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:
Proverbs 18:22: "Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favor of the LORD."
Proverbs 19:8: "his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good."
Proverbs 20:6: "but a faithful man who can find?"
Proverbs 21:21: "He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honor."
Proverbs 24:14: "of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not"
Proverbs 25:16: " Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit"
Proverbs 28:23: "He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favor than he that flattereth with the tongue."
Proverbs 31:10: "Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies."
Ecclesiastes 3:11: "so that no man can find out the work that"
Ecclesiastes 7:14: "to the end that man should find nothing after"
Ecclesiastes 7:24: "That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?"
Ecclesiastes 7:26: "And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose"
Ecclesiastes 7:27: "Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out"
Ecclesiastes 7:27: "the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:"
Ecclesiastes 7:28: "yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand"
Ecclesiastes 7:28: "one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those"
Ecclesiastes 7:28: "but a woman among all those have I not found."
Ecclesiastes 7:29: "Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made"
Ecclesiastes 8:17: "that a man cannot find out the work that"
Ecclesiastes 8:17: "a man labor to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise"
Ecclesiastes 8:17: "man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find"
Ecclesiastes 9:10: "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for"
Ecclesiastes 9:15: " Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered"
Ecclesiastes 11:1: "upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days."
Ecclesiastes 12:10: "The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words"
Song of Solomon 3:1: "him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not."
Song of Solomon 3:2: "him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not."
Song of Solomon 3:3: "The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?"
Song of Solomon 3:4: "that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul"
Song of Solomon 5:6: "when he spoke: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer."
Song of Solomon 5:7: "The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls"
Song of Solomon 5:8: "you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell"
Song of Solomon 8:1: "thou wast as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea,"
Song of Solomon 8:10: "then was I in his eyes as one that found favor."
Isaiah 10:10: "As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem"
Isaiah 10:14: "And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left,"
Isaiah 13:15: "Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword."
Isaiah 22:3: "they are bound by the archers: all that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled"
Isaiah 30:14: "he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a shard to take fire"
Isaiah 34:14: "also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest."
Isaiah 35:9: "beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk"
Isaiah 37:4: "thy prayer for the remnant that is left."
Isaiah 37:8: "So Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against"
Isaiah 39:2: "of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing"
Isaiah 41:12: "Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be"
Isaiah 51:3: "of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody."
Isaiah 55:6: "Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:"
Isaiah 57:10: "yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore"
Isaiah 58:3: "and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all"
Isaiah 58:13: "honorable; and shalt honor him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure,"
