Lexicon :: Strong's H4672 - māṣā'

מָצָא

Transliteration

māṣā'

Pronunciation

maw-tsaw'

Part of Speech

verb

Root Word (Etymology)

A primitive root

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1231

Strong's Info

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

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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)

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STRONGS H4672: Abbreviations

מָצָא ₄₅₂ verb attain to, find (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian maṣû, Dl^{HWB 421}, Ethiopic come, arrive; Aramaic [ find], Passive participle able, powerful, and derivatives; compare Nö^{ZMG xl 1886, 736} Dr^{1 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 Gie^{Beitr. z. Jes. Krit. 208} We Now); so possibly also (object omitted) Jeremiah 10:18 (so Gf.; 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 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 Che^Comm.; for other interpretations of ח׳, ידך, see Ew Di Du Che^Hpt); 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 Da^{Synt. § 22 R. 4} Kö^{Synt. § 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 Ba^{NB 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:

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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