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Lexicon :: Strong's H4672 - māṣā'

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מָצָא
Transliteration
māṣā'
Pronunciation
maw-tsaw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1231

Strong’s Definitions

מָצָא mâtsâʼ, maw-tsaw'; 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:— be able, befall, being, catch, × certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), × have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with), × occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 456x

The KJV translates Strong's H4672 in the following manner: find (359x), present (20x), find out (20x), come (8x), meet (5x), befall (5x), get (4x), suffice (3x), deliver (2x), hit (2x), left (2x), hold (2x), miscellaneous (24x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 456x
The KJV translates Strong's H4672 in the following manner: find (359x), present (20x), find out (20x), come (8x), meet (5x), befall (5x), get (4x), suffice (3x), deliver (2x), hit (2x), left (2x), hold (2x), miscellaneous (24x).

  1. to find, attain to

    1. (Qal)

      1. to find

        1. to find, secure, acquire, get (thing sought)

        2. to find (what is lost)

        3. to meet, encounter

        4. to find (a condition)

        5. to learn, devise

      2. to find out

        1. to find out

        2. to detect

        3. to guess

      3. to come upon, light upon

        1. to happen upon, meet, fall in with

        2. to hit

        3. to befall

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be found

        1. to be encountered, be lighted upon, be discovered

        2. to appear, be recognised

        3. to be discovered, be detected

        4. to be gained, be secured

      2. to be, be found

        1. to be found in

        2. to be in the possession of

        3. to be found in (a place), happen to be

        4. to be left (after war)

        5. to be present

        6. to prove to be

        7. to be found sufficient, be enough

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to cause to find, attain

      2. to cause to light upon, come upon, come

      3. to cause to encounter

      4. to present (offering)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָצָא mâtsâʼ, maw-tsaw'; 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:— be able, befall, being, catch, × certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), × have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with), × occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
STRONGS H4672: Abbreviations
מָצָא 452 verb attain to, find (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian maṣû, DlHWB 421, Ethiopic bdb059201 come, arrive; Aramaic [bdb059202 find], Passive participle bdb059203 able, powerful, and derivatives; compare NöZMG xl 1886, 736 Dr1 Samuel 23:17); —
Qal Perfect מ׳ Genesis 2:20 +, suffix מְצָאוֺ Job 31:29, 3rd person feminine singular מָֽצְאָה Genesis 8:9 +, suffix מְצָאַתְנוּ Judges 6:13; Nehemiah 9:32, מְצָאָ֫תַם Exodus 18:18; 2nd person masculine singular מָצָאתָ Genesis 31:37 +; 1st person singular מָצָאתִי Genesis 18:3 +, מָצָתִי Numbers 11:11, suffix מְצָאתִיו Songs 3:1, 2, מְצָאתִיהוּ Songs 5:6; 3rd person plural מָֽצְאוּ Judges 21:14 +; suffix מְצָאנֻהוּ Job 37:23, etc.; Imperfect יִמְצָא 1 Samuel 24:20 +, 3rd person feminine singular תִּמְצָא 1 Samuel 1:18 +; 3rd person masculine plural יִמְצְאוּ Judges 5:30 +, suffix יִמְצָאֻהוּ Job 20:8 יִמְצָאֻנְנִי Proverbs 1:28; Proverbs 8:17, יִמְצָאוּנְהָ Jeremiah 2:24; 3rd person feminine plural תִּמְצֶאןָ Deuteronomy 31:21 etc.; Imperative מְצָא 1 Samuel 20:21, 36, וּמְצָאֿ Proverbs 3:4; masculine plural מִצְאוּ Jeremiah 6:16; feminine plural וּמְצֶאןָ Ruth 1:9; Infinitive מְצאֹ, מְצוֺא Psalm 32:6; Genesis 19:11 +, suffix בְּמֹצַאֲכֶם Genesis 32:20 [= מָצְאֲכֶם Ges§ 74, 3, R. 2]; Participle מוֺצֵא Psalm 119:162, מוֺצֶה Ecclesiastes 7:26, suffix מֹצְאִי Genesis 4:14; Proverbs 8:35; feminine singular absolute מֹצֵאת 2 Samuel 18:22, מוֺצֵאת Songs 8:10; masculine plural מֹצְאִים Numbers 15:33, construct מֹצְאֵי Proverbs 8:9; feminine plural absolute מֹצְאוֺת Joshua 2:23, etc.; —
1. find:
a. thing sought, with accusative of thing, straw Exodus 5:11 (J), water Genesis 26:32 (J), compare Genesis 26:19, Exodus 15:22 (J), grass 1 Kings 18:5, help, consort, Genesis 2:20 (J), compare Proverbs 18:22 +; with idea of attaining to, arriving at, a resting-place Genesis 8:9 (J) Isaiah 34:14 compare בַּיִת מָֽצְאָה צִפּוֹר Psalm 84:4; Jeremiah 45:3; Lamentations 1:3; of marriage Ruth 1:9; of finding place for temple Psalm 132:5; figurative וּמִצְאוּ מַרְגּוֺעַ לְנַפְשְׁכֶם Jeremiah 6:16 and find quiet for yourselves; find grave Job 3:22; reach cities 2 Samuel 20:6 (where read יִמְצָא Vrss Th Dr Kit Bu), compare Psalm 107:4; find = secure prey, booty, plunder Genesis 27:20 (J), Judges 5:30; Judges 21:12; 1 Samuel 14:30 compare 2 Chronicles 20:25; Proverbs 1:13; Psalm 119:162; of securing gain Hosea 12:9 (+ לִי; || עשׁר), Job 31:25; so perhaps also absolute בְּשׂוֺרָה מֹצֵאת אֵין 2 Samuel 18:22 there is no news securing i.e. such as to bring you a reward (compare Th Dr; but text dubious); secure as crop Genesis 26:12 (J), compare Ecclesiastes 11:1; = acquire, get wounds and dishonour Proverbs 6:33; חֵן בְּעֵינֵי פ׳ מ׳ find (= gain, secure) favour in the eyes of any one: of י׳, † Genesis 6:8; Exodus 33:12, 13 (twice in verse); Exodus 33:16, 17; Exodus 34:9 (all J), Numbers 11:11, 15 (JE), Judges 6:17; 2 Samuel 15:25; oftener of men Genesis 18:3; Genesis 19:19; Genesis 30:27; Genesis 32:6 [Genesis 32:5 + 8 times Genesis (all J), Numbers 32:5 (JE), Deuteronomy 24:1; 1 Samuel 1:18 + 7 times Samuel; 1 Kings 11:19; Ruth 2:2, 10, 13; Esther 5:8; Esther 7:3; חֵן לִפְנֵי פ׳ מ׳ † Esther 8:5; אָז הָיִתִי בְעֵינָיו כְּמוֺצֵאת שָׁלָוֺם † Songs 8:10; absolute מָצָא חֵן † Jeremiah 31:2; Proverbs 3:4; Proverbs 28:23†: = seek and find 1 Samuel 20:21 (arrows), so 1 Samuel 20:36; figurative of grounds of accusation Job 33:10 he succeeds in finding; so also Isaiah 58:3, 13; find knowledge of God Proverbs 2:5; compare Proverbs 8:9, word of י׳ Amos 8:12, words of wisdom Proverbs 4:22, wisdom Job 32:13; Proverbs 24:14 (see also below); ransom Job 33:24; life Proverbs 8:35 (Qr מָצָא; > Kt מצאי, i.e. מֹצְאֵי De Str Wild), Proverbs 21:21; with accusative of person Genesis 18:26, 28, 30 (J), Genesis 41:38 (E), 1 Samuel 9:13 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 1:3; 1 Kings 13:14 compare 1 Kings 13:28, +; of pursuit Joshua 2:22 (J); find י׳ † Hosea 5:6; Deuteronomy 4:29; Jeremiah 29:13; Job 23:3; Psalm 32:6 + Hosea 6:3 (read כֵן נִמְצָאֵהוּ כְּשַׁחֲרֵנוּ, for MT כְּשַׁחַר נָכוָֺן מֹצָאוֺ GieBeitr. z. Jes. Krit. 208 We Now); so possibly also (object omitted) Jeremiah 10:18 (so Gf.; Vulgate Or read Niph.; Gie יֶאְשָׁ֑מוּ), (Job 37:23; 11:7 (twice in verse) see below); find wisdom (personified) Proverbs 1:28; Proverbs 8:17, 35; compare Proverbs 3:13.
b. what is lost, missed, with accusative of thing, Genesis 31:32, 33, 34, 35, 37 (E), 1 Samuel 9:4 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 22:3; Leviticus 5:22; Leviticus 5:23 (P), Genesis 36:24 (P) +; הַפָּ֑תַח לִמְצֹא וַיִּלְאוּ Genesis 19:11 and they grew weary in finding the door; find a word (to say) Nehemiah 5:8; Ecclesiastes 12:10, answer Job 32:3, vision from י׳ Lamentations 2:9; with accusative of person Genesis 38:20, 22, 23 (J), 2 Samuel 17:20; 1 Kings 18:10, 12; 1 Kings 21:20 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 2:17; Ezekiel 22:30; Proverbs 7:15; Songs 3:1, 2, 4; Songs 5:6 +.
c. meet, encounter, with accusative of person (one expected), Genesis 32:20 (E), 2 Kings 9:21; Jeremiah 41:12; 2 Chronicles 20:16 compare also Numbers 35:27 (P).
d. find a condition, find one in a situation; לָהּ בְּתוּלִים וְלֹא מ׳ Deuteronomy 22:14 compare Deuteronomy 22:17; Deuteronomy 24:1; אֶתמֶֿלָךְ ֗֗֗ נִלְחָם וַיִּמ׳ 2 Kings 19:8 and he found the king of Assyria warring against Lachish = Isaiah 37:8; אֶתלְֿבָבוֺ נֶאֱמָן וּמ׳ Nehemiah 9:8; כָּתוּב בספר מ׳ Nehemiah 7:5; Nehemiah 8:14; especially late, 1 Chronicles 20:2; 2 Chronicles 25:5; Daniel 1:20; Daniel 7:26.
e. = learn, devise Ecclesiastes 7:27 (twice in verse); Ecclesiastes 7:29.
f. = experience sorrow Psalm 116:3, compare Ecclesiastes 7:14.
2. find out:
a. find out thoroughly, explore: object God Job 11:7 (twice in verse); Job 37:23; God's works Ecclesiastes 3:11; Ecclesiastes 8:17 (3 times in verse), compare Ecclesiastes 7:24.
†b. = detect sin, crime, usually in (ב) one, 2 Kings 17:4; 1 Samuel 29:3, 6, 8; Hosea 12:9; כְּיָדִי מְאוּמָה לֹא מ׳ 1 Samuel 12:5; detect evil in God Jeremiah 2:5; subject God Jeremiah 2:34; Jeremiah 23:11; עֲוֺן עֲבָדֶיךָ מ׳ Genesis 44:16 (J), compare Psalm 36:3; absolute Psalm 10:15; Psalm 17:3†.
c. = guess, solve riddle Judges 14:12, 18 compare Proverbs 8:12.
3. = come upon, light upon:
a. often unexpectedly = happen upon, with accusative of thing, money Genesis 44:8 (J), book 2 Kings 22:8; 2 Kings 23:24 2 Chronicles 34:14, 15, compare Nehemiah 7:5; honey Proverbs 25:16, ship Jonah 1:3; a plain Genesis 11:2 (J), jawbone Judges 15:15; ark of י׳ Psalm 132:6 (according to some, but dubious; Bae proposes הוֺצֵאנוּהָ); indefinite Ezekiel 3:1 (strike out Greek Version of the LXX Co); with accusative of person = meet, fall in with Genesis 4:14, 15 compare Jeremiah 50:7; Genesis 37:15, 17 (all J), 1 Samuel 9:11; 1 Samuel 30:11; Deuteronomy 22:23, 25, 27, 28; 1 Kings 13:24; 1 Kings 20:36; 2 Kings 4:29; 2 Kings 10:13, 15; Songs 3:3; Songs 5:7, 8; Songs 8:1; come upon = discover, Numbers 15:22, 33; of י׳ meeting (finding) Israel in desert Hosea 9:10; compare Hosea 12:5; Deuteronomy 32:10; angel finding Hagar Genesis 16:7 (J); י׳ finding David Psalm 89:21.
b. hit, with accusative of person, subject bowmen 1 Samuel 31:3 = 1 Chronicles 10:3; subject axe Deuteronomy 19:5.
c. subject hand Isaiah 10:14 (figurative, in metaphor, of reaching nests), compare Isaiah 10:10, 1 Samuel 23:17 (of Saul's taking David), Psalm 21:9 (followed by לְ), Psalm 21:9 (with accusative); לַעֲשׂוֺת יָֽדְךָ תִּמְצָא אֲשֶׁר כֹּל Ecclesiastes 9:10; sin (i.e. its punishment) will light upon you Numbers 32:23.
† d. † subject fire, קֹצִים כִּי תֵצֵא אֵשׁ וּמָֽצְאָה Exodus 22:5 (E).
† e. befal, with accusative of person Joshua 2:23 (JE); of evil Genesis 44:34 (J), Deuteronomy 4:30; Deuteronomy 31:17 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 31:21; Judges 6:13; 2 Kings 7:9; Job 31:29; Psalm 116:3; Psalm 119:143; Esther 8:6; subject תְּלָאָה Exodus 18:8 (E), Numbers 20:14 (JE), Nehemiah 9:32†.
4. noteworthy phrases are: יָדֶ֑ךָ כַּאֲשֶׁר תִּמ׳ Judges 9:33 according to what thy hand findeth, i.e. as the occasion may demand, so 1 Samuel 10:7 (with accusative; compare Ecclesiastes 9:10 3c); but Eccl 25:8 = what thou chancest to have, compare כְלִי זָהָב אֲשֶׁר מ׳ Numbers 31:50 (P); וְלֹא יִמְצָאֻהוּ Job 20:8 = and he shall not be, shall no longer exist, compare Isaiah 41:12; Ecclesiastes 9:15 they found in it = there happened to be in it; לְהִתְפַּלֵּל אֶתלִֿבּוֺ מ׳ 2 Samuel 7:27 he found the heart (took courage) to pray = 1 Chronicles 17:25 (omit אתלֿבו, perhaps ancient textual error); לֹא מָֽצְאוּ יְדֵיהֶם Psalm 76:6 they did not find their hands, were not able to use them, were paralyzed; חַיַּת יָדֵךְ מָצָאתְ Isaiah 57:10 —experience renewal of thy strength (compare I. חַיָּה above CheComm.; for other interpretations of ח׳, ידך, see Ew Di Du CheHpt); כְּדֵי נְאֻלָּתוֺ וּמָצָא Leviticus 25:26 = and he find (that he has) enough for its redemption (compare דַּי), so דֵּי הָשִׁיב מָֽצְאָה יָדוֺ Leviticus 25:28, יָדָהּ דֵּי שֶׂה תִּמ׳ Leviticus 12:8 (compare תַּגִּיעַ Leviticus 5:7); without דַּי, וְלֹא מָֽצְאוּ לָהֶם כֵּן Judges 21:14 —and they (the Israelites) did not find enough for them, even so (compare GFM); also וּמָצָא לָהֶם Numbers 11:22 (twice in verse) (JE) and so one find (= there be found) enough for them (compare Niph. Joshua 17:16; Zechariah 10:10).
Niph. Perfect נִמְצָא 1 Samuel 13:22 +; 3rd person feminine singular נמצאה Jeremiah 48:27 Kt Gf; < נִמְצָא Qr Gie; 2nd person feminine singular נִמְצֵאת Jeremiah 50:24; 1st person singular נִמְצֵאתִי Isaiah 65:1, וְנִמְצֵאתִי consecutive Jeremiah 29:14; 3rd person plural נִמְצְאוּ Deuteronomy 22:30 +, הַנִּמְצְאוּ 1 Chronicles 29:17 (הַּ = rel., compare DaSynt. § 22 R. 4 KöSynt. § 52); Imperfect יִמָּצֵא Genesis 44:9 +; 3rd person feminine singular תִּמָּצֵא Exodus 22:3 +; 2nd person feminine singular תִּֽֽֽמּצְאִי Ezekiel 26:21; 3rd person masculine plural יִֽֽֽמּצְאוּן Genesis 18:29, 30, 31, 32, וַיִּמָּֽצְאוּ 1 Chronicles 24:4; 2 Chronicles 4:16; 3rd person feminine plural תִּמָּצֶ֑אינָה Jeremiah 50:20; Infinitive הִמָּצֵא Exodus 22:3 (= Infinitive absolute compare BaNB 74), suffix הִמָּֽצְאוֺ Isaiah 55:6; Participle נִמְצָא Judges 20:48 +, feminine singular נִמְצָאָ֑ה 2 Kings 19:4 = Isaiah 37:4; plural נִמְצְאִים 1 Samuel 13:15 + 11 times; נִמְצָאִים only Ezra 8:25; suffix 2nd person feminine singular נִמְצָאַיִךְ Isaiah 22:3; נִמְצָאוֺת Genesis 19:15; Judges 20:48; — passive of Qal, be found:
1.
a. of a thing lost (asses) 1 Samuel 9:20; 1 Samuel 10:2, 16; stolen Genesis 44:9, 10, 12, 16, 17 (J); Exodus 21:16 (all with בְּיַד); sought, wisdom Job 28:12, 13; Proverbs 10:13
b. of thing found unexpectedly, book 2 Kings 22:13; 2 Kings 23:2 2 Chronicles 34:21, 30; of corpse Deuteronomy 21:1.
c. = be lighted upon, encountered; of breaches in temple 2 Kings 12:6; of cities Judges 20:48b; of persons in captured city 2 Kings 25:19 (twice in verse) = Jeremiah 52:25 (twice in verse), Deuteronomy 20:11, compare Exodus 9:19 (J), Judges 20:48a Isaiah 13:15; Isaiah 22:3; Jeremiah 41:8; be discovered, of a condition, situation Deuteronomy 22:20 (בתולים); טוֺב נִמְצָאבֿוֺ דָּבָר 1 Kings 14:13, compare 2 Chronicles 19:3.
d. be found written (כתוב), Nehemiah 13:1; Esther 6:2; of persons Daniel 12:1.
e. = appeared, were recognized, of words of י׳ Jeremiah 15:16.
f. of persons sought Genesis 18:29, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:31, 32 (J), Joshua 10:17 (JE), 1 Samuel 10:21; 2 Samuel 7:12; 1 Chronicles 26:31; in geneological register Ezra 2:62 = Nehemiah 7:64; of י׳, specifically, let himself be found of (by) any one: followed by לְ person Isaiah 65:1; Jeremiah 29:14; 1 Chronicles 28:9; 2 Chronicles 15:2, 4, 15, absolute Isaiah 55:6.
g. = be discovered, detected:
(1) of iniquity, crime: Exodus 22:3 (twice in verse) (E), 1 Samuel 25:28; 1 Kings 1:52; Jeremiah 2:34; Ezekiel 28:15; Job 19:28; Malachi 2:6, compare Micah 1:13; 2 Chronicles 36:8; Esther 2:23.
(2) of wrong-doers Exodus 22:1; Exodus 22:6; Exodus 22:7 (E), Deuteronomy 22:22, 28; Deuteronomy 24:7; Jeremiah 2:26; Jeremiah 48:27; Jeremiah 50:24 (|| נִלְבַּדְתְּ, נִתְפַּשְׂתְּ), Proverbs 6:31; Ezra 10:18.
h. = be gained, secured, as a crop, of fruit, figurative נִמְצָא פֶּרְיְךָ מִמֶּנִּי Hosea 14:9 (compare Qal Genesis 26:12; Ecclesiastes 11:1)
i. = be discoverable, to be found Job 42:15; Daniel 1:19 (compare Isaiah 55:6 above 1f).
2. be found = be:
a. with בְּיַד be found in one's hand = one happens to have 1 Samuel 9:8; 1 Samuel 13:22 (twice in verse), compare (without ביד) 1 Samuel 23:4.
b. with לְ person, = be in the possession of: Deuteronomy 21:17, with אֶתֿ (preposition) person Exodus 35:23, 24; 1 Chronicles 29:8.
c. be found in (ב) a place, especially of wealth, treasure, Genesis 47:14 (J), 2 Kings 12:11; 2 Kings 12:19; 2 Kings 14:14; 2 Kings 16:8; 2 Kings 18:15; 2 Kings 20:13 = Isaiah 39:2; 2 Kings 22:9; 2 Chronicles 21:17; 25:24; 34:17; compare Exodus 12:19; Jeremiah 41:3; 1 Chronicles 4:41; = happen to be, be, Deuteronomy 17:2; Deuteronomy 18:10; Jeremiah 5:26; Isaiah 35:9; Isaiah 51:3; Isaiah 65:8; with negative = be no more Zephaniah 3:13; Ezekiel 26:21; Psalm 37:36 (|| אֵינֶנּוּ), Daniel 11:19.
d. = be left after war, violence, etc., 1 Samuel 13:19; 2 Samuel 17:13; Isaiah 30:14; 2 Kings 19:4 = Isaiah 37:4.
e. = be present Genesis 19:15 (J), 1 Samuel 13:15, 16; 1 Samuel 21:4; especially late, 1 Chronicles 29:17; 2 Chronicles 5:11; 29:29; 30:21; 31:1; 34:32, 33; 35:7, 17, 18; Ezra 8:25; Esther 1:5; Esther 4:16.
f. = prove to be, after numbering, 1 Chronicles 24:4; 2 Chronicles 2:16; of י׳, עֶזְדָה בְצָדוֺת נִמְצָא Psalm 46:2.
3. be (found) sufficient: לֹא יִמָצֵא לָנוּ הָהָד Joshua 17:16 (JE), compare Zechariah 10:10 (also Qal Numbers 11:22; Judges 21:14).
Hiph. Perfect 1st person singular suffix הִמְצִיתִךָ 2 Samuel 3:8; 3rd person masculine plural הִמְצִיאוּ Leviticus 9:13; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix 3rd person masculine singular יַמְצִאֶנּוּ Job 34:11, יַמְצִאֵהוּ Job 37:13; 3rd person masculine plural וַיַמְצִאוּ Leviticus 9:12, 18; Participle מַמְצִיא Zechariah 11:6; —
1. cause to find, attain, with accusative of person Job 34:11 (subject God).
2. cause to light upon, come upon, come with accusative of cloud Job 37:13 (dubious)
3. cause to encounter, deliver up to, with accusative of person, + בְּיַד 2 Samuel 3:8 (subject man), Zechariah 11:6 (subject God).
4. present unto (אֶלֿ), of Aaron's sons ministering unto him, with accusative of offering, and of blood, Leviticus 9:12, 13, 18.
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Genesis

2:20; 2:20; 4:14; 4:14; 4:15; 6:8; 8:9; 8:9; 11:2; 16:7; 18:3; 18:3; 18:26; 18:28; 18:29; 18:29; 18:30; 18:30; 18:30; 18:31; 18:31; 18:32; 18:32; 19:11; 19:11; 19:15; 19:15; 19:19; 26:12; 26:12; 26:19; 26:32; 27:20; 30:27; 31:32; 31:33; 31:34; 31:35; 31:37; 31:37; 32:5; 32:20; 32:20; 36:24; 37:15; 37:17; 38:20; 38:22; 38:23; 41:38; 44:8; 44:9; 44:9; 44:10; 44:12; 44:16; 44:16; 44:17; 44:34; 47:14

Exodus

5:11; 9:19; 12:19; 15:22; 18:8; 18:18; 21:16; 22:1; 22:3; 22:3; 22:3; 22:5; 22:6; 22:7; 33:12; 33:13; 33:16; 33:17; 34:9; 35:23; 35:24

Leviticus

5:7; 9:12; 9:12; 9:13; 9:13; 9:18; 9:18; 12:8; 25:26; 25:28

Numbers

11:11; 11:11; 11:15; 11:22; 11:22; 15:22; 15:33; 15:33; 20:14; 31:50; 32:5; 32:23; 35:27

Deuteronomy

4:29; 4:30; 17:2; 18:10; 19:5; 20:11; 21:1; 21:17; 22:3; 22:14; 22:17; 22:20; 22:22; 22:23; 22:25; 22:27; 22:28; 22:28; 22:30; 24:1; 24:1; 24:7; 31:17; 31:21; 31:21; 32:10

Joshua

2:22; 2:23; 2:23; 10:17; 17:16; 17:16

Judges

5:30; 5:30; 6:13; 6:13; 6:17; 9:33; 14:12; 14:18; 15:15; 20:48; 20:48; 20:48; 20:48; 21:12; 21:14; 21:14; 21:14

Ruth

1:9; 1:9; 2:2; 2:10; 2:13

1 Samuel

1:18; 1:18; 9:4; 9:8; 9:11; 9:13; 9:20; 10:2; 10:7; 10:16; 10:21; 12:5; 13:15; 13:15; 13:16; 13:19; 13:22; 13:22; 14:30; 20:21; 20:21; 20:36; 20:36; 21:4; 23:4; 23:17; 23:17; 24:20; 25:28; 29:3; 29:6; 29:8; 30:11; 31:3

2 Samuel

3:8; 3:8; 7:12; 7:27; 15:25; 17:13; 17:20; 18:22; 18:22; 20:6

1 Kings

1:3; 1:52; 11:19; 13:14; 13:24; 13:28; 14:13; 18:5; 18:10; 18:12; 20:36; 21:20

2 Kings

2:17; 4:29; 7:9; 9:21; 10:13; 10:15; 12:6; 12:11; 12:19; 14:14; 16:8; 17:4; 18:15; 19:4; 19:4; 19:8; 20:13; 22:8; 22:9; 22:13; 23:2; 23:24; 25:19

1 Chronicles

4:41; 10:3; 17:25; 20:2; 24:4; 24:4; 26:31; 28:9; 29:8; 29:17; 29:17

2 Chronicles

2:16; 4:16; 5:11; 15:2; 15:4; 15:15; 19:3; 20:16; 20:25; 21:17; 25:5; 25:24; 29:29; 30:21; 31:1; 34:14; 34:15; 34:17; 34:21; 34:30; 34:32; 34:33; 35:7; 35:17; 35:18; 36:8

Ezra

2:62; 8:25; 8:25; 10:18

Nehemiah

5:8; 7:5; 7:5; 7:64; 8:14; 9:8; 9:32; 9:32; 13:1

Esther

1:5; 2:23; 4:16; 5:8; 6:2; 7:3; 8:5; 8:6

Job

3:22; 11:7; 11:7; 19:28; 20:8; 20:8; 23:3; 28:12; 28:13; 31:25; 31:29; 31:29; 32:3; 32:13; 33:10; 33:24; 34:11; 34:11; 37:13; 37:13; 37:23; 37:23; 37:23; 42:15

Psalms

10:15; 17:3; 21:9; 21:9; 32:6; 32:6; 36:3; 37:36; 46:2; 76:6; 84:4; 89:21; 107:4; 116:3; 116:3; 119:143; 119:162; 119:162; 132:5; 132:6

Proverbs

1:13; 1:28; 1:28; 2:5; 3:4; 3:4; 3:13; 4:22; 6:31; 6:33; 7:15; 8:9; 8:9; 8:12; 8:17; 8:17; 8:35; 8:35; 8:35; 10:13; 18:22; 21:21; 24:14; 25:16; 28:23

Ecclesiastes

3:11; 7:14; 7:24; 7:26; 7:27; 7:29; 8:17; 9:10; 9:10; 9:15; 11:1; 11:1; 12:10

Song of Songs

3:1; 3:1; 3:2; 3:2; 3:3; 3:4; 5:6; 5:6; 5:7; 5:8; 8:1; 8:10; 8:10

Isaiah

10:10; 10:14; 13:15; 22:3; 22:3; 30:14; 34:14; 35:9; 37:4; 37:4; 37:8; 39:2; 41:12; 51:3; 55:6; 55:6; 55:6; 57:10; 58:3; 58:13; 65:1; 65:1; 65:8

Jeremiah

2:5; 2:24; 2:26; 2:34; 2:34; 5:26; 6:16; 6:16; 10:18; 15:16; 23:11; 29:13; 29:14; 29:14; 31:2; 41:3; 41:8; 41:12; 45:3; 48:27; 48:27; 50:7; 50:20; 50:24; 50:24; 52:25

Lamentations

1:3; 2:9

Ezekiel

3:1; 22:30; 26:21; 26:21; 28:15

Daniel

1:19; 1:20; 7:26; 11:19; 12:1

Hosea

5:6; 6:3; 9:10; 12:5; 12:9; 12:9; 14:9

Amos

8:12

Jonah

1:3

Micah

1:13

Zephaniah

3:13

Zechariah

10:10; 10:10; 11:6; 11:6

Malachi

2:6

H4672

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Strong's Number H4672 matches the Hebrew מָצָא (māṣā'),
which occurs 457 times in 425 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 9 (Gen 2:20–Gen 44:34)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:14 - Behold, thou hast driven me out H1644 this day H3117 from the face H6440 of the earth; H127 and from H5921 thy face H6440 shall I be hid; H5641 and I shall be a fugitive H5128 and a vagabond H5110 in the earth; H776 and it shall come to pass, H1961 that every one that findeth me H4672 shall slay me. H2026

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:15 - And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto him, Therefore H3651 whosoever slayeth H2026 Cain, H7014 vengeance shall be taken H5358 on him sevenfold. H7659 And the LORD H3068 set H7760 a mark H226 upon Cain, H7014 lest H1115 any finding H4672 him should kill H5221 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:8 - But Noah H5146 found H4672 grace H2580 in the eyes H5869 of the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:9 - But the dove H3123 found H4672 no rest H4494 for the sole H3709 of her foot, H7272 and she returned H7725 unto him into the ark, H8392 for the waters H4325 were on the face H6440 of the whole earth: H776 then he put forth H7971 his hand, H3027 and took her, H3947 and pulled her in H935 unto him into the ark. H8392

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:2 - And it came to pass, as they journeyed H5265 from the east, H6924 that they found H4672 a plain H1237 in the land H776 of Shinar; H8152 and they dwelt H3427 there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:3 - And said, H559 My Lord, H136 if now I have found H4672 favour H2580 in thy sight, H5869 pass not away, H5674 I pray thee, from thy servant: H5650

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:26 - And the LORD H3068 said, H559 If I find H4672 in Sodom H5467 fifty H2572 righteous H6662 within H8432 the city, H5892 then I will spare H5375 all the place H4725 for their sakes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:28 - Peradventure there shall lack H2637 five H2568 of the fifty H2572 righteous: H6662 wilt thou destroy H7843 all the city H5892 for lack of five? H2568 And he said, H559 If I find H4672 there forty H705 and five, H2568 I will not destroy H7843 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:29 - And he spake H1696 unto him yet again, H3254 and said, H559 Peradventure there shall be forty H705 found H4672 there. And he said, H559 I will not do H6213 it for forty's H705 sake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:30 - And he said H559 unto him, Oh H4994 let not the Lord H136 be angry, H2734 and I will speak: H1696 Peradventure there shall thirty H7970 be found H4672 there. And he said, H559 I will not do H6213 it, if I find H4672 thirty H7970 there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:31 - And he said, H559 Behold now, I have taken upon me H2974 to speak H1696 unto the Lord: H136 Peradventure there shall be twenty H6242 found H4672 there. And he said, H559 I will not destroy H7843 it for twenty's H6242 sake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:32 - And he said, H559 Oh let not the Lord H136 be angry, H2734 and I will speak H1696 yet H389 but this once: H6471 Peradventure ten H6235 shall be found H4672 there. And he said, H559 I will not destroy H7843 it for ten's H6235 sake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:15 - And when H3644 the morning H7837 arose, H5927 then the angels H4397 hastened H213 Lot, H3876 saying, H559 Arise, H6965 take H3947 thy wife, H802 and thy two H8147 daughters, H1323 which are here; H4672 lest thou be consumed H5595 in the iniquity H5771 of the city. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:19 - Behold now, thy servant H5650 hath found H4672 grace H2580 in thy sight, H5869 and thou hast magnified H1431 thy mercy, H2617 which thou hast shewed H6213 unto me H5978 in saving H2421 my life; H5315 and I cannot H3201 escape H4422 to the mountain, H2022 lest some evil H7451 take H1692 me, and I die: H4191

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:12 - Then Isaac H3327 sowed H2232 in that land, H776 and received H4672 in the same year H8141 an hundredfold: H3967 H8180 and the LORD H3068 blessed H1288 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:19 - And Isaac's H3327 servants H5650 digged H2658 in the valley, H5158 and found H4672 there a well H875 of springing H2416 water. H4325

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:20 - And Isaac H3327 said H559 unto his son, H1121 How is it that thou hast found H4672 it so quickly, H4116 my son? H1121 And he said, H559 Because the LORD H3068 thy God H430 brought H7136 it to me. H6440

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:14 - And Reuben H7205 went in H3212 the days H3117 of wheat H2406 harvest, H7105 and found H4672 mandrakes H1736 in the field, H7704 and brought H935 them unto his mother H517 Leah. H3812 Then Rachel H7354 said H559 to Leah, H3812 Give me, H5414 I pray thee, of thy son's H1121 mandrakes. H1736

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:27 - And Laban H3837 said H559 unto him, I pray thee, if I have found H4672 favour H2580 in thine eyes, H5869 tarry: for I have learned by experience H5172 that the LORD H3068 hath blessed H1288 me for thy sake. H1558

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:32 - With whomsoever H834 thou findest H4672 thy gods, H430 let him not live: H2421 before H5048 our brethren H251 discern H5234 thou what is thine with me, and take H3947 it to thee. For Jacob H3290 knew H3045 not that Rachel H7354 had stolen H1589 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:33 - And Laban H3837 went H935 into Jacob's H3290 tent, H168 and into Leah's H3812 tent, H168 and into the two H8147 maidservants' H519 tents; H168 but he found H4672 them not. Then went he out H3318 of Leah's H3812 tent, H168 and entered H935 into Rachel's H7354 tent. H168

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:34 - Now Rachel H7354 had taken H3947 the images, H8655 and put H7760 them in the camel's H1581 furniture, H3733 and sat H3427 upon them. And Laban H3837 searched H4959 all the tent, H168 but found H4672 them not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:35 - And she said H559 to her father, H1 Let it not displease H2734 H5869 my lord H113 that I cannot H3201 rise up H6965 before thee; H6440 for the custom H1870 of women H802 is upon me. And he searched, H2664 but found H4672 not the images. H8655

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:37 - Whereas H3588 thou hast searched H4959 all my stuff, H3627 what hast thou found H4672 of all thy household H1004 stuff? H3627 set H7760 it here H3541 before my brethren H251 and thy brethren, H251 that they may judge H3198 betwixt H996 us both. H8147

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:10 - And Jacob H3290 said, H559 Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found H4672 grace H2580 in thy sight, H5869 then receive H3947 my present H4503 at my hand: H3027 for therefore I have seen H7200 thy face, H6440 as though I had seen H7200 the face H6440 of God, H430 and thou wast pleased with me. H7521

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:15 - And Esau H6215 said, H559 Let me now leave H3322 with thee some of the folk H5971 that are with me. And he said, H559 What H4100 needeth it? let me find H4672 grace H2580 in the sight H5869 of my lord. H113

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:11 - And Shechem H7927 said H559 unto her father H1 and unto her brethren, H251 Let me find H4672 grace H2580 in your eyes, H5869 and what ye shall say H559 unto me I will give. H5414

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:24 - And these are the children H1121 of Zibeon; H6649 both Ajah, H345 and Anah: H6034 this was that Anah H6034 that found H4672 the mules H3222 in the wilderness, H4057 as he fed H7462 the asses H2543 of Zibeon H6649 his father. H1

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:15 - And a certain man H376 found him, H4672 and, behold, he was wandering H8582 in the field: H7704 and the man H376 asked him, H7592 saying, H559 What seekest H1245 thou?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:17 - And the man H376 said, H559 They are departed H5265 hence; H2088 for I heard H8085 them say, H559 Let us go H3212 to Dothan. H1886 And Joseph H3130 went H3212 after H310 his brethren, H251 and found H4672 them in Dothan. H1886

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:32 - And they sent H7971 the coat H3801 of many colours, H6446 and they brought H935 it to their father; H1 and said, H559 This have we found: H4672 know H5234 now whether it be thy son's H1121 coat H3801 or no.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:20 - And Judah H3063 sent H7971 the kid H1423 H5795 by the hand H3027 of his friend H7453 the Adullamite, H5726 to receive H3947 his pledge H6162 from the woman's H802 hand: H3027 but he found her H4672 not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:22 - And he returned H7725 to Judah, H3063 and said, H559 I cannot H3808 find H4672 her; and also the men H582 of the place H4725 said, H559 that there was no harlot H6948 in this place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:23 - And Judah H3063 said, H559 Let her take H3947 it to her, lest we be shamed: H937 behold, I sent H7971 this kid, H1423 and thou hast not found H4672 her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:4 - And Joseph H3130 found H4672 grace H2580 in his sight, H5869 and he served H8334 him: and he made him overseer H6485 over his house, H1004 and all that he had H3426 he put H5414 into his hand. H3027

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:38 - And Pharaoh H6547 said H559 unto his servants, H5650 Can we find H4672 such a one as this H2088 is, a man H376 in whom H834 the Spirit H7307 of God H430 is?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:8 - Behold, the money, H3701 which we found H4672 in our sacks' H572 mouths, H6310 we brought again H7725 unto thee out of the land H776 of Canaan: H3667 how then should we steal H1589 out of thy lord's H113 house H1004 silver H3701 or gold? H2091

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:9 - With whomsoever of thy servants H5650 it be found, H4672 both let him die, H4191 and we also will be my lord's H113 bondmen. H5650

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:10 - And he said, H559 Now also let it be according unto your words: H1697 H3651 he with whom it is found H4672 shall be my servant; H5650 and ye shall be blameless. H5355

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:12 - And he searched, H2664 and began H2490 at the eldest, H1419 and left H3615 at the youngest: H6996 and the cup H1375 was found H4672 in Benjamin's H1144 sack. H572

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:16 - And Judah H3063 said, H559 What shall we say H559 unto my lord? H113 what shall we speak? H1696 or how shall we clear ourselves? H6663 God H430 hath found out H4672 the iniquity H5771 of thy servants: H5650 behold, we are my lord's H113 servants, H5650 both we, and he also H1571 with whom H834 H3027 the cup H1375 is found. H4672

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:17 - And he said, H559 God forbid H2486 that I should do H6213 so: H2063 but the man H376 in whose hand H3027 the cup H1375 is found, H4672 he shall be my servant; H5650 and as for you, get you up H5927 in peace H7965 unto your father. H1

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:34 - For how H349 shall I go up H5927 to my father, H1 and the lad H5288 be not with me? lest peradventure I see H7200 the evil H7451 that shall come on H4672 my father. H1

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