Strong's #4672: matsa' (pronounced maw-tsaw')
a primitive root; 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:--+ be able, befall, being, catch, X certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), X have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-)on, meet (with), X occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
mâtsâ'
1) to find, attain to
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)
Part of Speech: verb
Relation: a primitive root
Usage:
This word is used 455 times:
1 Kings 14:13: "shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward"
1 Kings 18:5: "all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive,"
1 Kings 18:10: "of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not."
1 Kings 18:12: "not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant"
1 Kings 19:19: "So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat,"
1 Kings 20:36: "me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew"
1 Kings 20:37: " Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote"
1 Kings 21:20: "said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because"
1 Kings 21:20: "Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil"
2 Kings 2:17: "and they sought three days, but found him not."
2 Kings 4:29: "in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if"
2 Kings 4:39: "the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof"
2 Kings 7:9: "the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell"
2 Kings 9:21: "and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite."
2 Kings 9:35: "And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet,"
2 Kings 10:13: "Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said,"
2 Kings 10:15: "And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab"
2 Kings 12:5: "the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found."
2 Kings 12:10: "and told the money that was found in the house of the LORD."
2 Kings 12:18: "and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king's"
2 Kings 14:14: "and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's"
2 Kings 16:8: "the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's"
2 Kings 17:4: "And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to"
2 Kings 18:15: "him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's"
2 Kings 19:4: "thy prayer for the remnant that are left."
2 Kings 19:8: "So Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against"
2 Kings 20:13: "of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing"
2 Kings 22:8: "unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD."
2 Kings 22:9: "and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was found in the house,"
2 Kings 22:13: "the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD"
2 Kings 23:2: "all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the LORD."
2 Kings 23:24: "that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD."
2 Kings 25:19: "of them that were in the king's presence, which were found in the city, and the principal"
2 Kings 25:19: "of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the city:"
1 Chronicles 4:40: " And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet,"
1 Chronicles 4:41: "their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this"
1 Chronicles 10:3: "against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers."
1 Chronicles 10:8: "to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen"
1 Chronicles 17:25: "thy servant that thou wilt build him a house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray"
1 Chronicles 20:2: "of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold,"
1 Chronicles 24:4: "And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons"
1 Chronicles 26:31: "of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valor at Jazer of Gilead."
1 Chronicles 28:9: "of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off forever."
1 Chronicles 29:8: "And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of the LORD, by"
1 Chronicles 29:17: "have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly"
2 Chronicles 2:17: "wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found a hundred and fifty thousand"
2 Chronicles 5:11: "place: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did not then wait by course:"
2 Chronicles 15:2: "with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake"
2 Chronicles 15:4: "God of Israel, and sought him, he was found"
2 Chronicles 15:15: "and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about."
