מָצָא

ma.tsa · to find

Hebrew · Strong's H4672 · Verb · Sounds like: maw-tsaw' · 455 occurrences

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root; 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; [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.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
מָצָא 452 vb. attain to, find
Qal
1. find
2. find out
3. = come upon, light upon
4. noteworthy phrases
Niph. pass. of Qal, be found
Hiph.
1. cause to find, attain
2. cause to light upon, come upon, come
3. cause to encounter
4. present unto

Every occurrence

  1. Deuteronomy 4:29 וּמָצָ֑אתָ u.ma.Tza.ta · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by you

    But from thence ye shall seek Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt find him, when thou searchest after him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

  2. Deuteronomy 4:30 וּמְצָא֕וּךָ u.me.tza.'U.kha · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by them

    When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, in the latter days thou shalt return to Jehovah thy God, and hearken unto his voice:

  3. Deuteronomy 17:2 יִמָּצֵ֤א yi.ma.Tze' · An action: receiving the action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    If there be found in the midst of thee, within any of thy gates which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that doeth that which is evil in the sight of Jehovah thy God, in transgressing his covenant,

  4. Deuteronomy 18:10 יִמָּצֵ֣א yi.ma.Tze' · An action: receiving the action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    There shall not be found with thee any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one that useth divination, one that practiseth augury, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,

  5. Deuteronomy 19:5 וּמָצָ֥א u.ma.Tza' · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    as when a man goeth into the forest with his neighbor to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbor, so that he dieth; he shall flee unto one of these cities and live:

  6. Deuteronomy 20:11 הַנִּמְצָא־ ha.nim.tza'- · An -ing word: receiving the action

    And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that are found therein shall become tributary unto thee, and shall serve thee.

  7. Deuteronomy 21:1 יִמָּצֵ֣א yi.ma.Tze' · An action: receiving the action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    If one be found slain in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath smitten him;

  8. Deuteronomy 21:17 יִמָּצֵ֖א yi.ma.Tze' · An action: receiving the action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    but he shall acknowledge the first-born, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath; for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the first-born is his.

  9. Deuteronomy 22:3 וּמְצָאתָ֑הּ u.me.tza.Tah · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by you

    And so shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his garment; and so shalt thou do with every lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found: thou mayest not hide thyself.

  10. Deuteronomy 22:14 מָצָ֥אתִי ma.Tza.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    and lay shameful things to her charge, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came nigh to her, I found not in her the tokens of virginity;

  11. Deuteronomy 22:17 מָצָ֤אתִי ma.Tza.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    and, lo, he hath laid shameful things to her charge, saying, I found not in thy daughter the tokens of virginity; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the garment before the elders of the city.

  12. Deuteronomy 22:20 נִמְצְא֥וּ nim.tze.'U · An action: receiving the action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    But if this thing be true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the damsel;

  13. Deuteronomy 22:22 יִמָּצֵ֨א yi.ma.Tze' · An action: receiving the action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    If a man be found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away the evil from Israel.

  14. Deuteronomy 22:23 וּמְצָאָ֥הּ u.me.tza.'Ah · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    If there be a damsel that is a virgin betrothed unto a husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;

  15. Deuteronomy 22:25 יִמְצָ֣א yim.Tza' · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    But if the man find the damsel that is betrothed in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her; then the man only that lay with her shall die:

  16. Deuteronomy 22:27 מְצָאָ֑הּ me.tza.'Ah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    for he found her in the field, the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.

  17. Deuteronomy 22:28 יִמְצָ֣א yim.Tza' · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, that is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;

  18. Deuteronomy 22:28 וְנִמְצָֽאוּ׃ ve.nim.Tza.'u · An action: receiving the action, and then it will happen, done by them

    If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, that is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;

  19. Deuteronomy 24:1 תִמְצָא־ tim.tza'- · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

  20. Deuteronomy 24:1 מָ֤צָא Ma.tza' · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

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