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:
Job 28:12: "But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?"
Job 28:13: "not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living."
Job 31:25: "was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;"
Job 31:29: "me, or lifted up myself when evil found"
Job 32:3: "was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned"
Job 32:13: "Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man."
Job 33:10: "Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,"
Job 33:24: "Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom."
Job 34:11: "of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways."
Job 37:13: " He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy."
Job 37:23: "Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice:"
Job 42:15: "the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father"
Psalms 10:15: "and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none."
Psalms 17:3: "thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not"
Psalms 21:8: "Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate"
Psalms 21:8: "all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate"
Psalms 32:6: "pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters"
Psalms 36:2: "he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful."
Psalms 37:36: "he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found."
Psalms 46:1: "is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble."
Psalms 69:20: "for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none."
Psalms 76:5: "their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands."
Psalms 84:3: "Yea, the sparrow hath found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay"
Psalms 89:20: " I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed"
Psalms 107:4: "in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell"
Psalms 116:3: "compassed me, and the pains of hell got hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow."
Psalms 116:3: "me, and the pains of hell got hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow."
Psalms 119:143: "Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights."
Psalms 119:162: "rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil."
Psalms 132:5: "Until I find out a place for the LORD, a habitation for the mighty God of Jacob."
Psalms 132:6: "Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood."
Proverbs 1:13: " We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:"
Proverbs 1:28: "answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find"
Proverbs 2:5: "shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God."
Proverbs 3:4: " So shalt thou find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man."
Proverbs 3:13: "Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding."
Proverbs 4:22: "For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh."
Proverbs 6:31: " But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house."
Proverbs 6:33: "A wound and dishonor shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away."
Proverbs 7:15: "came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found"
Proverbs 8:9: "plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge."
Proverbs 8:12: "wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions."
Proverbs 8:17: "love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find"
Proverbs 8:35: "For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favor of the LORD."
Proverbs 8:35: "For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favor of the LORD."
Proverbs 10:13: "In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding."
Proverbs 16:20: "He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy"
Proverbs 16:31: "The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness."
Proverbs 17:20: "He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth"
Proverbs 18:22: " Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favor of the LORD."
