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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. Jeremiah 41:12 וַיִּמְצְא֣וּ vai.yim.tze.'U · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon.

  2. Jeremiah 45:3 מָצָֽאתִי׃ ס ma.Tza.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for Jehovah hath added sorrow to my pain; I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.

  3. Jeremiah 48:27 נִמְצָ֑א nim.tza.'ah' · An action: receiving the action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for as often as thou speakest of him, thou waggest the head.

  4. Jeremiah 50:7 מוֹצְאֵיהֶ֣ם motz.'ei.Hem · An -ing word: simple action

    All that found them have devoured them; and their adversaries said, We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Jehovah, the habitation of righteousness, even Jehovah, the hope of their fathers.

  5. Jeremiah 50:20 תִמָּצֶ֑אינָה ti.ma.Tze.nah · An action: receiving the action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    In those days, and in that time, saith Jehovah, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant.

  6. Jeremiah 50:24 נִמְצֵאת֙ nim.tzeT · An action: receiving the action, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

    I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against Jehovah.

  7. Jeremiah 52:25 נִמְצְא֣וּ nim.tze.'U · An action: receiving the action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    and out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war; and seven men of them that saw the king's face, that were found in the city; and the scribe of the captain of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city.

  8. Jeremiah 52:25 הַֽנִּמְצְאִ֖ים ha.nim.tze.'Im · An -ing word: receiving the action

    and out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war; and seven men of them that saw the king's face, that were found in the city; and the scribe of the captain of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city.

  9. Lamentations 1:3 מָצְאָ֖ה ma.tze.'Ah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude; She dwelleth among the nations, she findeth no rest: All her persecutors overtook her within the straits.

  10. Lamentations 1:6 מָצְא֣וּ ma.tze.'U · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    And from the daughter of Zion all her majesty is departed: Her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, And they are gone without strength before the pursuer.

  11. Lamentations 2:9 מָצְא֥וּ ma.tze.'U · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: Her king and her princes are among the nations where the law is not; Yea, her prophets find no vision from Jehovah.

  12. Lamentations 2:16 מָצָ֥אנוּ ma.Tza.nu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by us

    All thine enemies have opened their mouth wide against thee; They hiss and gnash the teeth; they say, We have swallowed her up; Certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

  13. Ezekiel 3:1 תִּמְצָ֖א tim.Tza' · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    And he said unto me, Son of man, eat that which thou findest; eat this roll, and go, speak unto the house of Israel.

  14. Ezekiel 22:30 מָצָֽאתִי׃ ma.Tza.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    And I sought for a man among them, that should build up the wall, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found none.

  15. Ezekiel 26:21 תִמָּצְאִ֥י ti.ma.tze.'I · An action: receiving the action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt no more have any being; though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord Jehovah.

  16. Ezekiel 28:15 נִמְצָ֥א nim.Tza' · An action: receiving the action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till unrighteousness was found in thee.

  17. Daniel 1:19 נִמְצָא֙ nim.Tza' · An action: receiving the action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king.

  18. Daniel 1:20 וַֽיִּמְצָאֵ֞ם vai.yim.tza.'Em · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And in every matter of wisdom and understanding, concerning which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters that were in all his realm.

  19. Daniel 11:19 יִמָּצֵֽא׃ yi.ma.Tze' · An action: receiving the action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Then he shall turn his face toward the fortresses of his own land; but he shall stumble and fall, and shall not be found.

  20. Daniel 12:1 הַנִּמְצָ֖א ha.nim.Tza' · An -ing word: receiving the action

    And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince who standeth for the children of thy people; and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

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