H4672 מָצָא
mâtsâʼ — properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
KJV: [phrase] be able, befall, being, catch, [idiom] certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to…
Occurs 455 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מָצָא 452 vb. attain to, find
- Qal
- 1 find
- 2 find out
- 3 = come upon, light upon
- 4 noteworthy phrases
- Niph. pass. of Qal, be found
- Hiph.
- 1 cause to find, attain
- 2 cause to light upon, come upon, come
- 3 cause to encounter
- 4 present unto
Where it occurs
- Genesis 2:20 — The man gave names to all livestock, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field; but for man there…
- Genesis 4:14 — Behold, you have driven me out today from the surface of the ground. I will be hidden from your face, and I will be a…
- Genesis 4:15 — The LORD said to him, “Therefore whoever slays Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold.” The LORD appointed a…
- Genesis 6:8 — But Noah found favor in the LORD’s eyes.
- Genesis 8:9 — but the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned into the ship to him, for the waters were on the surface…
- Genesis 11:2 — As they traveled east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.
- Genesis 16:7 — The LORD’s angel found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain on the way to Shur.
- Genesis 18:3 — and said, “My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, please don’t go away from your servant.
- Genesis 18:26 — The LORD said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole place for their sake.”
- Genesis 18:28 — What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?” He said, “I will…