- Original: מצא - Transliteration: Matsa' - Phonetic: maw-tsaw' - Definition: 1. to find, attain to a. (Qal) 1. to find 1a b. to find, secure, acquire, get (thing sought) 1a c. to find (what is lost) 1a d. to meet, encounter 1a e. to find (a condition) 1a f. to learn, devise 1. to find out 1a g. to find out 1a h. to detect 1a i. to guess 1. to come upon, light upon 1a j. to happen upon, meet, fall in with 1a k. to hit 1a l. to befall m. (Niphal) 1. to be found 1b n. to be encountered, be lighted upon, be discovered 1b o. to appear, be recognised 1b p. to be discovered, be detected 1b q. to be gained, be secured 1. to be, be found 1b r. to be found in 1b s. to be in the possession of 1b t. to be found in (a place), happen to be 1b u. to be left (after war) 1b v. to be present 1b w. to prove to be 1b x. to be found sufficient, be enough y. (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: 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. Total KJV Occurrences: 455 • able, 2 Leviticus 25:26; Leviticus 25:28 • befall, 1 Deuteronomy 31:17 • befallen, 3 Numbers 20:14; Deuteronomy 31:21; Judges 6:13 • befell, 1 Joshua 2:23 • bring, 1 Leviticus 12:8 • catch, 1 Exodus 22:6 • come, 2 Deuteronomy 4:30; Job 37:13 • cometh, 1 1 Samuel 25:8 • deliver, 1 Zechariah 11:6 • delivered, 1 2 Samuel 3:8 • enough, 1 Joshua 17:16 • find, 84 Genesis 18:26; Genesis 18:28; Genesis 18:30; Genesis 19:11; Genesis 32:5; Genesis 32:19; Genesis 33:8; Genesis 33:15; Genesis 34:11; Genesis 38:22; Genesis 41:38; Genesis 47:25; Exodus 5:11; Exodus 16:25; Exodus 33:13; Numbers 35:27; Deuteronomy 4:29; Deuteronomy 22:23; Deuteronomy 22:25; Deuteronomy 22:28; Deuteronomy 24:1; Judges 9:33; Judges 17:8; Judges 17:9; Ruth 1:9; Ruth 2:2; Ruth 2:13; 1 Samuel 1:18; 1 Samuel 9:13(2); 1 Samuel 10:2; 1 Samuel 23:17; 1 Samuel 24:19; 1 Samuel 25:8; 2 Samuel 15:25; 2 Samuel 16:4; 2 Samuel 17:20; 1 Kings 18:5; 1 Kings 18:12; 2 Chronicles 20:16; 2 Chronicles 32:4; Job 3:22; Job 17:10; Job 23:3; Job 34:11; Psalm 10:15; Psalm 17:3; Proverbs 1:13; Proverbs 1:28; Proverbs 2:5; Proverbs 3:4; Proverbs 4:22; Proverbs 8:9; Proverbs 8:17; Proverbs 16:20; Proverbs 19:8; Proverbs 20:6; Proverbs 28:23; Proverbs 31:10; Ecclesiastes 7:14; Ecclesiastes 7:26; Ecclesiastes 7:28; Ecclesiastes 8:17(2); Ecclesiastes 11:1; Song of Songs 5:6; Song of Songs 5:8; Song of Songs 8:1; Isaiah 34:14; Isaiah 41:12; Isaiah 58:3; Jeremiah 2:24; Jeremiah 5:1; Jeremiah 6:16; Jeremiah 10:18; Jeremiah 29:13; Jeremiah 45:3; Lamentations 1:6; Lamentations 2:9; Hosea 2:6; Hosea 2:7; Hosea 5:6; Hosea 12:8; Amos 8:12 • findest, 2 Genesis 31:32; Ezekiel 3:1 • findeth, 12 Genesis 4:14; Job 33:10; Psalm 119:162; Proverbs 3:13; Proverbs 8:35(2); Proverbs 17:20; Proverbs 18:22(2); Proverbs 21:21; Ecclesiastes 9:10; Lamentations 1:3 • finding, 2 Genesis 4:15; Isaiah 58:13 • found, 263 Genesis 2:20; Genesis 6:8; Genesis 8:9; Genesis 11:2; Genesis 16:7; Genesis 18:3; Genesis 18:29; Genesis 18:30; Genesis 18:31; Genesis 18:32; Genesis 19:19; Genesis 26:19; Genesis 26:32; Genesis 27:20; Genesis 30:14; Genesis 30:27; Genesis 31:33; Genesis 31:34; Genesis 31:35; Genesis 31:37; Genesis 33:10; Genesis 36:24; Genesis 37:15; Genesis 37:17; Genesis 37:32; Genesis 38:20; Genesis 38:23; Genesis 39:4; Genesis 44:8; Genesis 44:9; Genesis 44:10; Genesis 44:12; Genesis 44:16; Genesis 44:17; Genesis 47:14; Genesis 47:29; Genesis 50:4; Exodus 9:19; Exodus 12:19; Exodus 15:22; Exodus 16:27; Exodus 21:16; Exodus 22:2; Exodus 22:4(2); Exodus 22:7; Exodus 22:8; Exodus 33:12; Exodus 33:13; Exodus 33:16; Exodus 33:17; Exodus 34:9; Exodus 35:23; Exodus 35:24; Leviticus 6:3; Leviticus 6:4; Numbers 11:11; Numbers 11:15; Numbers 15:32; Numbers 15:33; Numbers 32:5; Deuteronomy 17:2; Deuteronomy 18:10; Deuteronomy 20:11; Deuteronomy 21:1; Deuteronomy 22:3; Deuteronomy 22:14; Deuteronomy 22:17; Deuteronomy 22:20; Deuteronomy 22:22; Deuteronomy 22:27; Deuteronomy 22:28; Deuteronomy 24:1; Deuteronomy 24:7; Deuteronomy 32:10; Joshua 2:22; Joshua 10:17; Judges 1:5; Judges 6:17; Judges 15:15; Judges 21:12; Ruth 2:10; 1 Samuel 9:4(2); 1 Samuel 9:11; 1 Samuel 9:20; 1 Samuel 10:2; 1 Samuel 10:16; 1 Samuel 10:21; 1 Samuel 12:5; 1 Samuel 13:19; 1 Samuel 13:22(2); 1 Samuel 14:30; 1 Samuel 16:22; 1 Samuel 20:3; 1 Samuel 20:29; 1 Samuel 25:28; 1 Samuel 27:5; 1 Samuel 29:3; 1 Samuel 29:6; 1 Samuel 29:8; 1 Samuel 30:11; 1 Samuel 31:8; 2 Samuel 7:27; 2 Samuel 14:22; 2 Samuel 17:12; 2 Samuel 17:13; 1 Kings 1:3; 1 Kings 1:52; 1 Kings 11:19; 1 Kings 11:29; 1 Kings 13:14; 1 Kings 13:28; 1 Kings 14:13; 1 Kings 18:10; 1 Kings 19:19; 1 Kings 20:36; 1 Kings 20:37; 1 Kings 21:20(2); 2 Kings 2:17; 2 Kings 4:39; 2 Kings 9:35; 2 Kings 12:5; 2 Kings 12:10; 2 Kings 12:18; 2 Kings 14:14; 2 Kings 16:8; 2 Kings 17:4; 2 Kings 18:15; 2 Kings 19:8; 2 Kings 20:13; 2 Kings 22:8; 2 Kings 22:9; 2 Kings 22:13; 2 Kings 23:2; 2 Kings 23:24; 2 Kings 25:19(2); 1 Chronicles 4:40; 1 Chronicles 4:41; 1 Chronicles 10:8; 1 Chronicles 17:25; 1 Chronicles 20:2; 1 Chronicles 24:4; 1 Chronicles 26:31; 1 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Chronicles 29:8; 2 Chronicles 2:17; 2 Chronicles 15:2; 2 Chronicles 15:4; 2 Chronicles 15:15; 2 Chronicles 19:3; 2 Chronicles 20:25; 2 Chronicles 21:17; 2 Chronicles 22:8; 2 Chronicles 25:5; 2 Chronicles 25:24; 2 Chronicles 29:16; 2 Chronicles 34:14; 2 Chronicles 34:15; 2 Chronicles 34:17; 2 Chronicles 34:21; 2 Chronicles 34:30; 2 Chronicles 36:8; Ezra 2:62; Ezra 8:15; Ezra 10:18; Nehemiah 5:8; Nehemiah 7:5(2); Nehemiah 7:64; Nehemiah 8:14; Nehemiah 13:1; Esther 5:8; Esther 6:2; Esther 7:3; Esther 8:5; Job 19:28; Job 20:8; Job 28:12; Job 28:13; Job 31:29; Job 32:3; Job 33:24; Job 42:15; Psalm 32:6; Psalm 36:2; Psalm 37:36; Psalm 69:20; Psalm 76:5; Psalm 84:3; Psalm 89:20; Psalm 107:4; Psalm 116:3; Psalm 132:6; Proverbs 6:31; Proverbs 7:15; Proverbs 10:13; Proverbs 16:31; Proverbs 24:14; Proverbs 25:16; Ecclesiastes 7:27; Ecclesiastes 7:28(2); Ecclesiastes 7:29; Ecclesiastes 9:15; Song of Songs 3:1; Song of Songs 3:2; Song of Songs 3:3; Song of Songs 3:4; Song of Songs 5:7; Song of Songs 8:10; Isaiah 10:10; Isaiah 10:14; Isaiah 13:15; Isaiah 22:3; Isaiah 30:14; Isaiah 35:9; Isaiah 37:8; Isaiah 39:2; Isaiah 51:3; Isaiah 55:6; Isaiah 57:10; Isaiah 65:1; Isaiah 65:8; Jeremiah 2:5; Jeremiah 2:26; Jeremiah 2:34(2); Jeremiah 5:26; Jeremiah 11:9; Jeremiah 14:3; Jeremiah 15:16; Jeremiah 23:11; Jeremiah 29:14; Jeremiah 31:2; Jeremiah 41:3; Jeremiah 41:8; Jeremiah 41:12; Jeremiah 48:27; Jeremiah 50:7; Jeremiah 50:20; Jeremiah 50:24; Jeremiah 52:25(2); Lamentations 2:16; Ezekiel 22:30; Ezekiel 26:21; Ezekiel 28:15; Daniel 1:19; Daniel 1:20; Daniel 11:19; Daniel 12:1; Hosea 9:10; Hosea 12:4; Hosea 14:8; Jonah 1:3; Micah 1:13; Zephaniah 3:13; Zechariah 10:10; Malachi 2:6 """