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Strong's Number H4672

מָצָא

matsa' · maw-tsaw'

Transliteration:

matsa'{maw-tsaw'}

Word Origin:

a primitive root

TWOT:

1231

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

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

Usage in the KJV:

find 101, present 20, find out 14, come 9, meet 2, befall 4, get 2, suffice 3, deliver 2, hit 2, left 2, hold 2, misc 24

Total: 456
Occurs 455 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

to find, attain to
1. (Qal)
  1. to find
    1. to find, secure, acquire, get (thing sought)
    2. to find (what is lost)
    3. to meet, encounter
    4. to find (a condition)
    5. to learn, devise
  2. to find out
    1. to find out
    2. to detect
    3. to guess
  3. to come upon, light upon
    1. to happen upon, meet, fall in with
    2. to hit
    3. to befall
2. (Niphal)
  1. to be found
    1. to be encountered, be lighted upon, be discovered
    2. to appear, be recognised
    3. to be discovered, be detected
    4. to be gained, be secured
  2. to be, be found
    1. to be found in
    2. to be in the possession of
    3. to be found in (a place), happen to be
    4. to be left (after war)
    5. to be present
    6. to prove to be
    7. to be found sufficient, be enough
3. (Hiphil)
  1. to cause to find, attain
  2. to cause to light upon, come upon, come
  3. to cause to encounter
  4. to present (offering)