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

1 Samuel 13:22 - So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found H4672 in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found. H4672

1 Samuel 14:30 - How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? H4672 for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?

1 Samuel 16:22 - And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found H4672 favour in my sight.

1 Samuel 20:3 - And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found H4672 grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.

1 Samuel 20:21 - And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out H4672 the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no hurt; as the LORD liveth.

1 Samuel 20:29 - And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found H4672 favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table.

1 Samuel 20:36 - And he said unto his lad, Run, find out H4672 now the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.

1 Samuel 21:3 - Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present. H4672

1 Samuel 23:17 - And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find H4672 thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.

1 Samuel 24:19 - For if a man find H4672 his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore the LORD reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day.

1 Samuel 25:8 - Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young men find H4672 favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh H4672 to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David.

1 Samuel 25:28 - I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found H4672 in thee all thy days.

1 Samuel 27:5 - And David said unto Achish, If I have now found H4672 grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?

1 Samuel 29:3 - Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I have found H4672 no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day?

1 Samuel 29:6 - Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not found H4672 evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not.

1 Samuel 29:8 - And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found H4672 in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king?

1 Samuel 30:11 - And they found H4672 an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;

1 Samuel 31:3 - And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit H4672 him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.

1 Samuel 31:8 - And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found H4672 Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.

2 Samuel 3:8 - Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered H4672 thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?

2 Samuel 7:27 - For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found H4672 in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.

2 Samuel 14:22 - And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found H4672 grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant.

2 Samuel 15:25 - And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find H4672 favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and shew me both it, and his habitation:

2 Samuel 16:4 - Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may find H4672 grace in thy sight, my lord, O king.

2 Samuel 17:12 - So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, H4672 and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one.

2 Samuel 17:13 - Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found H4672 there.

2 Samuel 17:20 - And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find H4672 them, they returned to Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 18:22 - Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab said, Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings ready? H4672

2 Samuel 20:6 - And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get H4672 him fenced cities, and escape us.

1 Kings 1:3 - So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found H4672 Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

1 Kings 1:52 - And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found H4672 in him, he shall die.

1 Kings 11:19 - And Hadad found H4672 great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.

1 Kings 11:29 - And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found H4672 him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field:

1 Kings 13:14 - And went after the man of God, and found H4672 him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am.

1 Kings 13:24 - And when he was gone, a lion met H4672 him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase.

1 Kings 13:28 - And he went and found H4672 his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass.

1 Kings 14:13 - And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found H4672 some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.

1 Kings 18:5 - And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find H4672 grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.

1 Kings 18:10 - As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found H4672 thee not.

1 Kings 18:12 - And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find H4672 thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.

1 Kings 19:19 - So he departed thence, and found H4672 Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.

1 Kings 20:36 - Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found H4672 him, and slew him.

1 Kings 20:37 - Then he found H4672 another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him.

1 Kings 21:20 - And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found H4672 me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found H4672 thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.

2 Kings 2:17 - And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found H4672 him not.

2 Kings 4:29 - Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet H4672 any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.

2 Kings 4:39 - And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found H4672 a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.

2 Kings 7:9 - Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come H4672 upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household.

2 Kings 9:21 - And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met H4672 him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.

2 Kings 9:35 - And they went to bury her: but they found H4672 no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.