H4672 מָצָא
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 455 KJV occurrences
מָצָא
mâtsâʼ · maw-tsaw'
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
KJV Renderings
[phrase] be able, befall, being, catch, [idiom] certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), [idiom] have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with), [idiom] occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
Derivation / Etymology
a primitive root;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 455)
- Genesis 2:20And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
- Exodus 5:11Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.
- Deuteronomy 22:28¶ If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
- 1 Samuel 21:3Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.
- 2 Kings 22:8¶ And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.
- Nehemiah 13:1On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever;
- Proverbs 8:12I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.
- Isaiah 58:3¶ Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.