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

  1. Song of Solomon 3:3 מְצָא֙וּנִי֙

    I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city: “Have you seen the one I love?”

  2. Song of Solomon 3:4 שֶֽׁמָּצָ֔אתִי

    I had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held him and would not let go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the chamber of the one who conceived me.

  3. Song of Solomon 5:6 מְצָאתִ֔יהוּ

    I opened for my beloved, but he had turned and gone. My heart sank at his departure. I sought him, but did not find him. I called, but he did not answer.

  4. Song of Solomon 5:7 מְצָאֻ֧נִי

    I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city. They beat me and bruised me; they took away my cloak, those guardians of the walls.

  5. Song of Solomon 5:8 תִּמְצְאוּ֙

    O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.

  6. Song of Solomon 8:1 אֶֽמְצָאֲךָ֤

    O that you were to me like a brother who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me.

  7. Song of Solomon 8:10 כְּמוֹצְאֵ֥ת

    I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. So I have become in his eyes like one who brings peace.

  8. Isaiah 10:10 מָצְאָ֣ה

    As my hand seized the idolatrous kingdoms whose images surpassed those of Jerusalem and Samaria,

  9. Isaiah 10:14 וַתִּמְצָ֨א

    My hand reached as into a nest to seize the wealth of the nations. Like one gathering abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth. No wing fluttered, no beak opened or chirped.’”

  10. Isaiah 13:15 הַנִּמְצָ֖א

    Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword.

  11. Isaiah 22:3 נִמְצָאַ֙יִךְ֙

    All your rulers have fled together, captured without a bow. All your fugitives were captured together, having fled to a distant place.

  12. Isaiah 30:14 יִמָּצֵ֤א

    It will break in pieces like a potter’s jar, shattered so that no fragment can be found. Not a shard will be found in the dust large enough to scoop the coals from a hearth or to skim the water from a cistern.”

  13. Isaiah 34:14 וּמָצְאָ֥ה

    The desert creatures will meet with hyenas, and one wild goat will call to another. There the night creature will settle and find her place of repose.

  14. Isaiah 35:9 תִמָּצֵ֖א

    No lion will be there, and no vicious beast will go up on it. Such will not be found there, but the redeemed will walk upon it.

  15. Isaiah 37:4 הַנִּמְצָאָֽה׃

    Perhaps the LORD your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”

  16. Isaiah 37:8 וַיִּמְצָא֙

    When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.

  17. Isaiah 39:2 נִמְצָ֖א

    And Hezekiah welcomed the envoys gladly and showed them what was in his treasure house—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, as well as his entire armory—all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his palace or in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.

  18. Isaiah 41:12 תִמְצָאֵ֔ם

    You will seek them but will not find them. Those who wage war against you will come to nothing.

  19. Isaiah 51:3 יִמָּ֣צֵא

    For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.

  20. Isaiah 55:6 בְּהִמָּצְא֑וֹ

    Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.

  21. Isaiah 57:10 מָצָ֔את

    You are wearied by your many journeys, but you did not say, “There is no hope!” You found renewal of your strength; therefore you did not grow weak.

  22. Isaiah 58:3 תִּמְצְאוּ־

    “Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers.

  23. Isaiah 58:13 מִמְּצ֥וֹא

    If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words,

  24. Isaiah 65:1 נִמְצֵ֖אתִי

    “I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. To a nation that did not call My name, I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’

  25. Isaiah 65:8 יִמָּצֵ֤א

    This is what the LORD says: “As the new wine is found in a cluster of grapes, and men say, ‘Do not destroy it, for it contains a blessing,’ so I will act on behalf of My servants; I will not destroy them all.

  26. Jeremiah 2:5 מָּצְא֨וּ

    This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me, and followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves?

  27. Jeremiah 2:24 יִמְצָאֽוּנְהָ׃

    a wild donkey at home in the wilderness, sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can restrain her passion? All who seek her need not weary themselves; in mating season they will find her.

  28. Jeremiah 2:26 יִמָּצֵ֔א

    As the thief is ashamed when he is caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced. They, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets

  29. Jeremiah 2:34 נִמְצְא֔וּמְצָאתִ֖ים

    Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things

  30. Jeremiah 5:1 תִּמְצְא֣וּ

    “Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.

  31. Jeremiah 5:26 נִמְצְא֥וּ

    For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.

  32. Jeremiah 6:16 וּמִצְא֥וּ

    This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’

  33. Jeremiah 10:18 יִמְצָֽאוּ׃ס

    For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, at this time I will sling out the inhabitants of the land and bring distress upon them so that they may be captured.”

  34. Jeremiah 11:9 נִֽמְצָא־

    And the LORD told me, “There is a conspiracy among the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.

  35. Jeremiah 14:3 מָ֣צְאוּ

    The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.

  36. Jeremiah 15:16 נִמְצְא֤וּ

    Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.

  37. Jeremiah 23:11 מָצָ֥אתִי

    “For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the LORD.

  38. Jeremiah 29:13 וּמְצָאתֶ֑ם

    You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.

  39. Jeremiah 29:14 וְנִמְצֵ֣אתִי

    I will be found by you, declares the LORD, and I will restore you from captivity and gather you from all the nations and places to which I have banished you, declares the LORD. I will restore you to the place from which I sent you into exile.”

  40. Jeremiah 31:2 מָצָ֥א

    This is what the LORD says: “The people who survived the sword found favor in the wilderness when Israel went to find rest.”

  41. Jeremiah 41:3 נִמְצְאוּ־

    Ishmael also killed all the Jews who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, as well as the Chaldean soldiers who were there.

  42. Jeremiah 41:8 נִמְצְאוּ־

    But ten of the men among them said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us, for we have hidden treasure in the field—wheat, barley, oil, and honey!” So he refrained from killing them with the others.

  43. Jeremiah 41:12 וַיִּמְצְא֣וּ

    they took all their men and went to fight Ishmael son of Nethaniah. And they found him near the great pool in Gibeon.

  44. Jeremiah 45:3 מָצָֽאתִי׃ס

    You have said, ‘Woe is me because the LORD has added sorrow to my pain! I am worn out with groaning and have found no rest.’”

  45. Jeremiah 48:27 נִמְצָאָה

    Was not Israel your object of ridicule? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.

  46. Jeremiah 50:7 מוֹצְאֵיהֶ֣ם

    All who found them devoured them, and their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their true pasture, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’

  47. Jeremiah 50:20 תִמָּצֶ֑אינָה

    In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, a search will be made for Israel’s guilt, but there will be none, and for Judah’s sins, but they will not be found; for I will forgive the remnant I preserve.

  48. Jeremiah 50:24 נִמְצֵאת֙

    I laid a snare for you, O Babylon, and you were caught before you knew it. You were found and captured because you challenged the LORD.

  49. Jeremiah 52:25 נִמְצְא֣וּהַֽנִּמְצְאִ֖ים

    Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as seven trusted royal advisers. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.

  50. Lamentations 1:3 מָצְאָ֖ה

    Judah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress.

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