Matsa מָצָא
| מָצָא | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | matsa |
| Strong's number | H4672 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to find |
| Occurrences | 455 in 425 verses |
| Most frequent in | Genesis (54) |
Matsa (Hebrew מָצָא, Strong's H4672) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to find”. It occurs 455 times in 425 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to find
1a1a) to find, secure, acquire, get (thing sought)
1a1b) to find (what is lost)
1a1c) to meet, encounter
1a1d) to find (a condition)
1a1e) to learn, devise
1a2) to find out
1a2a) to find out
1a2b) to detect
1a2c) to guess
1a3) to come upon, light upon
1a3a) to happen upon, meet, fall in with
1a3b) to hit
1a3c) to befall
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be found
1b1a) to be encountered, be lighted upon, be discovered
1b1b) to appear, be recognised
1b1c) to be discovered, be detected
1b1d) to be gained, be secured
1b2) to be, be found
1b2a) to be found in
1b2b) to be in the possession of
1b2c) to be found in (a place), happen to be
1b2d) to be left (after war)
1b2e) to be present
1b2f) to prove to be
1b2g) to be found sufficient, be enough
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to cause to find, attain
1c2) to cause to light upon, come upon, come
1c3) to cause to encounter
1c4) to present (offering)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | found (258), find (84), out (20), present (17), findeth (11), come (7), presented (3), befallen (3), met (3), finding (2), her (2), findest (2), and 32 other renderings |
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| BSB | found (33), find (25), i have found (22), they found (13), was found (12), is found (11), be found (11), finds (9), he found (7), you will find (7), i found (7), i find (6), and 196 other renderings |
Verses
Matsa occurs in 425 verses, listed here by reference.
Genesis (54): 2:20, 4:14, 4:15, 6:8, 8:9, 11:2, 16:7, 18:3, 18:26, 18:28, 18:29, 18:30, 18:31, 18:32, 19:11, 19:15, 19:19, 26:12, 26:19, 26:32, 27:20, 30:14, 30:27, 31:32, 31:33, 31:34, 31:35, 31:37, 32:5, 32:19, 33:8, 33:10, 33:15, 34:11, 36:24, 37:15, 37:17, 37:32, 38:20, 38:22, 38:23, 39:4, 41:38, 44:8, 44:9, 44:10, 44:12, 44:16, 44:17, 44:34, 47:14, 47:25, 47:29, 50:4
Exodus (20): 5:11, 9:19, 12:19, 15:22, 16:25, 16:27, 18:8, 21:16, 22:2, 22:4, 22:6, 22:7, 22:8, 33:12, 33:13, 33:16, 33:17, 34:9, 35:23, 35:24
Leviticus (8): 6:3, 6:4, 9:12, 9:13, 9:18, 12:8, 25:26, 25:28
Numbers (10): 11:11, 11:15, 11:22, 15:32, 15:33, 20:14, 31:50, 32:5, 32:23, 35:27
Deuteronomy (22): 4:29, 4:30, 17:2, 18:10, 19:5, 20:11, 21:1, 21:17, 22:3, 22:14, 22:17, 22:20, 22:22, 22:23, 22:25, 22:27, 22:28, 24:1, 24:7, 31:17, 31:21, 32:10
Joshua (4): 2:22, 2:23, 10:17, 17:16
Judges (13): 1:5, 5:30, 6:13, 6:17, 9:33, 14:12, 14:18, 15:15, 17:8, 17:9, 20:48, 21:12, 21:14
Ruth (4): 1:9, 2:2, 2:10, 2:13
1 Samuel (34): 1:18, 9:4, 9:8, 9:11, 9:13, 9:20, 10:2, 10:3, 10:7, 10:16, 10:21, 12:5, 13:15, 13:16, 13:19, 13:22, 14:30, 16:22, 20:3, 20:21, 20:29, 20:36, 21:3, 23:17, 24:19, 25:8, 25:28, 27:5, 29:3, 29:6, 29:8, 30:11, 31:3, 31:8
2 Samuel (10): 3:8, 7:27, 14:22, 15:25, 16:4, 17:12, 17:13, 17:20, 18:22, 20:6
1 Kings (15): 1:3, 1:52, 11:19, 11:29, 13:14, 13:24, 13:28, 14:13, 18:5, 18:10, 18:12, 19:19, 20:36, 20:37, 21:20
2 Kings (24): 2:17, 4:29, 4:39, 7:9, 9:21, 9:35, 10:13, 10:15, 12:5, 12:10, 12:18, 14:14, 16:8, 17:4, 18:15, 19:4, 19:8, 20:13, 22:8, 22:9, 22:13, 23:2, 23:24, 25:19
1 Chronicles (11): 4:40, 4:41, 10:3, 10:8, 17:25, 20:2, 24:4, 26:31, 28:9, 29:8, 29:17
2 Chronicles (28): 2:17, 5:11, 15:2, 15:4, 15:15, 19:3, 20:16, 20:25, 21:17, 22:8, 25:5, 25:24, 29:16, 29:29, 30:21, 31:1, 32:4, 34:14, 34:15, 34:17, 34:21, 34:30, 34:32, 34:33, 35:7, 35:17, 35:18, 36:8
Ezra (4): 2:62, 8:15, 8:25, 10:18
Nehemiah (7): 5:8, 7:5, 7:64, 8:14, 9:8, 9:32, 13:1
Esther (8): 1:5, 2:23, 4:16, 5:8, 6:2, 7:3, 8:5, 8:6
Job (18): 3:22, 11:7, 17:10, 19:28, 20:8, 23:3, 28:12, 28:13, 31:25, 31:29, 32:3, 32:13, 33:10, 33:24, 34:11, 37:13, 37:23, 42:15
Psalms (17): 10:15, 17:3, 21:8, 32:6, 36:2, 37:36, 46:1, 69:20, 76:5, 84:3, 89:20, 107:4, 116:3, 119:143, 119:162, 132:5, 132:6
Proverbs (25): 1:13, 1:28, 2:5, 3:4, 3:13, 4:22, 6:31, 6:33, 7:15, 8:9, 8:12, 8:17, 8:35, 10:13, 16:20, 16:31, 17:20, 18:22, 19:8, 20:6, 21:21, 24:14, 25:16, 28:23, 31:10
Ecclesiastes (12): 3:11, 7:14, 7:24, 7:26, 7:27, 7:28, 7:29, 8:17, 9:10, 9:15, 11:1, 12:10
Song of Solomon (9): 3:1, 3:2, 3:3, 3:4, 5:6, 5:7, 5:8, 8:1, 8:10
Isaiah (18): 10:10, 10:14, 13:15, 22:3, 30:14, 34:14, 35:9, 37:4, 37:8, 39:2, 41:12, 51:3, 55:6, 57:10, 58:3, 58:13, 65:1, 65:8
Jeremiah (24): 2:5, 2:24, 2:26, 2:34, 5:1, 5:26, 6:16, 10:18, 11:9, 14:3, 15:16, 23:11, 29:13, 29:14, 31:2, 41:3, 41:8, 41:12, 45:3, 48:27, 50:7, 50:20, 50:24, 52:25
Lamentations (4): 1:3, 1:6, 2:9, 2:16
Ezekiel (4): 3:1, 22:30, 26:21, 28:15
Daniel (4): 1:19, 1:20, 11:19, 12:1
Hosea (7): 2:6, 2:7, 5:6, 9:10, 12:4, 12:8, 14:8
Amos (1): 8:12
Jonah (1): 1:3
Micah (1): 1:13
Zephaniah (1): 3:13
Malachi (1): 2:6
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).