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מָצָא

ma.tsato findHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb455 occurrences34 books425 verses

Definition

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
Traditional renderings: 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.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders מָצָא:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

455 total
  1. 1 Kings 14:13נִמְצָא־ · found
    All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. For this is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will receive a proper burial, because only in him has the LORD, the God of Israel, found any good in the house of Jeroboam.
  2. 1 Kings 18:5נִמְצָ֣א · we will find
    Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.”
  3. 1 Kings 18:10יִמְצָאֶֽכָּה׃ · found you
    As surely as the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent someone to search for you. When they said, ‘He is not here,’ he made that kingdom or nation swear that they had not found you.
  4. 1 Kings 18:12יִֽמְצָאֲךָ֖ · find you
    I do not know where the Spirit of the LORD may carry you off when I leave you. Then when I go and tell Ahab and he does not find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.
  5. 1 Kings 19:19וַיִּמְצָ֞א · and found
    So Elijah departed and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve teams of oxen, and he was with the twelfth team. Elijah passed by him and threw his cloak around him.
  6. 1 Kings 20:36וַיִּמְצָאֵ֥הוּ · found him
    Then the prophet said to him, “Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, as soon as you depart from me a lion will kill you.” And when he left, a lion found him and killed him.
  7. 1 Kings 20:37וַיִּמְצָא֙ · Then the prophet found
    Then the prophet found another man and said, “Strike me, please!” So the man struck him and wounded him,
  8. 1 Kings 21:20הַֽמְצָאתַ֖נִי · So you have found me out; מָצָ֔אתִי · I have found [you] out
    When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, “So you have found me out, my enemy.” He replied, “I have found you out because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the LORD.
  9. 2 Kings 2:17מְצָאֻֽהוּ׃ · find [Elijah]
    But when they pressed him to the point of embarrassment, he said, “Send them.” And they sent fifty men, who searched for three days but did not find Elijah.
  10. 2 Kings 4:29תִמְצָ֥א · you meet
    So Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tie up your garment, take my staff in your hand, and go! If you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not answer him. Then lay my staff on the boy’s face.”
  11. 2 Kings 4:39וַיִּמְצָא֙ · and he found
    One of them went out to the field to gather herbs, and he found a wild vine from which he gathered as many wild gourds as his garment could hold. Then he came back and cut them up into the pot of stew, though no one knew what they were.
  12. 2 Kings 7:9וּמְצָאָ֣נוּ · will overtake us
    Finally, they said to one another, “We are not doing what is right. Today is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until morning light, our sin will overtake us. Now, therefore, let us go and tell the king’s household.”
  13. 2 Kings 9:21וַיִּמְצָאֻ֔הוּ
    “Harness!” Joram shouted, and they harnessed his chariot. Then Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah set out, each in his own chariot, and met Jehu on the property of Naboth the Jezreelite.
  14. 2 Kings 9:35מָ֣צְאוּ · they found
    But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing but her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands.
  15. 2 Kings 10:13מָצָא֙ · met
    Jehu met some relatives of Ahaziah king of Judah and asked, “Who are you?” “We are relatives of Ahaziah,” they answered, “and we have come down to greet the sons of the king and of the queen mother.”
  16. 2 Kings 10:15וַיִּמְצָ֣א · he found
    When he left there, he found Jehonadab son of Rechab, who was coming to meet him. Jehu greeted him and asked, “Is your heart as true to mine as my heart is to yours?” “It is!” Jehonadab replied. “If it is,” said Jehu, “give me your hand.” So he gave him his hand, and Jehu helped him into his chariot,
  17. 2 Kings 12:5יִמָּצֵ֥א · found
    Let every priest receive it from his constituency, and let it be used to repair any damage found in the temple.”
  18. 2 Kings 12:10הַנִּמְצָ֥א · brought
    Whenever they saw that there was a large amount of money in the chest, the royal scribe and the high priest would go up, count the money brought into the house of the LORD, and tie it up in bags.
  19. 2 Kings 12:18הַנִּמְצָ֛א · found
    So King Joash of Judah took all the sacred objects dedicated by his fathers—Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, the kings of Judah—along with his own consecrated items and all the gold found in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent them to Hazael king of Aram. So Hazael withdrew from Jerusalem.
  20. 2 Kings 14:14הַנִּמְצְאִ֣ים · found
    He took all the gold and silver and all the articles found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the royal palace, as well as some hostages. Then he returned to Samaria.
  21. 2 Kings 16:8הַנִּמְצָא֙ · found
    Ahaz also took the silver and gold found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king’s palace, and he sent it as a gift to the king of Assyria.
  22. 2 Kings 17:4וַיִּמְצָא֩ · discovered
    But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea had conspired to send envoys to King So of Egypt, and that he had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore the king of Assyria arrested Hoshea and put him in prison.
  23. 2 Kings 18:15הַנִּמְצָ֣א · that was found
    Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the royal palace.
  24. 2 Kings 19:4הַנִּמְצָאָֽה׃ · that still survives
    Perhaps the LORD your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”
  25. 2 Kings 19:8וַיִּמְצָא֙ · and found
    When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.
  26. 2 Kings 20:13נִמְצָ֖א · was found
    And Hezekiah received the envoys and showed them all that was in his treasure house—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, as well as his armory—all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his palace or in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.
  27. 2 Kings 22:8מָצָ֖אתִי · I have found
    Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD!” And he gave it to Shaphan, who read it.
  28. 2 Kings 22:9הַנִּמְצָ֣א · that was found
    And Shaphan the scribe went to the king and reported, “Your servants have paid out the money that was found in the temple and have put it into the hands of the workers and supervisors of the house of the LORD.”
  29. 2 Kings 22:13הַנִּמְצָ֖א · that has been found
    “Go and inquire of the LORD for me, for the people, and for all Judah concerning the words in this book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that burns against us because our fathers have not obeyed the words of this book by doing all that is written about us.”
  30. 2 Kings 23:2הַנִּמְצָ֖א · that had been found
    And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.
  31. 2 Kings 23:24מָצָ֛א · had found
    Furthermore, Josiah removed the mediums and spiritists, the household gods and idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this to carry out the words of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had found in the house of the LORD.
  32. 2 Kings 25:19נִמְצְא֣וּ; הַֽנִּמְצְאִ֖ים · [who were] found
    Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as five royal advisors. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.
  33. 1 Chronicles 4:40וַֽיִּמְצְא֤וּ · There they found
    There they found rich, good pasture, and the land was spacious, peaceful, and quiet; for some Hamites had lived there formerly.
  34. 1 Chronicles 4:41נִמְצְאוּ־ · were
    These who were noted by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. They attacked the Hamites in their dwellings as well as the Meunites who were there, devoting them to destruction even to this day. Then they settled in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks.
  35. 1 Chronicles 10:3וַיִּמְצָאֻ֖הוּ · overtook him
    When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him.
  36. 1 Chronicles 10:8וַֽיִּמְצְא֤וּ · they found
    The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
  37. 1 Chronicles 17:25מָצָ֣א · has found the courage
    For You, my God, have revealed to Your servant that You will build a house for him. Therefore Your servant has found the courage to pray before You.
  38. 1 Chronicles 20:2וַֽיִּמְצָאָ֣הּ׀ · It was found
    Then David took the crown from the head of their king. It was found to weigh a talent of gold and was set with precious stones, and it was placed on David’s head. And David took a great amount of plunder from the city.
  39. 1 Chronicles 24:4וַיִּמָּצְא֣וּ · were found
    Since more leaders were found among Eleazar’s descendants than those of Ithamar, they were divided accordingly. There were sixteen heads of families from the descendants of Eleazar and eight from the descendants of Ithamar.
  40. 1 Chronicles 26:31וַיִּמָּצֵ֥א · were found
    As for the Hebronites, Jerijah was the chief of the Hebronites, according to the genealogies of his ancestors. In the fortieth year of David’s reign the records were searched, and strong, capable men were found among the Hebronites at Jazer in Gilead.
  41. 1 Chronicles 28:9יִמָּ֣צֵא · He will be found
    As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
  42. 1 Chronicles 29:8וְהַנִּמְצָ֤א · Whoever had
    Whoever had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the house of the LORD, under the care of Jehiel the Gershonite.
  43. 1 Chronicles 29:17הַנִּמְצְאוּ־ · who are present
    I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.
  44. 2 Chronicles 2:17וַיִּמָּצְא֗וּ · and there were found to be
    Solomon numbered all the foreign men in the land of Israel following the census his father David had conducted, and there were found to be 153,600 in all.
  45. 2 Chronicles 5:11הַֽנִּמְצְאִים֙ · who were present
    Now all the priests who were present had consecrated themselves regardless of their divisions. And when the priests came out of the Holy Place,
  46. 2 Chronicles 15:2יִמָּצֵ֣א · He will be found
    So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.
  47. 2 Chronicles 15:4וַיִּמָּצֵ֥א · and He was found
    But in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought Him, and He was found by them.
  48. 2 Chronicles 15:15וַיִּמָּצֵ֖א · and He was found
    And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn it with all their heart. They had sought Him earnestly, and He was found by them. So the LORD gave them rest on every side.