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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 39 times in 34 verses in '1Sa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:18 - She said, “Let your bond-servant find H4672 favor in your sight.” So the woman went on her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:4 - So he passed through the hill country of Ephraim and passed through the land of Shalishah, but they did not find H4672 them. Then they passed through the land of Shaalim, but they were not there. Then he passed through the land of the Benjaminites, but they did not find H4672 them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:8 - The servant answered Saul again and said, “Look, I have H4672 in my hand a fourth of a shekel of silver; I will give it to the man of God and he will tell us our way.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:11

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As they went up the slope to the city, they found H4672 young women going out to draw water, and they said to them, “Is the seer here?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:13 - “As soon as you enter the city you will find H4672 him before he goes up to the high place to eat, for the people will not eat until he comes, because he must bless the sacrifice; afterward those who are invited will eat. Now then, go up, for you will find H4672 him about this time.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:20 - “And as for your donkeys that wandered off three days ago, do not be concerned about them, for they have been found H4672. And for whom is everything that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for you and for all your father’s household?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:2 - “When you leave me today, then you will find H4672 two men close to Rachel’s tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to you, ‘The donkeys which you went to look for have been found H4672. Now behold, your father has stopped talking about the donkeys and is anxious about you, saying, “What am I to do about my son?”’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:3 - “Then you will go on farther from there, and you will come as far as the [fn]oak of Tabor, and there three men going up to God at Bethel will meet H4672 you: one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a jug of wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:7 - “And it shall be when these signs come to you, do for yourself what [fn]the occasion requires H4672, because God is with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:16 - So Saul said to his uncle, “He told us plainly that the donkeys had been found H4672.” But he did not tell him about the matter of the kingdom which Samuel had mentioned.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:21 - Then he brought the tribe of Benjamin forward by its families, and the Matrite family was selected by lot. And Saul the son of Kish was selected by lot; but when they looked for him, he could not be found H4672.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:5 - So he said to them, “The LORD is witness against you, and His anointed is witness this day that you have found H4672 nothing in my hand.” And they said, “He is witness.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:15 -

Then Samuel set out and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul [fn]counted the people who were H4672 [fn]present H4672 with him, about six hundred men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:16 - Now Saul, his son Jonathan, and the people who were H4672 [fn]present H4672 with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin while the Philistines camped at Michmash.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:19

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Now no blacksmith could be found H4672 in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines said, “Otherwise the Hebrews will make [fn]swords or spears.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:22 - So it came about on the day of battle that neither sword nor spear was found H4672 in the hands of any of the people who were with Saul and Jonathan, but they were found H4672 with Saul and his son Jonathan.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:30 - “How much more, if only the people had freely eaten today of the spoils of their enemies which they found H4672! For now the defeat among the Philistines has not been great.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:22 - So Saul sent word to Jesse, saying, “Let David now [fn]be my attendant for he has found H4672 favor in my sight.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:3 - Yet David vowed again, [fn]saying, “Your father is well aware that I have found H4672 favor in your sight, and he has said, ‘Jonathan is not to know this, otherwise he will be worried.’ But indeed as the LORD lives and as your soul lives, there is [fn]just a step between me and death.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:21 - “Then behold, I will send the boy, telling him, ‘Go, find H4672 the arrows.’ If I specifically say to the boy, ‘Behold, the arrows are on this side of you, get them,’ then come, because it is safe for you and there is nothing to harm you, as the LORD lives.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:29 - “He said, ‘Please let me go, because our family has a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has ordered me to attend. So now, if I have found H4672 favor in your sight, please let me slip away so that I may see my brothers.’ For this reason he has not come to the king’s table.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:36 - He said to his boy, “Run, find H4672 now the arrows which I am about to shoot.” The boy ran, and he shot [fn]an arrow past him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:3 - “Now then, what [fn]do you have on hand? Give [fn]me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found H4672.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:17 - He said to him, “Do not be afraid, because the hand of Saul my father will not find H4672 you, and you will be king over Israel, and I will be second in command to you; and Saul my father knows that as well.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:19 - “Though if a man finds H4672 his enemy, will he let him go away [fn]unharmed? May the LORD therefore reward you with good in return for what you have done to me this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:8 - ‘Ask your young men and they will tell you. Therefore let my young men find H4672 favor in your eyes, for we have come on a [fn]festive day. Please give whatever you find H4672 at hand to your servants and to your son David.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:28 - “Please forgive the offense of your slave; for the LORD will certainly make for my lord an [fn]enduring house, because my lord is fighting the battles of the LORD, and evil will not be found H4672 in you all your days.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:5

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Then David said to Achish, “If now I have found H4672 favor in your sight, have them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, so that I may live there; for why should your servant live in the royal city with you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:3 - Then the commanders of the Philistines said, “What are these Hebrews doing here?” And Achish said to the commanders of the Philistines, “Is this not David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or rather these years, and I have found H4672 nothing at all suspicious in him since the day he [fn]deserted to me to this day?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:6

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Then Achish called David and said to him, “As the LORD lives, you have indeed been honest, and your [fn]going out and your coming in with me in the army are pleasing in my sight; for I have not found H4672 evil in you since the day of your coming to me to this day. Nevertheless, you are not pleasing in the sight of the governors.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:8 - However, David said to Achish, “But what have I done? And what have you found H4672 in your servant since the day that I came before you, to this day, that I cannot go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:11

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Now they found H4672 an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David, and gave him bread and he ate, and they provided him water to drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:3 - The battle went heavily against Saul, and the archers found H4672 him; and he was gravely wounded by the archers.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:8 -

It came about on the next day, when the Philistines came to strip those killed, that they found H4672 Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

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