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)
Translated as (BSB)
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Concordance 425 verses
- 2 Chronicles 34:30 הַנִּמְצָ֖א
And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the Levites—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 34:32 הַנִּמְצָ֥א
Then he had everyone in Jerusalem and Benjamin take a stand in agreement to it. So all the people of Jerusalem carried out the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 34:33 הַנִּמְצָא֙
And Josiah removed all the abominations from all the lands belonging to the Israelites, and he required everyone in Israel to serve the LORD their God. Throughout his reign they did not turn aside from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 35:7 הַנִּמְצָ֗א
From his own flocks and herds Josiah contributed 30,000 lambs and goats plus 3,000 bulls for the Passover offerings for all the people who were present.
- 2 Chronicles 35:17 הַֽנִּמְצְאִ֛ים
The Israelites who were present also observed the Passover at that time, as well as the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days.
- 2 Chronicles 35:18 הַנִּמְצָ֔א
No such Passover had been observed in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. None of the kings of Israel ever observed a Passover like the one that Josiah observed with the priests, the Levites, all Judah, the Israelites who were present, and the people of Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 36:8 וְהַנִּמְצָ֣א
As for the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, the abominations he committed, and all that was found against him, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. And his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place.
- Ezra 2:62 נִמְצָ֑אוּ
These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
- Ezra 8:15 מָצָ֥אתִי
Now I assembled these exiles at the canal that flows to Ahava, and we camped there three days. And when I searched among the people and priests, I found no Levites there.
- Ezra 8:25 הַנִּמְצָאִֽים׃
and I weighed out to them the contribution of silver and gold and the articles that the king, his counselors, his leaders, and all the Israelites there had offered for the house of our God.
- Ezra 10:18 וַיִּמָּצֵא֙
Among the descendants of the priests who had married foreign women were found these descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.
- Nehemiah 5:8 מָצְא֖וּ
and said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling your own brothers, that they may be sold back to us!” But they remained silent, for they could find nothing to say.
- Nehemiah 7:5 וָֽאֶמְצָ֗אוָאֶמְצָ֖א
Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be enrolled by genealogy. I found the genealogical register of those who had first returned, and I found the following written in it:
- Nehemiah 7:64 נִמְצָ֑א
These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
- Nehemiah 8:14 וַֽיִּמְצְא֖וּ
And they found written in the Law, which the LORD had commanded through Moses, that the Israelites were to dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month.
- Nehemiah 9:8 וּמָצָ֣אתָ
You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, of the Jebusites and Girgashites— to give it to his descendants. You have kept Your promise, because You are righteous.
- Nehemiah 9:32 מְ֠צָאַתְנוּ
So now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, and upon our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors and all Your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.
- Nehemiah 13:1 וְנִמְצָא֙
At that time the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and in it they found the passage stating that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God,
- Esther 1:5 הַנִּמְצְאִים֩
At the end of this time, in the garden court of the royal palace, the king held a seven-day feast for all the people in the citadel of Susa, from the least to the greatest.
- Esther 2:23 וַיִּמָּצֵ֔א
After the report had been investigated and verified, both officials were hanged on the gallows. And all this was recorded in the Book of the Chronicles in the presence of the king.
- Esther 4:16 הַֽנִּמְצְאִ֣ים
“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!”
- Esther 5:8 מָצָ֨אתִי
If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, may the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the king’s question.”
- Esther 6:2 וַיִּמָּצֵ֣א
And there it was found recorded that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the king’s entrance, when they had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.
- Esther 7:3 מָצָ֨אתִי
Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, grant me my life as my petition, and the lives of my people as my request.
- Esther 8:5 מָצָ֧אתִי
“If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if I have found favor in his sight, and the matter seems proper to the king, and I am pleasing in his sight, may an order be written to revoke the letters that the scheming Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces.
- Esther 8:6 יִמְצָ֣א
For how could I bear to see the disaster that would befall my people? How could I bear to see the destruction of my kindred?”
- Job 3:22 יִמְצְאוּ־
who rejoice and greatly exult when they can find the grave?
- Job 11:7 תִּמְצָ֑אתִּמְצָֽא׃
Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?
- Job 17:10 אֶמְצָ֖א
But come back and try again, all of you. For I will not find a wise man among you.
- Job 19:28 נִמְצָא־
If you say, ‘Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him,’
- Job 20:8 יִמְצָא֑וּהוּ
He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.
- Job 23:3 וְאֶמְצָאֵ֑הוּ
If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.
- Job 28:12 תִּמָּצֵ֑א
But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell?
- Job 28:13 תִ֝מָּצֵ֗א
No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.
- Job 31:25 מָצְאָ֥ה
if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much,
- Job 31:29 מְצָ֥אוֹ
If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin, or exulted when evil befell him—
- Job 32:3 מָצְא֣וּ
and he burned with anger against Job’s three friends because they had failed to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.
- Job 32:13 מָצָ֣אנוּ
So do not claim, ‘We have found wisdom; let God, not man, refute him.’
- Job 33:10 יִמְצָ֑א
Yet God finds occasions against me; He counts me as His enemy.
- Job 33:24 מָצָ֥אתִי
to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’
- Job 34:11 יַמְצִאֶֽנּוּ׃
For according to a man’s deeds He repays him; according to a man’s ways He brings consequences.
- Job 37:13 יַמְצִאֵֽהוּ׃
Whether for punishment or for His land, He accomplishes this in His loving devotion.
- Job 37:23 מְ֭צָאנֻהוּ
The Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not oppress.
- Job 42:15 נִמְצָ֜א
No women as beautiful as Job’s daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance among their brothers.
- Psalms 10:15 תִּמְצָֽא׃
Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.
- Psalms 17:3 תִּמְצָ֑א
You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.
- Psalms 21:8 תִּמְצָ֣אתִּמְצָ֥א
Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies; Your right hand will seize those who hate You.
- Psalms 32:6 מְ֫צֹ֥א
Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.
- Psalms 36:2 לִמְצֹ֖א
For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin.
- Psalms 37:36 נִמְצָֽא׃
yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched, he could not be found.
