מָצָא
ma.tsa
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
- Deuteronomy 22:3 וּמְצָאתָ֑הּ
And you shall do the same for his donkey, his cloak, or anything your brother has lost and you have found. You must not ignore it.
- Deuteronomy 22:14 מָצָ֥אתִי
and he then accuses her of shameful conduct and gives her a bad name, saying, “I married this woman and had relations with her, but I discovered she was not a virgin.”
- Deuteronomy 22:17 מָצָ֤אתִי
And now he has accused her of shameful conduct, saying, ‘I discovered that your daughter was not a virgin.’ But here is the proof of her virginity.” And they shall spread out the cloth before the city elders.
- Deuteronomy 22:20 נִמְצְא֥וּ
If, however, this accusation is true, and no proof of the young woman’s virginity can be found,
- Deuteronomy 22:22 יִמָּצֵ֨א
If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.
- Deuteronomy 22:23 וּמְצָאָ֥הּ
If there is a virgin pledged in marriage to a man, and another man encounters her in the city and sleeps with her,
- Deuteronomy 22:25 יִמְצָ֣א
But if the man encounters a betrothed woman in the open country, and he overpowers her and lies with her, only the man who has done this must die.
- Deuteronomy 22:27 מְצָאָ֑הּ
When he found her in the field, the betrothed woman cried out, but there was no one to save her.
- Deuteronomy 22:28 יִמְצָ֣אוְנִמְצָֽאוּ׃
If a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered,
- Deuteronomy 24:1 תִמְצָא־מָ֤צָא
If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some indecency in her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her, and send her away from his house.
- Deuteronomy 24:7 יִמָּצֵ֣א
If a man is caught kidnapping one of his Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. So you must purge the evil from among you.
- Deuteronomy 31:17 וּמְצָאֻ֛הוּמְצָא֖וּנִי
On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’
- Deuteronomy 31:21 תִמְצֶ֨אןָ
And when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination, even before I bring them into the land that I swore to give them.”
- Deuteronomy 32:10 יִמְצָאֵ֙הוּ֙
He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.
- Joshua 2:22 מָצָֽאוּ׃
So the spies went out into the hill country and stayed there three days, until their pursuers had returned without finding them, having searched all along the road.
- Joshua 2:23 הַמֹּצְא֖וֹת
Then the two men started back, came down from the hill country, and crossed the river. So they came to Joshua son of Nun and reported all that had happened to them.
- Joshua 10:17 נִמְצְאוּ֙
And Joshua was informed: “The five kings have been found; they are hiding in the cave at Makkedah.”
- Joshua 17:16 יִמָּ֥צֵא
“The hill country is not enough for us,” they replied, “and all the Canaanites who live in the valley have iron chariots, both in Beth-shean with its towns and in the Valley of Jezreel.”
- Judges 1:5 וַֽ֠יִּמְצְאוּ
And there they found Adoni-bezek and fought against him, striking down the Canaanites and Perizzites.
- Judges 5:30 יִמְצְא֜וּ
‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil— a girl or two for each warrior, a plunder of dyed garments for Sisera, the spoil of embroidered garments for the neck of the looter?’
- Judges 6:13 מְצָאַ֖תְנוּ
“Please, my Lord,” Gideon replied, “if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all His wonders of which our fathers told us, saying, ‘Has not the LORD brought us up out of Egypt?’ But now the LORD has forsaken us and delivered us into the hand of Midian.”
- Judges 6:17 מָצָ֥אתִי
Gideon answered, “If I have found favor in Your sight, give me a sign that it is You speaking with me.
- Judges 9:33 תִּמְצָ֥א
And in the morning at sunrise, get up and advance against the city. When Gaal and his men come out against you, do to them whatever you are able.”
- Judges 14:12 וּמְצָאתֶ֔ם
“Let me tell you a riddle,” Samson said to them. “If you can solve it for me within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.
- Judges 14:18 מְצָאתֶ֖ם
Before sunset on the seventh day, the men of the city said to Samson: “What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion?” So he said to them: “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle!”
- Judges 15:15 וַיִּמְצָ֥א
He found the fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached out his hand and took it, and struck down a thousand men.
- Judges 17:8 יִמְצָ֑א
This man left the city of Bethlehem in Judah to settle where he could find a place. And as he traveled, he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim.
- Judges 17:9 אֶמְצָֽא׃
“Where are you from?” Micah asked him. “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,” he replied, “and I am on my way to settle wherever I can find a place.”
- Judges 20:48 הַנִּמְצָ֑אהַנִּמְצָא֖וֹת
And the men of Israel turned back against the other Benjamites and put to the sword all the cities, including the animals and everything else they found. And they burned down all the cities in their path.
- Judges 21:12 וַֽיִּמְצְא֞וּ
So they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young women who had not had relations with a man, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.
- Judges 21:14 מָצְא֥וּ
And at that time the Benjamites returned and were given the women who were spared from Jabesh-gilead. But there were not enough women for all of them.
- Ruth 1:9 וּמְצֶ֣אןָ
May the LORD enable each of you to find rest in the home of your new husband.” And she kissed them as they wept aloud
- Ruth 2:2 אֶמְצָא־
And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go into the fields and glean heads of grain after someone in whose sight I may find favor.” “Go ahead, my daughter,” Naomi replied.
- Ruth 2:10 מָצָ֨אתִי
At this, she fell on her face, bowing low to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you should take notice of me, even though I am a foreigner?”
- Ruth 2:13 אֶמְצָא־
“My lord,” she said, “may I continue to find favor in your eyes, for you have comforted and spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your servant girls.”
- 1 Samuel 1:18 תִּמְצָ֧א
“May your maidservant find favor with you,” said Hannah. Then she went on her way, and she began eating again, and her face was no longer downcast.
- 1 Samuel 9:4 מָצָ֑אוּמָצָֽאוּ׃
So Saul passed through the hill country of Ephraim and then through the land of Shalishah, but did not find the donkeys. He and the servant went through the region of Shaalim, but they were not there. Then they went through the land of Benjamin, and still they did not find them.
- 1 Samuel 9:8 נִמְצָ֣א
The servant answered him again. “Look,” he said, “I have here in my hand a quarter shekel of silver. I will give it to the man of God, and he will tell us our way.”
- 1 Samuel 9:11 מָצְא֣וּ
And as they were climbing the hill to the city, they met some young women coming out to draw water and asked, “Is the seer here?”
- 1 Samuel 9:13 תִּמְצְא֣וּןתִּמְצְא֥וּן
As soon as you enter the city, you will find him before he goes up to the high place to eat. The people will not eat until he comes, because he must bless the sacrifice; after that, the guests will eat. Go up at once; you will find him.”
- 1 Samuel 9:20 נִמְצָ֑אוּ
As for the donkeys you lost three days ago, do not worry about them, for they have been found. And upon whom is all the desire of Israel, if not upon you and all your father’s house?”
- 1 Samuel 10:2 וּמָצָאתָ֩נִמְצְא֤וּ
When you leave me today, you will find two men at Rachel’s tomb in Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you seek have been found, and now your father has stopped worrying about the donkeys and started worrying about you, asking, “What should I do about my son?”’
- 1 Samuel 10:3 וּמְצָא֤וּךָ
Then you will go on from there until you come to the Oak of Tabor. Three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you there, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine.
- 1 Samuel 10:7 תִּמְצָ֣א
When these signs have come, do as the occasion demands, for God is with you.
- 1 Samuel 10:16 נִמְצְא֖וּ
And Saul replied, “He assured us that the donkeys had been found.” But Saul did not tell his uncle what Samuel had said about the kingship.
- 1 Samuel 10:21 נִמְצָֽא׃
Then he had the tribe of Benjamin come forward by its clans, and the clan of Matri was selected. Finally, Saul son of Kish was selected. But when they looked for him, they could not find him.
- 1 Samuel 12:5 מְצָאתֶ֛ם
Samuel said to them, “The LORD is a witness against you, and His anointed is a witness today, that you have not found anything in my hand.” “He is a witness,” they replied.
- 1 Samuel 13:15 הַנִּמְצְאִ֣ים
Then Samuel set out from Gilgal and went up to Gibeah in Benjamin. And Saul numbered the troops who were with him, about six hundred men.
- 1 Samuel 13:16 הַנִּמְצָ֣א
Now Saul and Jonathan his son and the troops with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped at Michmash.
- 1 Samuel 13:19 יִמָּצֵ֔א
And no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “The Hebrews must not be allowed to make swords or spears.”