מָצָא

ma.tsa

Hebrew H4672 Verb 455 occurrences in 425 verses

מָצָא to find

1. to find, attain to

a. (Qal)

1. to find

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

b. to find (what is lost)

c. to meet, encounter

d. to find (a condition)

e. to learn, devise

2. to find out

a. to find out

b. to detect

c. to guess

3. to come upon, light upon

a. to happen upon, meet, fall in with

b. to hit

c. to befall

b. (Niphal)

1. to be found

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

b. to appear, be recognised

c. to be discovered, be detected

d. to be gained, be secured

2. to be, be found

a. to be found in

b. to be in the possession of

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

d. to be left (after war)

e. to be present

f. to prove to be

g. to be found sufficient, be enough

c. (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)

Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)

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Concordance 425 verses

Genesis 2:20 מָצָ֥א

The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.
Genesis 4:14 מֹצְאִ֖י

Behold, this day You have driven me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I will be hidden; I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”
Genesis 4:15 מֹצְאֽוֹ׃

“Not so!” replied the LORD. “If anyone slays Cain, then Cain will be avenged sevenfold.” And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him.
Genesis 6:8 מָ֥צָא

Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD.
Genesis 8:9 מָצְאָה֩

But the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, because the waters were still covering the surface of all the earth. So he reached out his hand and brought her back inside the ark.
Genesis 11:2 וַֽיִּמְצְא֥וּ

And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
Genesis 16:7 וַֽיִּמְצָאָ֞הּ

Now the angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert—the spring along the road to Shur.
Genesis 18:3 מָצָ֤אתִי

“My lord,” said Abraham, “if I have found favor in your sight, please do not pass your servant by.
Genesis 18:26 אֶמְצָ֥א

So the LORD replied, “If I find fifty righteous ones within the city of Sodom, on their account I will spare the whole place.”
Genesis 18:28 אֶמְצָ֣א

suppose the fifty righteous ones lack five. Will You destroy the whole city for the lack of five?” He replied, “If I find forty-five there, I will not destroy it.”
Genesis 18:29 יִמָּצְא֥וּן

Once again Abraham spoke to the LORD, “Suppose forty are found there?” He answered, “On account of the forty, I will not do it.”
Genesis 18:30 יִמָּצְא֥וּןאֶמְצָ֥א

Then Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak further. Suppose thirty are found there?” He replied, “If I find thirty there, I will not do it.”
Genesis 18:31 יִמָּצְא֥וּן

And Abraham said, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord, suppose twenty are found there?” He answered, “On account of the twenty, I will not destroy it.”
Genesis 18:32 יִמָּצְא֥וּן

Finally, Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak once more. Suppose ten are found there?” And He answered, “On account of the ten, I will not destroy it.”
Genesis 19:11 לִמְצֹ֥א

And they struck the men at the entrance, young and old, with blindness, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the door.
Genesis 19:15 הַנִּמְצָאֹ֔ת

At daybreak the angels hurried Lot along, saying, “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.”
Genesis 19:19 מָצָ֨א

Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I cannot run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.
Genesis 26:12 וַיִּמְצָ֛א

Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,
Genesis 26:19 וַיִּ֨מְצְאוּ־

Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there.
Genesis 26:32 מָצָ֥אנוּ

On that same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have found water!” they told him.
Genesis 27:20 לִמְצֹ֖א

But Isaac asked his son, “How did you ever find it so quickly, my son?” “Because the LORD your God brought it to me,” he replied.
Genesis 30:14 וַיִּמְצָ֤א

Now during the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother, Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
Genesis 30:27 מָצָ֥אתִי

But Laban replied, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you.”
Genesis 31:32 תִּמְצָ֣א

If you find your gods with anyone here, he shall not live! In the presence of our relatives, see for yourself if anything is yours, and take it back.” For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the idols.
Genesis 31:33 מָצָ֑א

So Laban went into Jacob’s tent, then Leah’s tent, and then the tents of the two maidservants, but he found nothing. Then he left Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s tent.
Genesis 31:34 מָצָֽא׃

Now Rachel had taken Laban’s household idols, put them in the saddlebag of her camel, and was sitting on them. And Laban searched everything in the tent but found nothing.
Genesis 31:35 מָצָ֖א

Rachel said to her father, “Sir, do not be angry that I cannot stand up before you; for I am having my period.” So Laban searched, but could not find the household idols.
Genesis 31:37 מָּצָ֙אתָ֙

You have searched all my goods! Have you found anything that belongs to you? Put it here before my brothers and yours, that they may judge between the two of us.
Genesis 32:5 לִמְצֹא־

I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, menservants, and maidservants. I have sent this message to inform my master, so that I may find favor in your sight.’”
Genesis 32:19 בְּמֹצַאֲכֶ֖ם

He also instructed the second, the third, and all those following behind the herds: “When you meet Esau, you are to say the same thing to him.
Genesis 33:8 לִמְצֹא־

“What do you mean by sending this whole company to meet me?” asked Esau. “To find favor in your sight, my lord,” Jacob answered.
Genesis 33:10 מָצָ֤אתִי

But Jacob insisted, “No, please! If I have found favor in your sight, then receive this gift from my hand. For indeed, I have seen your face, and it is like seeing the face of God, since you have received me favorably.
Genesis 33:15 אֶמְצָא־

“Let me leave some of my people with you,” Esau said. But Jacob replied, “Why do that? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.”
Genesis 34:11 אֶמְצָא־

Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers, “Grant me this favor, and I will give you whatever you ask.
Genesis 36:24 מָצָ֤א

These are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. (This is the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness as he was pasturing the donkeys of his father Zibeon.)
Genesis 37:15 וַיִּמְצָאֵ֣הוּ

a man found him wandering in the field and asked, “What are you looking for?”
Genesis 37:17 וַיִּמְצָאֵ֖ם

“They have moved on from here,” the man answered. “I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” So Joseph set out after his brothers and found them at Dothan.
Genesis 37:32 מָצָ֑אנוּ

They sent the robe of many colors to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s robe or not.”
Genesis 38:20 מְצָאָֽהּ׃

Now when Judah sent his friend Hirah the Adullamite with the young goat to collect the items he had left with the woman, he could not find her.
Genesis 38:22 מְצָאתִ֑יהָ

So Hirah returned to Judah and said, “I could not find her, and furthermore, the men of that place said, ‘No shrine prostitute has been here.’”
Genesis 38:23 מְצָאתָֽהּ׃

“Let her keep the items,” Judah replied. “Otherwise we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you could not find her.”
Genesis 39:4 וַיִּמְצָ֨א

Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household and entrusted him with everything he owned.
Genesis 41:38 הֲנִמְצָ֣א

So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, in whom the Spirit of God abides?”
Genesis 44:8 מָצָ֙אנוּ֙

We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found in the mouths of our sacks. Why would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?
Genesis 44:9 יִמָּצֵ֥א

If any of your servants is found to have it, he must die, and the rest will become slaves of my lord.”
Genesis 44:10 יִמָּצֵ֤א

“As you say,” replied the steward. “But only the one who is found with the cup will be my slave, and the rest of you shall be free of blame.”
Genesis 44:12 וַיִּמָּצֵא֙

The steward searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest—and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
Genesis 44:16 מָצָא֙נִמְצָ֥א

“What can we say to my lord?” Judah replied. “How can we plead? How can we justify ourselves? God has exposed the iniquity of your servants. We are now my lord’s slaves—both we and the one who was found with the cup.”
Genesis 44:17 נִמְצָ֨א

But Joseph replied, “Far be it from me to do this. The man who was found with the cup will be my slave. The rest of you may return to your father in peace.”
Genesis 44:34 יִמְצָ֖א

For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the misery that would overwhelm him.”