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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. Hosea 2:6 תִמְצָֽא׃ tim.Tza' · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, that she shall not find her paths.

  2. Hosea 2:7 תִמְצָ֑א tim.Tza' · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.

  3. Hosea 5:6 יִמְצָ֑אוּ yim.Tza.'u · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Jehovah; but they shall not find him: he hath withdrawn himself from them.

  4. Hosea 9:10 מָצָ֙אתִי֙ ma.Tza.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the first-ripe in the fig-tree at its first season: but they came to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves unto the shameful thing, and became abominable like that which they loved.

  5. Hosea 12:4 יִמְצָאֶ֔נּוּ yim.tza.'E.nu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him at Beth-el, and there he spake with us,

  6. Hosea 12:8 מָצָ֥אתִי ma.Tza.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    And Ephraim said, Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth: in all my labors they shall find in me no iniquity that were sin.

  7. Hosea 12:8 יִמְצְאוּ־ yim.tze.'u- · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    And Ephraim said, Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth: in all my labors they shall find in me no iniquity that were sin.

  8. Hosea 14:8 נִמְצָֽא׃ nim.Tza' · An action: receiving the action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have answered, and will regard him: I am like a green fir-tree; from me is thy fruit found.

  9. Amos 8:12 יִמְצָֽאוּ׃ yim.Tza.'u · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; they shall run to and fro to seek the word of Jehovah, and shall not find it.

  10. Jonah 1:3 וַיִּמְצָ֥א vai.yim.Tza' · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of Jehovah; and he went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of Jehovah.

  11. Micah 1:13 נִמְצְא֖וּ nim.tze.'U · An action: receiving the action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    Bind the chariot to the swift steed, O inhabitant of Lachish: she was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion; for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.

  12. Zephaniah 3:13 יִמָּצֵ֥א yi.ma.Tze' · An action: receiving the action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth; for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

  13. Zechariah 10:10 יִמָּצֵ֖א yi.ma.Tze' · An action: receiving the action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for them.

  14. Zechariah 11:6 מַמְצִ֣יא mam.Tzi' · An -ing word: causing it

    For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith Jehovah; but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbor's hand, and into the hand of his king; and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.

  15. Malachi 2:6 נִמְצָ֣א nim.Tza' · An action: receiving the action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.

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