מָצָא

ma.tsa · to find

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

English

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. 1 Kings 14:13 נִמְצָא־ nim.tza'- · An action: receiving the action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him; for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.

  2. 1 Kings 18:5 נִמְצָ֣א nim.Tza' · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us

    And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go through the land, unto all the fountains of water, and unto all the brooks: peradventure we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.

  3. 1 Kings 18:10 יִמְצָאֶֽכָּה׃ yim.tza.'E.kah · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    As Jehovah thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not here, he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.

  4. 1 Kings 18:12 יִֽמְצָאֲךָ֖ yim.tza.'a.Kha · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And it will come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of Jehovah will carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he will slay me: but I thy servant fear Jehovah from my youth.

  5. 1 Kings 19:19 וַיִּמְצָ֞א vai.yim.Tza' · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing, with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed over unto him, and cast his mantle upon him.

  6. 1 Kings 20:36 וַיִּמְצָאֵ֥הוּ vai.yim.tza.'E.hu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of Jehovah, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.

  7. 1 Kings 20:37 וַיִּמְצָא֙ vai.yim.Tza' · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, smiting and wounding him.

  8. 1 Kings 21:20 הַֽמְצָאתַ֖נִי ham.tza.Ta.ni · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

    And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee, because thou hast sold thyself to do that which is evil in the sight of Jehovah.

  9. 1 Kings 21:20 מָצָ֔אתִי ma.Tza.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee, because thou hast sold thyself to do that which is evil in the sight of Jehovah.

  10. 2 Kings 2:17 מְצָאֻֽהוּ׃ me.tza.'U.hu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.

  11. 2 Kings 4:29 תִמְצָ֥א tim.Tza' · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thy hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.

  12. 2 Kings 4:39 וַיִּמְצָא֙ vai.yim.Tza' · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage; for they knew them not.

  13. 2 Kings 7:9 וּמְצָאָ֣נוּ u.me.tza.'A.nu · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    Then they said one to another, We do not well; this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, punishment will overtake us; now therefore come, let us go and tell the king's household.

  14. 2 Kings 9:21 וַיִּמְצָאֻ֔הוּ vai.yim.tza.'U.hu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And Joram said, Make ready. And they made ready his chariot. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out to meet Jehu, and found him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.

  15. 2 Kings 9:35 מָ֣צְאוּ Ma.tze.'u · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    And they went to bury her; but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.

  16. 2 Kings 10:13 מָצָא֙ ma.Tza' · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah: and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen.

  17. 2 Kings 10:15 וַיִּמְצָ֣א vai.yim.Tza' · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him; and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thy heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thy hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.

  18. 2 Kings 12:5 יִמָּצֵ֥א yi.ma.Tze' · An action: receiving the action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    let the priests take it to them, every man from his acquaintance; and they shall repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.

  19. 2 Kings 12:10 הַנִּמְצָ֥א ha.nim.Tza' · An -ing word: receiving the action

    And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags and counted the money that was found in the house of Jehovah.

  20. 2 Kings 12:18 הַנִּמְצָ֛א ha.nim.Tza' · An -ing word: receiving the action

    And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and of the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.

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