Strong's Concordance

Hebrew-Aramaic
H4672

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Original: מצא

Transliteration: matsa (mâtsâ')

Phonetic: maw-tsaw'

BDB 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)

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 1231

Part(s) of speech: Verb

Strong's Definition: A primitive root; properly to come forth to, that is, appear or exist ; transitively to attain, that is, 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.

Occurrences in the (KJV) King James Version:

All Occurrences (452x)

All That Are Found (1x)

All That Found (1x)

Also Find (1x)

Among All Those Have I Not Found (1x)

And All That Came To Hand (1x)

And All That Was Found (2x)

And All That Were Present (1x)

And Catch (1x)

And Could Not Find (1x)

And Every Man, With Whom Was Found (1x)

And Find (2x)

And Find Out (1x)

And Found (17x)

And Foundest (1x)

And Have Not Delivered (1x)

And He Cannot Find (1x)

And He Caused All That Were Present (1x)

And He Found (2x)

And He Was Found (1x)

And I Find (2x)

And I Found (1x)

And I Have Found (2x)

And I Will Be Found (1x)

And If I Have Found (1x)

And It Was Found (1x)

And Lighteth (1x)

And Made All That Were Present (1x)

And Met (1x)

And Not Be Found (1x)

And Now, If I Have Found (1x)

And Received (1x)

And Shall Not Be Found (1x)

And Shall Not Find (1x)

And That Which Was Found (1x)

And There Shall Meet (1x)

And Therein Was Found (1x)

And They Found (6x)

And They Presented (1x)

And They Shall Not Be Found (1x)

And They That Found (1x)

And Thou Hast Also Found (1x)

And Thou Hast Found (1x)

And Thou Hast Not Found (1x)

And What Hast Thou Found (1x)

And Wherefore Have I Not Found (1x)

And Ye Shall Find (1x)

And Yet So They Sufficed (1x)

Any Finding (1x)

Are Befallen (1x)

Are Come (1x)

Are Found (3x)

As Occasion (1x)

As One That Findeth (1x)

As One That Found (1x)

Be Certainly (1x)

Be Found (10x)

Be Not Found (1x)

Be With Us, Why Then Is All This Befallen (1x)

Because He Hath Found (1x)

Because In Him There Is Found (1x)

Because They Had Found (1x)

Behold, He Findeth (1x)

Behold, I Have (1x)

But Found (4x)

But He Found (1x)

But He Found Her (1x)

But I Find (1x)

But I Found (1x)

But It Was Not Found (1x)

But They Found (2x)

But They Shall Not Find (2x)

But They Were Not Found (1x)

But, Lo, I Will Deliver (1x)

Can Find Out (1x)

Can We Find (1x)

Canst Thou Find (1x)

Come (1x)

Every One That Findeth Me (1x)

Every One That Is Found (1x)

Every One That Shall Be Found (1x)

Find (10x)

Find Out (4x)

Findeth (6x)

For All That Were Present (1x)

For He Found (1x)

For I Cannot Find (1x)

For I Have Not Found (1x)

For Them, To Suffice (2x)

For Thou Hast Found (1x)

For Thou Shalt Find (1x)

For Whoso Findeth (1x)

For, And There Were Found (1x)

Found (31x)

Found Her (1x)

Found Him (1x)

From Them, But I Found (1x)

Gat Hold (1x)

Had Gotten (1x)

Hast Thou Found (2x)

100

Hath Found (5x)

101

Hath Found Out (1x)

102

Hath Gotten (1x)

103

Hath Not Been Found (1x)

104

Have Found (2x)

105

Have I Found (3x)

106

Have Taken Hold (1x)

107

Have They Not Sped (1x)

108

He Be Found (1x)

109

He Causeth It To Come (1x)

110

He Found (1x)

111

He With Whom It Is Found (1x)

112

Her, And It Come To Pass That She Find (1x)

113

Her: But They Found (1x)

114

Him, But He Could Not Be Found (1x)

115

Him, But I Could Not Find (1x)

116

Him, But I Found (2x)

117

Him, He Could Not Be Found (1x)

118

Him, He Was Found (1x)

119

Him, He Will Be Found (2x)

120

Him, Lest He Get (1x)

121

Him, Or If He Be Found (1x)

122

Hit (2x)

123

I Am Found (1x)

124

I Found (2x)

125

I Have Found (5x)

126

I Have Found Me Out (1x)

127

I Have Not Found (1x)

128

I May Find (1x)

129

I Pray Thee, Whatsoever Cometh (1x)

130

I Shall Find (1x)

131

I Should Find (1x)

132

If I Find (3x)

133

If I Have Found (3x)

134

If I Have Now Found (1x)

135

If I Shall Find (1x)

136

If Now I Have Found (3x)

137

If There Be Found (1x)

138

If Thou Meet (1x)

139

If Ye Find (1x)

140

Is Found (7x)

141

Is Not Enough (1x)

142

It Be Found (2x)

143

It Was Found Out (1x)

144

It: But I Found (1x)

145

Let Me Find (2x)

146

Let Us Find (1x)

147

Me Findeth (1x)

148

Me, And Find (1x)

149

Me; For He Hath Found (1x)

150

Met (2x)

151

Nay, I Pray Thee, If Now I Have Found (1x)

152

Needeth It? Let Me Find (1x)

153

Nor Finding (1x)

154

Now There Was Found (1x)

155

Now Therefore, I Pray Thee, If I Have Found (1x)

156

Of All That He Hath (1x)

157

Of Them, He Found (1x)

158

Of Them, They Found (1x)

159

On Them; For They Are Found (1x)

160

Or Have Found (1x)

161

Or What There Is Present (1x)

162

Out (1x)

163

Present (5x)

164

Presented (2x)

165

Ready (1x)

166

Shall Be Found (4x)

167

Shall Befall (1x)

168

Shall Find (4x)

169

Shall Find Out (2x)

170

Shall He Get (1x)

171

Shall Not Be Found (1x)

172

Shall Not Find (1x)

173

Shalt Find (1x)

174

Shalt Find Occasion (1x)

175

She Findeth (1x)

176

Should Find (1x)

177

So Shalt Thou Find (1x)

178

So That There Shall Not Be Found (1x)

179

That Are Left (1x)

180

That Are Present (1x)

181

That Befell (1x)

182

That Found (1x)

183

That Had Come (1x)

184

That Hath Befallen (1x)

185

That I Have Found (2x)

186

That I May Find (1x)

187

That Is Found (2x)

188

That Is Left (1x)

189

That Shall Come (1x)

190

That Shall Come On (1x)

191

That She Shall Not Find (1x)

192

That They Came To (1x)

193

That They Found (5x)

194

That Thou Findest (1x)

195

That Thou Hast Found (1x)

196

That Was Found (8x)

197

That Were Found (5x)

198

That Were Present (5x)

199

That Ye Have Not Found (1x)

200

Thee, That Hath Come (1x)

201

Thee, That I May Find (1x)

202

Them, And Shalt Not Find (1x)

203

Them, But Shall Not Find (1x)

204

Them, That They May Find (1x)

205

Them; And They Were Found (1x)

206

Themselves To Find (1x)

207

Then He Found (1x)

208

Then Thou Shalt Find (1x)

209

Thence, And Found (1x)

210

Thence, He Lighted (1x)

211

There Shall Not Be Found (1x)

212

There Was Not Found (1x)

213

There Were Found (1x)

214

There, And Find (1x)

215

Therein, And Ye Shall Find (1x)

216

Thereof, If Ye Can Find (1x)

217

Thereof; Neither Is It Found (1x)

218

Thereon, It Shall Not Be Found (1x)

219

They Found (3x)

220

They Shall Find (2x)

221

They, If We Have Found (1x)

222

This Have I Found (1x)

223

This Have We Found (1x)

224

Thou Art Found (1x)

225

Thou Find (1x)

226

Thou Findest (1x)

227

Thou Hast Found (1x)

228

Thou Shalt Find (1x)

229

To Find (3x)

230

To Find Out (2x)

231

To Her, I Found (1x)

232

To Them That Find (1x)

233

Until I Find Out (1x)

234

Unto Him, I Pray Thee, If I Have Found (1x)

235

Unto Him, If Now I Have Found (2x)

236

Unto Him, We Have Found (1x)

237

Unto Him, Why Have I Found (1x)

238

Unto Him: He Found (1x)

239

Unto Thee? Was He Found (1x)

240

Unto Those That Find (1x)

241

Upon Me: I Found (1x)

242

Was Found (2x)

243

Was Not Found (1x)

244

Was There Found (1x)

245

We Cannot Find Him Out (1x)

246

We Found (1x)

247

We Have Found (1x)

248

We Have Found Out (1x)

249

We May Find (1x)

250

We Shall Find (1x)

251

Were Found (5x)

252

What Hast Thou Found (1x)

253

When He Is Found (1x)

254

When They Can Find (1x)

255

When Thou Hast Found (1x)

256

When Thou Mayest Be Found (1x)

257

When Ye Find (1x)

258

Where He Could Find (1x)

259

Where He Shall Be Found (1x)

260

Where I May Find (1x)

261

Where I Might Find (1x)

262

Which Are Here (1x)

263

Which Are Present (1x)

264

Which He Found (1x)

265

Which Shall Be Found (1x)

266

Which They Found (1x)

267

Which Was Found (1x)

268

Which We Found (1x)

269

Which Were Found (2x)

270

While He May Be Found (1x)

271

Who Can Find (2x)

272

Who Can Find It Out (1x)

273

Will Come (1x)

274

Will Find You Out (1x)

275

With Her, And They Be Found (1x)

276

With Them; And Among Them All Was Found (1x)

277

With Whom Was Found (1x)

278

Ye Can Find (1x)

279

Ye Find (1x)

280

Ye Had Not Found Out (1x)

281

Ye Shall Find (1x)

282

Ye Shall Not Find (1x)

283

Yet He Shall Not Find (1x)

284

You That Ye May Find (1x)

All Occurrences

1 Samuel 31:8

And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.

2 Samuel 3:8

Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish–bosheth, 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 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 in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.(f)

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 grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant.(h)

(i)

2 Samuel 15:25

And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find 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 grace in thy sight, my lord, O king.(a)

2 Samuel 17:12

So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, 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 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 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?(k)

(l)

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 him fenced cities, and escape us.(f)

1 Kings 1:3

So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found 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 in him, he shall die.

1 Kings 11:19

And Hadad found 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 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 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 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 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.(e)

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 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 grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.(d)

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 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 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 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 him, and slew him.

1 Kings 20:37

Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him.(o)

1 Kings 21:20

And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found 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 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 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 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 upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king’s household.(b)

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 him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.(h)

(i)

2 Kings 9:35

And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.

2 Kings 10:13

Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen.(f)

(g)

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Brown-Driver-Brigg's Information

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Each entry is a Hebrew word, unless it is designated as Aramaic. Immediately after each word is given its equivalent in English letters, according to a system of transliteration. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (TWOT), by R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, Jr., and Bruce K. Waltke. This section makes an association between the unique number used by TWOT with the Strong's number.

Thayers Information

All of the original Greek words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. The Strong's numbering system arranges most Greek words by their alphabetical order. This renders reference easy without recourse to the Greek characters. In some cases more than one form of the word - such as the masculine, feminine, and neuter forms of a noun - may be listed.

Immediately after each word is given its exact equivalent in English letters, according to the system of transliteration laid down in the scheme here following. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Thayer's Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in the ten-volume Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (TDNT), edited by Gerhard Kittel. Both volume and page numbers cite where the word may be found.

The presence of an asterisk indicates that the corresponding entry in the Theological Dictionary of the New Testament may appear in a different form than that displayed in Thayers' Greek Definitions.

Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries Information

Dictionaries of Hebrew and Greek Words taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance by James Strong, S.T.D., LL.D., 1890.

Strong's Concor­dance

Hebrew-Aramaic H4672

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Strong's Concordance

Hebrew-Aramaic
H4672