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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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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Page 2 / 9 (Gen 47:14–Deu 21:17)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:14 - Joseph gathered all the money that was found H4672 in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan for the grain which they bought, and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:25 - So they said, “You have saved our lives! Let us find H4672 favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s slaves.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:29 - When [fn]the time for Israel to die drew near, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “Please, if I have found H4672 favor in your sight, place now your hand under my thigh and deal with me in kindness and [fn]faithfulness. Please do not bury me in Egypt,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:4 - When the days of [fn]mourning for him were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, “If now I have found H4672 favor in your sight, please speak [fn]to Pharaoh, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:11 - ‘You go and get straw for yourselves wherever you can find H4672 it, but none of your labor will be reduced.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:19 - “Now therefore send, bring your livestock and whatever you have in the field to safety. Every man and beast that is found H4672 in the field and is not brought home, when the hail comes down on them, will die.”’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:19 - ‘Seven days there shall be no leaven found H4672 in your houses; for whoever eats what is leavened, that [fn]person shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is an alien or a native of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:22 - Then Moses [fn]led Israel from the [fn]Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness and found H4672 no water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:25 - Moses said, “Eat it today, for today is a sabbath to the LORD; today you will not find H4672 it in the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:27 - It came about on the seventh day that some of the people went out to gather, but they found H4672 none.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:8 - Moses told his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardship that had befallen H4672 them on the journey, and how the LORD had delivered them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:16 - “He who [fn]kidnaps a man, whether he sells him or he is found H4672 in his [fn]possession, shall surely be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:2 - “[fn]If the thief is [fn]caught H4672 while breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no bloodguiltiness on his account.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:4 - “If what he stole is actually H4672 found H4672 alive in his [fn]possession, whether an ox or a donkey or a sheep, he shall pay double.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:6 - “If a fire breaks out and spreads H4672 to thorn bushes, so that stacked grain or the standing grain or the field itself is consumed, he who started the fire shall surely make restitution.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:7 - “If a man gives his neighbor money or goods to keep for him and it is stolen from the man’s house, if the thief is [fn]caught, H4672 he shall pay double.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:8 - “If the thief is not [fn]caught, H4672 then the owner of the house shall [fn]appear before [fn]the judges, to determine whether he [fn]laid his hands on his neighbor’s property.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:12 - Then Moses said to the LORD, “See, You say to me, ‘Bring up this people!’ But You Yourself have not let me know whom You will send with me. Moreover, You have said, ‘I have known you by name, and you have also found H4672 favor in My sight.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:13 - “Now therefore, I pray You, if I have found H4672 favor in Your sight, let me know Your ways that I may know You, so that I may find H4672 favor in Your sight. Consider too, that this nation is Your people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:16 - “For how then can it be known that I have found H4672 favor in Your sight, I and Your people? Is it not by Your going with us, so that we, I and Your people, may be distinguished from all the other people who are upon the face of the [fn]earth?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:17 - The LORD said to Moses, “I will also do this thing of which you have spoken; for you have found H4672 favor in My sight and I have known you by name.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:9 - He said, “If now I have found H4672 favor in Your sight, O Lord, I pray, let the Lord go along in our midst, even though [fn]the people are so obstinate, and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us as Your own [fn]possession.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:23 - Every man, [fn]who had H4672 in his possession [fn]blue and purple and scarlet material and fine linen and goats’ hair and rams’ skins [fn]dyed red and porpoise skins, brought them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:24 - Everyone who could make a [fn]contribution of silver and [fn]bronze brought the LORD’S [fn]contribution; and every man [fn]who had H4672 in his possession acacia wood for any work of the service brought it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:3 - or has found H4672 what was lost and lied about it and sworn falsely, so that he sins in regard to any one of the things a man may do;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:4 - then it shall be, when he sins and becomes guilty, that he shall restore what he took by robbery or what he got by extortion, or the deposit which was [fn]entrusted to him or the lost thing which he found, H4672

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:12 - Then he slaughtered the burnt offering; and Aaron’s sons handed H4672 the blood to him and he sprinkled it around on the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:13 - They handed H4672 the burnt offering to him in [fn]pieces, with the head, and he offered them up in smoke on the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:18 - Then he slaughtered the ox and the ram, the sacrifice of peace offerings which was for the people; and Aaron’s sons handed H4672 the blood to him and he sprinkled it around on the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:8 - ‘But if [fn]she cannot afford H4672 a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, the one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:26 - ‘Or in case a man has no kinsman, but so [fn]recovers his means as to find H4672 sufficient for its redemption,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:28 - ‘But if [fn]he has not found H4672 sufficient means to get it back for himself, then what he has sold shall remain in the hands of its purchaser until the year of jubilee; but at the jubilee it shall [fn]revert, that he may return to his property.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:11 - So Moses said to the LORD, “Why have You [fn]been so hard on Your servant? And why have I not found H4672 favor in Your sight, that You have laid the burden of all this people on me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:15 - “So if You are going to deal thus with me, please kill me at once, if I have found H4672 favor in Your sight, and do not let me see my wretchedness.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:22 - “Should flocks and herds be slaughtered for them, to be sufficient H4672 for them? Or should all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to be sufficient H4672 for them?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:32 - Now while the sons of Israel were in the wilderness, they found H4672 a man gathering wood on the sabbath day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:33 - Those who found H4672 him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:14 - From Kadesh Moses then sent messengers to the king of Edom: “Thus your brother Israel has said, ‘You know all the hardship that has befallen H4672 us;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:50

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:50 - “So we have brought as an offering to the LORD what each man found, H4672 articles of gold, armlets and bracelets, signet rings, earrings and necklaces, to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:5 - They said, “If we have found H4672 favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants as a possession; do not take us across the Jordan.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:23 - “But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the LORD, and be sure your sin will find H4672 you out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:27 - and the blood avenger finds H4672 him outside the border of his city of refuge, and the blood avenger kills the manslayer, he will not be guilty of blood

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:29 - “But from there you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find H4672 Him if you search for Him with all your heart and all your soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:30 - “When you are in distress and all these things have come H4672 upon you, in the latter days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:2 - “If there is found H4672 in your midst, in any of your [fn]towns, which the LORD your God is giving you, a man or a woman who does what is evil in the sight of the LORD your God, by transgressing His covenant,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:10 - “There shall not be found H4672 among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices witchcraft, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:5 - as when a man goes into the forest with his friend to cut wood, and his hand [fn]swings the axe to cut down the tree, and the iron head slips off the [fn]handle and [fn]strikes H4672 his friend so that he dies—he may flee to one of these cities and live;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:11 - “If it [fn]agrees to make peace with you and opens to you, then all the people who are found H4672 in it shall become your forced labor and shall serve you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:1 - “If a slain person is found H4672 lying in the open country in the land which the LORD your God gives you to [fn]possess, and it is not known who has struck him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:17 - “But he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the [fn]unloved, by giving him a double portion of all that [fn]he has, H4672 for he is the beginning of his strength; to him belongs the right of the firstborn.

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