genesis 18:32

    And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten’s sake.

  • Genesis 19:11

    And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

  • Genesis 19:15

    And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.

  • Genesis 19:19

    Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:

  • Genesis 26:12

    Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him.

  • Genesis 26:19

    And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.

  • Genesis 26:32

    And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.

  • Genesis 27:20

    And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the Lord thy God brought it to me.

  • Genesis 30:14

    And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son’s mandrakes.

  • Genesis 30:27

    And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake.

  • Genesis 31:32

    With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.

  • Genesis 31:33

    And Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and into Leah’s tent, and into the two maidservants’ tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah’s tent, and entered into Rachel’s tent.

All 425 references (first 400)

Words derived from H4672

מְטָא H4291

mᵉṭâʼ — to reach

מְצֹבָיָה H4677

Mᵉtsôbâyâh — Mezobaite