Strong's Concordance H4672

Original Word: מָצָא
Transliteration: mâtsâʼ
Phonetic Spelling: 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, × certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), × have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with), × occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.

Usages throughout the bible

Deuteronomy 22:3 - In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, H4672 shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself.

Deuteronomy 22:14 - And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found H4672 her not a maid:

Deuteronomy 22:17 - And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found H4672 not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.

Deuteronomy 22:20 - But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found H4672 for the damsel:

Deuteronomy 22:22 - If a man be found H4672 lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.

Deuteronomy 22:23 - If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find H4672 her in the city, and lie with her;

Deuteronomy 22:25 - But if a man find H4672 a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die:

Deuteronomy 22:27 - For he found H4672 her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.

Deuteronomy 22:28 - If a man find H4672 a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found; H4672

Deuteronomy 24:1 - When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find H4672 no favour in his eyes, because he hath found H4672 some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

Deuteronomy 24:7 - If a man be found H4672 stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you.

Deuteronomy 31:17 - Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall H4672 them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come H4672 upon us, because our God is not among us?

Deuteronomy 31:21 - And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen H4672 them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.

Deuteronomy 32:10 - He found H4672 him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.

Joshua 2:22 - And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found H4672 them not.

Joshua 2:23 - So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell H4672 them:

Joshua 10:17 - And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found H4672 hid in a cave at Makkedah.

Joshua 17:16 - And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough H4672 for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Bethshean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.

Judges 1:5 - And they found H4672 Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

Judges 5:30 - Have they not sped? H4672 have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?

Judges 6:13 - And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen H4672 us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.

Judges 6:17 - And he said unto him, If now I have found H4672 grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.

Judges 9:33 - And it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and set upon the city: and, behold, when he and the people that is with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them as thou shalt find occasion. H4672

Judges 14:12 - And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, H4672 then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:

Judges 14:18 - And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out H4672 my riddle.

Judges 15:15 - And he found H4672 a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.

Judges 17:8 - And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where he could find H4672 a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

Judges 17:9 - And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find H4672 a place.

Judges 20:48 - And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: H4672 also they set on fire all the cities that they came to. H4672

Judges 21:12 - And they found H4672 among the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.

Judges 21:14 - And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabeshgilead: and yet so they sufficed H4672 them not.

Ruth 1:9 - The LORD grant you that ye may find H4672 rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.

Ruth 2:2 - And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find H4672 grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.

Ruth 2:10 - Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found H4672 grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?

Ruth 2:13 - Then she said, Let me find H4672 favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.

1 Samuel 1:18 - And she said, Let thine handmaid find H4672 grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.

1 Samuel 9:4 - And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they found H4672 them not: then they passed through the land of Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found H4672 them not.

1 Samuel 9:8 - And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have H4672 here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way.

1 Samuel 9:11 - And as they went up the hill to the city, they found H4672 young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?

1 Samuel 9:13 - As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find H4672 him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find H4672 him.

1 Samuel 9:20 - And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. H4672 And on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's house?

1 Samuel 10:2 - When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find H4672 two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: H4672 and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?

1 Samuel 10:3 - Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet H4672 thee three men going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:

1 Samuel 10:7 - And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion H4672 serve thee; for God is with thee.

1 Samuel 10:16 - And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were found. H4672 But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him not.

1 Samuel 10:21 - When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found. H4672

1 Samuel 12:5 - And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found H4672 ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.

1 Samuel 13:15 - And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present H4672 with him, about six hundred men.

1 Samuel 13:16 - And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present H4672 with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.

1 Samuel 13:19 - Now there was no smith found H4672 throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears: