Mâtsâʼ — H4672

H4672 · Hebrew — מצא

Pronunciation: maw-tsaw'

Definition

verb

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

  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)

Usually translated as

find, present, come, be able, finding, get, hit, be left, meet, suffice, befall, catch, deliver, be enough, have, occasion serve, ready, being, certainly, be here, light, on, speed, take hold on

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Mâtsâʼ occurs 454 times in 425 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (54), Exodus (20), Leviticus (8), Numbers (10), Deuteronomy (22), Joshua (4), Judges (13), Ruth (4), 1 Samuel (34), 2 Samuel (10), 1 Kings (15), 2 Kings (24), 1 Chronicles (11), 2 Chronicles (28), Ezra (4), Nehemiah (7), Esther (8), Job (18), Psalms (17), Proverbs (25), Ecclesiastes (12), Song of Songs (9), Isaiah (18), Jeremiah (24), Lamentations (4), Ezekiel (4), Daniel (4), Hosea (7), Amos (1), Jonah (1), Micah (1), Zephaniah (1), Zechariah (2), Malachi (1)

Strong's Lexicon — M