Strong's 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
KJV Usage: + 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
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
מָצָא (ma.tsa) — to find. 1) to find, attain to 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to find 1a1a) to find, secure, acquire, get (thing sought) 1a1b) to find (what is lost) 1a1c) to meet, encounter 1a1d) to find (a condition) 1a1e) to learn, devise 1a2) to find out 1a2a) to find out 1a2b) to detect 1a2c) to guess 1a3) to come upon, light upon 1a3a) to happen upon, meet, fall in with 1a3b) to hit 1a3c) to befall 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be found 1b1a) to be encountered, be lighted upon, be discovered 1b1b) to appear, be recognised 1b1c) to be discovered, be detected 1b1d) to be gained, be secured 1b2) to be, be found 1b2a) to be found in 1b2b) to be in the possession of 1b2c) to be found in (a place), happen to be 1b2d) to be left (after war) 1b2e) to be present 1b2f) to prove to be 1b2g) to be found sufficient, be enough 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to find, attain 1c2) to cause to light upon, come upon, come 1c3) to cause to encounter 1c4) to present (offering)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb
Find | verb qal, verb nif
to find = process by which humans or animals discover the person, animal, object or location they were looking for
GEN 2:20 · GEN 8:9 · GEN 18:26 · GEN 18:28 · GEN 18:29 · GEN 18:30 · GEN 18:30 · GEN 18:31 · GEN 18:32 · GEN 19:11 · GEN 26:19 · GEN 26:32 · GEN 27:20 · GEN 31:32 · GEN 31:33 · GEN 31:34 · GEN 31:35 · GEN 31:37 · GEN 37:17 · GEN 38:20 · GEN 38:22 · GEN 38:23 · GEN 41:38 · GEN 44:9 · GEN 44:10 · GEN 44:12 · GEN 44:16 · GEN 44:17 · GEN 47:14 · EXO 5:11 · EXO 15:22 · EXO 16:25 · EXO 16:27 · EXO 22:6 · EXO 22:7 · NUM 31:50 · NUM 35:27 · DEU 22:14 · DEU 22:17 · DEU 22:20 · JOS 2:22 · JOS 10:17 · JDG 5:30 · JDG 17:8 · JDG 17:9 · JDG 21:12 · 1SA 9:4 · 1SA 9:4 · 1SA 9:20 · 1SA 10:2 · 1SA 10:16 · 1SA 10:21 · 1SA 20:21 · 1SA 20:36 · 1SA 23:17 · 1SA 31:3 · 2SA 17:12 · 2SA 17:20 · 1KI 1:3 · 1KI 13:14 · 1KI 13:28 · 1KI 18:5 · 1KI 18:10 · 1KI 18:12 · 1KI 21:20 · 1KI 21:20 · 2KI 2:17 · 2KI 4:39 · 1CH 4:40 · 1CH 10:3 · EZR 8:15 · NEH 7:5 · NEH 7:64 · JOB 20:8 · JOB 23:3 · JOB 33:24 · PSA 21:9 · PSA 21:9 · PSA 37:36 · PSA 69:21 · PSA 84:4 · PSA 107:4 · PSA 132:5 · PRO 1:28 · PRO 6:31 · PRO 7:15 · PRO 18:22 · PRO 18:22 · PRO 31:10 · ECC 7:28 · ECC 7:28 · ECC 7:28 · SNG 3:1 · SNG 3:2 · SNG 3:4 · SNG 5:6 · ISA 22:3 · ISA 34:14 · ISA 41:12 · JER 2:24 · JER 2:26 · JER 5:1 · JER 14:3 · JER 41:12 · JER 50:24 · LAM 1:3 · LAM 1:6 · EZK 22:30 · EZK 26:21 · DAN 11:19 · HOS 2:8 · HOS 2:9 · HOS 12:9
Able | verb qal
Collocation: יָדַיִם מצא
to be able (to do something) literally: (one's) hands find (something to do); hence: = state in which humans have the opportunity and ability to do something
Able | verb qal
Collocation: מצא יָדַיִם
to be able to help literally: to find (one's) hands; = state in which humans have the strength to come in action
Associate | verb qal, verb nif
to find (God) = process by which humans on a spiritual journey find God
DEU 4:29 · 1CH 28:9 · 2CH 15:2 · 2CH 15:4 · 2CH 15:15 · JOB 37:23 · PSA 32:6 · ISA 55:6 · ISA 65:1 · JER 29:13 · JER 29:14 · HOS 5:6
Chastise | verb qal
to find (someone) out literally: (one's) sin will find (someone); hence: = process by which humans eventually suffer the penalty for the wrong they have done
Confident | verb qal
Collocation: מצא לֵב
to find courage literally: to find heart; hence: = process by which humans are able to overcome their fear
Control | verb hif
Collocation: מצא בְּיַָד
to give in (someone's) hand literally: to cause (someone) to find themselves in the hand (of someone else); hence: = causative process by which humans cuase other humans to be in the power of a thrid party
Dead | verb qal
Collocation: מצא קֶבֶר
to die literally: to find the grave; hence: = process by which humans eventually die
Engage | verb qal
to find, to get, to acquire literally: to find (a certain condition); hence: = process by which humans eventually reach a certain state or condition
RUT 1:9 · JOB 32:13 · PRO 3:13 · PRO 6:33 · PRO 8:9 · PRO 8:12 · PRO 8:17 · PRO 8:35 · PRO 8:35 · PRO 16:31 · PRO 19:8 · PRO 21:21 · PRO 24:14 · ISA 57:10 · ISA 58:3 · ISA 58:13 · JER 6:16 · JER 45:3 · LAM 2:9 · LAM 2:16
Happen | verb qal
to come upon literally: (an event) finds (people); = process by which humans eventually undergo a certain event, ◄ as if that event had been searching for them
GEN 44:34 · EXO 18:8 · NUM 20:14 · DEU 4:30 · DEU 31:17 · DEU 31:17 · DEU 31:21 · JOS 2:23 · JDG 6:13 · 2KI 7:9 · NEH 9:32 · EST 8:6 · JOB 31:29 · PSA 116:3 · PSA 116:3 · PSA 119:143
Happen | verb nif
to happen, to take place literally: (a condition) is found (in someone); hence: = process by which humans are eventually discovered to have a certain condition or to be involved in a certain activity
1SA 25:28 · 1KI 1:52 · 1KI 14:13 · PRO 10:13 · JER 11:9 · MIC 1:13 · MAL 2:6
Happen | verb hif
to cause to happen literally: to cause (someone) to find (an event); hence: = causative process by which deities case humans to eventually undergo a certain event, ◄ as if that event had been sent out to search for them
Hold | verb hif
to hand, to pass literally: to cause (someone) to find (something); hence: = action by which humans hand over objects to other humans
Know | verb qal, verb nif
to learn, to find out literally: to find (in someone); hence: = process by which humans come upon certain information
GEN 44:16 · DEU 24:1 · JDG 14:12 · JDG 14:18 · 1SA 12:5 · 1SA 29:3 · 1SA 29:6 · 1SA 29:8 · 2KI 17:4 · 1CH 20:2 · 2CH 2:16 · 2CH 19:3 · 2CH 25:5 · 2CH 36:8 · NEH 5:8 · NEH 7:5 · NEH 9:8 · EST 2:23 · EST 6:2 · JOB 11:7 · JOB 11:7 · JOB 19:28 · JOB 32:3 · JOB 33:10 · PSA 10:15 · PSA 17:3 · PSA 36:3 · PRO 2:5 · PRO 4:22 · PRO 16:20 · PRO 17:20 · ECC 3:11 · ECC 7:14 · ECC 7:24 · ECC 7:26 · ECC 7:27 · ECC 7:27 · ECC 7:29 · ECC 8:17 · ECC 8:17 · ECC 8:17 · ECC 12:10 · JER 2:5 · JER 10:18 · JER 15:16 · JER 23:11 · JER 50:20 · EZK 28:15 · DAN 1:20 · DAN 12:1 · HOS 12:9 · AMO 8:12
Large | verb nif
to suffice literally: to be found (for someone); hence: = state in which an object is considered large enough for a certain purpose
Meet | verb qal, verb nif
to find, to meet, to come upon = process by which humans or objects come upon (other) humans or objects without searching
GEN 4:14 · GEN 4:15 · GEN 11:2 · GEN 16:7 · GEN 26:12 · GEN 30:14 · GEN 32:20 · GEN 36:24 · GEN 37:15 · GEN 37:32 · GEN 44:8 · EXO 21:16 · EXO 22:1 · EXO 22:3 · EXO 22:3 · EXO 22:5 · LEV 5:22 · LEV 5:23 · NUM 15:32 · NUM 15:33 · DEU 19:5 · DEU 21:1 · DEU 22:3 · DEU 22:22 · DEU 22:23 · DEU 22:25 · DEU 22:27 · DEU 22:28 · DEU 22:28 · DEU 24:7 · DEU 32:10 · JDG 1:5 · JDG 15:15 · JDG 20:48 · JDG 20:48 · 1SA 9:11 · 1SA 9:13 · 1SA 9:13 · 1SA 10:2 · 1SA 10:3 · 1SA 14:30 · 1SA 24:20 · 1SA 30:11 · 1SA 31:8 · 2SA 20:6 · 1KI 11:29 · 1KI 13:24 · 1KI 19:19 · 1KI 20:36 · 1KI 20:37 · 2KI 4:29 · 2KI 9:21 · 2KI 9:35 · 2KI 10:13 · 2KI 10:15 · 2KI 19:8 · 2KI 22:8 · 2KI 22:13 · 2KI 23:2 · 2KI 23:24 · 1CH 10:8 · 2CH 20:16 · 2CH 20:25 · 2CH 21:17 · 2CH 22:8 · 2CH 29:16 · 2CH 32:4 · 2CH 34:14 · 2CH 34:15 · 2CH 34:21 · 2CH 34:30 · NEH 8:14 · NEH 13:1 · JOB 17:10 · PSA 89:21 · PSA 119:162 · PSA 132:6 · PRO 1:13 · PRO 20:6 · PRO 25:16 · ECC 11:1 · SNG 3:3 · SNG 5:7 · SNG 5:8 · SNG 8:1 · ISA 13:15 · ISA 37:8 · JER 2:34 · JER 48:27 · JER 50:7 · EZK 3:1 · HOS 9:10 · HOS 12:5 · JON 1:3
Possess | verb qal
Collocation: יָד מצא
to acquire, to obtain literally: (one's) hand finds (something); hence: = process by which humans acquire possessions, which, in certain cases, can be used to acquire other possessions
LEV 12:8 · LEV 25:26 · LEV 25:28 · 1SA 25:8 · JOB 31:25 · ISA 10:10 · ISA 10:14
Quantity | verb qal
to suffice literally: to find (for someone); hence: = state in which people or objects are available in sufficient quantity
Space | verb nif, verb qal
to be found (in a place) literally: to be found (in a place); hence: = state in which humans or objects are located in a certain place
GEN 19:15 · EXO 9:19 · EXO 12:19 · EXO 35:23 · EXO 35:24 · DEU 17:2 · DEU 18:10 · DEU 20:11 · DEU 21:17 · 1SA 9:8 · 1SA 13:15 · 1SA 13:16 · 1SA 13:19 · 1SA 13:22 · 1SA 13:22 · 1SA 21:4 · 2SA 17:13 · 2KI 12:6 · 2KI 12:11 · 2KI 12:19 · 2KI 14:14 · 2KI 16:8 · 2KI 18:15 · 2KI 19:4 · 2KI 20:13 · 2KI 22:9 · 2KI 25:19 · 2KI 25:19 · 1CH 4:41 · 1CH 24:4 · 1CH 26:31 · 1CH 29:8 · 1CH 29:17 · 2CH 5:11 · 2CH 25:24 · 2CH 29:29 · 2CH 30:21 · 2CH 31:1 · 2CH 34:17 · 2CH 34:32 · 2CH 34:33 · 2CH 35:7 · 2CH 35:17 · 2CH 35:18 · EZR 2:62 · EZR 8:25 · EZR 10:18 · EST 1:5 · EST 4:16 · JOB 28:12 · JOB 28:13 · JOB 42:15 · PSA 46:2 · ECC 9:15 · ISA 30:14 · ISA 35:9 · ISA 37:4 · ISA 39:2 · ISA 51:3 · ISA 65:8 · JER 2:34 · JER 5:26 · JER 41:3 · JER 41:8 · JER 52:25 · JER 52:25 · DAN 1:19 · HOS 14:9 · ZEP 3:13 · ZEC 10:10
Willing | verb qal
Collocation: מצא חֵן
to find favor literally: to find favor; hence: = state in which humans find the approval of deities or (other) humans
GEN 6:8 · GEN 18:3 · GEN 19:19 · GEN 30:27 · GEN 32:6 · GEN 33:8 · GEN 33:10 · GEN 33:15 · GEN 34:11 · GEN 39:4 · GEN 47:25 · GEN 47:29 · GEN 50:4 · EXO 33:12 · EXO 33:13 · EXO 33:13 · EXO 33:16 · EXO 33:17 · EXO 34:9 · NUM 11:11 · NUM 11:15 · NUM 32:5 · DEU 24:1 · JDG 6:17 · RUT 2:2 · RUT 2:10 · RUT 2:13 · 1SA 1:18 · 1SA 16:22 · 1SA 20:3 · 1SA 20:29 · 1SA 25:8 · 1SA 27:5 · 2SA 14:22 · 2SA 15:25 · 2SA 16:4 · 1KI 11:19 · EST 5:8 · EST 7:3 · EST 8:5 · PRO 3:4 · PRO 28:23 · JER 31:2
1 1CH 17:25 The word לֵב is missing in this verse. 2 LEV 25:26 The word יָד does not function as the subject of מצא here, but features prominently in the preceding phrase.
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
מָצָא 452 vb. attain to, find Qal find
find out
= come upon, light upon
noteworthy phrases
Niph. pass. of Qal, be found
Hiph. cause to find, attain
cause to light upon, come upon, come
cause to encounter
present unto
base