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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. 2 Chronicles 19:3נִמְצְא֣וּ · is found
    However, some good is found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have set your heart on seeking God.”
  2. 2 Chronicles 20:16וּמְצָאתֶ֤ם · and you will find
    Tomorrow you are to march down against them. You will see them coming up the Ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the valley facing the Wilderness of Jeruel.
  3. 2 Chronicles 20:25וַיִּמְצְאוּ֩ · and they found
    Then Jehoshaphat and his people went to carry off the plunder, and they found on the bodies an abundance of goods and valuables—more than they could carry away. They were gathering the plunder for three days because there was so much.
  4. 2 Chronicles 21:17הַנִּמְצָ֣א · found
    So they went to war against Judah, invaded it, and carried off all the possessions found in the king’s palace, along with his sons and wives; not a son was left to him except Jehoahaz, his youngest.
  5. 2 Chronicles 22:8וַיִּמְצָא֩ · he found
    So while Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, he found the rulers of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s brothers who were serving Ahaziah, and he killed them.
  6. 2 Chronicles 25:5וַיִּמְצָאֵ֗ם · and found
    Then Amaziah gathered the people of Judah and assigned them according to their families to commanders of thousands and of hundreds. And he numbered those twenty years of age or older throughout Judah and Benjamin and found 300,000 chosen men able to serve in the army, bearing the spear and shield.
  7. 2 Chronicles 25:24הַנִּמְצְאִ֨ים · found
    He took all the gold and silver and all the articles found in the house of God with Obed-edom and in the treasuries of the royal palace, as well as some hostages. Then he returned to Samaria.
  8. 2 Chronicles 29:16מָֽצְאוּ֙ · they found
    So the priests went inside the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and they brought out to the courtyard all the unclean things that they found in the temple of the LORD. Then the Levites took these things and carried them out to the Kidron Valley.
  9. 2 Chronicles 29:29הַנִּמְצְאִ֥ים · those present
    When the offerings were completed, the king and all those present with him bowed down and worshiped.
  10. 2 Chronicles 30:21הַנִּמְצְאִ֨ים · who were present
    The Israelites who were present in Jerusalem celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy, and the Levites and priests praised the LORD day after day, accompanied by loud instruments of praise to the LORD.
  11. 2 Chronicles 31:1הַֽנִּמְצְאִים֮ · in attendance
    When all this had ended, the Israelites in attendance went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and altars throughout Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the Israelites returned to their cities, each to his own property.
  12. 2 Chronicles 32:4וּמָצְא֖וּ · and find
    Many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land. “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” they said.
  13. 2 Chronicles 34:14מָצָא֙ · found
    While they were bringing out the money that had been taken into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found the Book of the Law of the LORD given by Moses.
  14. 2 Chronicles 34:15מָצָ֖אתִי · I have found
    And Hilkiah 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.
  15. 2 Chronicles 34:17הַנִּמְצָ֣א · that was found
    They have paid out the money that was found in the house of the LORD and have put it into the hands of the supervisors and workers.”
  16. 2 Chronicles 34:21נִמְצָ֑א · has been found
    “Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for those remaining in Israel and Judah concerning the words in the book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that has been poured out on us because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD by doing all that is written in this book.”
  17. 2 Chronicles 34:30הַנִּמְצָ֖א · 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 Levites—all the people great and small—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.
  18. 2 Chronicles 34:32הַנִּמְצָ֥א
    Then he had everyone in Jerusalem and Benjamin take a stand in agreement to it. So all the people of Jerusalem carried out the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
  19. 2 Chronicles 34:33הַנִּמְצָא֙
    And Josiah removed all the abominations from all the lands belonging to the Israelites, and he required everyone in Israel to serve the LORD their God. Throughout his reign they did not turn aside from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.
  20. 2 Chronicles 35:7הַנִּמְצָ֗א · who were present
    From his own flocks and herds Josiah contributed 30,000 lambs and goats plus 3,000 bulls for the Passover offerings for all the people who were present.
  21. 2 Chronicles 35:17הַֽנִּמְצְאִ֛ים · who were present
    The Israelites who were present also observed the Passover at that time, as well as the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days.
  22. 2 Chronicles 35:18הַנִּמְצָ֔א · who were present
    No such Passover had been observed in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. None of the kings of Israel ever observed a Passover like the one that Josiah observed with the priests, the Levites, all Judah, the Israelites who were present, and the people of Jerusalem.
  23. 2 Chronicles 36:8וְהַנִּמְצָ֣א · and all that was found
    As for the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, the abominations he committed, and all that was found against him, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. And his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place.
  24. Ezra 2:62נִמְצָ֑אוּ · find them
    These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
  25. Ezra 8:15מָצָ֥אתִי · I found
    Now I assembled these exiles at the canal that flows to Ahava, and we camped there three days. And when I searched among the people and priests, I found no Levites there.
  26. Ezra 8:25הַנִּמְצָאִֽים׃ · there
    …and I weighed out to them the contribution of silver and gold and the articles that the king, his counselors, his leaders, and all the Israelites there had offered for the house of our God.
  27. Ezra 10:18וַיִּמָּצֵא֙ · were found
    Among the descendants of the priests who had married foreign women were found these descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.
  28. Nehemiah 5:8מָצְא֖וּ · for they could find
    …and said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling your own brothers, that they may be sold back to us!” But they remained silent, for they could find nothing to say.
  29. Nehemiah 7:5וָֽאֶמְצָ֗א · I found; וָאֶמְצָ֖א · and I found
    Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be enrolled by genealogy. I found the genealogical register of those who had first returned, and I found the following written in it:
  30. Nehemiah 7:64נִמְצָ֑א · find them
    These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
  31. Nehemiah 8:14וַֽיִּמְצְא֖וּ · And they found
    And they found written in the Law, which the LORD had commanded through Moses, that the Israelites were to dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month,
  32. Nehemiah 9:8וּמָצָ֣אתָ · You found
    You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, of the Jebusites and Girgashites—to give it to his descendants. You have kept Your promise, because You are righteous.
  33. Nehemiah 9:32מְ֠צָאַתְנוּ · has come upon us
    So now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, and upon our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors and all Your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.
  34. Nehemiah 13:1וְנִמְצָא֙ · they found
    At that time the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and in it they found the passage stating that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God,
  35. Esther 1:5הַנִּמְצְאִים֩
    At the end of this time, in the garden court of the royal palace, the king held a seven-day feast for all the people in the citadel of Susa, from the least to the greatest.
  36. Esther 2:23וַיִּמָּצֵ֔א · and verified
    After the report had been investigated and verified, both officials were hanged on the gallows. And all this was recorded in the Book of the Chronicles in the presence of the king.
  37. Esther 4:16הַֽנִּמְצְאִ֣ים · who can be found
    “Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!”
  38. Esther 5:8מָצָ֨אתִי · I have found
    If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, may the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the king’s question.”
  39. Esther 6:2וַיִּמָּצֵ֣א · And there it was found
    And there it was found recorded that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the king’s entrance, when they had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.
  40. Esther 7:3מָצָ֨אתִי · I have found
    Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, grant me my life as my petition, and the lives of my people as my request.
  41. Esther 8:5מָצָ֧אתִי · and if I have found
    “If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if I have found favor in his sight, and the matter seems proper to the king, and I am pleasing in his sight, may an order be written to revoke the letters that the scheming Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces.
  42. Esther 8:6יִמְצָ֣א · would befall
    For how could I bear to see the disaster that would befall my people? How could I bear to see the destruction of my kindred?”
  43. Job 3:22יִמְצְאוּ־ · they reach
    …who rejoice and greatly exult when they reach the grave?
  44. Job 11:7תִּמְצָ֑א · Can you fathom; תִּמְצָֽא׃ · discover
    Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?
  45. Job 17:10אֶמְצָ֖א · find
    But come back and try again, all of you. For I will not find a wise man among you.
  46. Job 19:28נִמְצָא־ · lies
    If you say, ‘Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him,’
  47. Job 20:8יִמְצָא֑וּהוּ · to be found
    He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.
  48. Job 23:3וְאֶמְצָאֵ֑הוּ · where to find Him
    If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.