Hebrew word

mâtsâʼ

maw-tsaw'

מָצָא

What it means

properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist

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

Where it comes from

a primitive root

How the King James translates it

found245
find87
present16
findeth12
come8
presented3
met3
finding2

Every place it appears 413

Genesis2:20 4:14 4:15 6:8 8:9 11:2 16:7 18:3 18:26 18:28 18:29 18:30 18:31 18:32 19:11 19:15 19:19 26:12 26:19 26:32 27:20 30:14 30:27 31:32 31:33 31:35 31:37 32:5 33:8 33:10 33:15 34:11 36:24 37:15 37:17 37:32 38:22 39:4 41:38 44:8 44:9 44:10 44:12 44:16 44:17 44:34 47:14 47:25 47:29 50:4

Exodus5:11 9:19 12:19 15:22 16:25 18:8 21:16 22:2 22:4 22:6 22:7 22:8 33:12 33:13 33:16 33:17 34:9 35:23 35:24

Leviticus6:3 9:12 9:13 9:18 12:8 25:26 25:28

Numbers11:11 11:15 11:22 15:32 15:33 31:50 32:5 35:27

Deuteronomy4:29 4:30 17:2 18:10 19:5 20:11 21:1 21:17 22:3 22:14 22:17 22:20 22:22 22:23 22:25 22:27 22:28 24:1 24:7 31:17 31:21 32:10

Joshua10:17 17:16

Judges1:5 5:30 6:13 6:17 14:18 15:15 17:8 20:48 21:12

Ruth1:9 2:2 2:10 2:13

1 Samuel1:18 9:4 9:8 9:11 9:13 9:20 10:2 10:3 10:7 10:16 10:21 12:5 13:15 13:16 13:19 13:22 14:30 16:22 20:3 20:21 20:29 20:36 21:3 23:17 24:19 25:8 25:28 27:5 29:3 29:6 29:8 30:11 31:3 31:8

2 Samuel3:8 7:27 14:22 15:25 16:4 17:12 17:13 17:20 18:22 20:6

1 Kings1:3 1:52 11:19 11:29 13:14 13:24 13:28 14:13 18:5 18:10 18:12 19:19 20:36 20:37 21:20

2 Kings2:17 4:29 4:39 7:9 9:21 9:35 10:13 10:15 12:5 12:10 12:18 14:14 16:8 17:4 18:15 19:4 19:8 20:13 22:8 22:9 22:13 23:2 23:24 25:19

1 Chronicles4:40 4:41 10:3 10:8 17:25 20:2 24:4 26:31 28:9 29:8 29:17

2 Chronicles2:17 5:11 15:2 15:4 15:15 19:3 20:16 20:25 21:17 22:8 25:5 25:24 29:16 29:29 30:21 31:1 32:4 34:14 34:15 34:17 34:21 34:30 34:32 34:33 35:7 35:17 35:18 36:8

Ezra2:62 8:15 8:25 10:18

Nehemiah5:8 7:5 7:64 8:14 9:8 9:32 13:1

Esther1:5 2:23 4:16 5:8 6:2 7:3 8:5 8:6

Job3:22 11:7 17:10 20:8 23:3 28:12 28:13 31:25 32:3 32:13 33:10 33:24 34:11 37:13 37:23 42:15

Psalms10:15 17:3 21:8 32:6 36:2 76:5 84:3 89:20 107:4 116:3 119:143 119:162 132:5 132:6

Proverbs1:13 2:5 3:4 3:13 4:22 6:31 6:33 8:9 8:12 8:35 10:13 16:20 16:31 17:20 18:22 19:8 21:21 24:14 25:16 28:23 31:10

Ecclesiastes3:11 7:14 7:26 7:27 7:28 7:29 8:17 9:10 9:15 11:1 12:10

Song of Solomon3:3 3:4 5:6 5:7 5:8 8:1 8:10

Isaiah10:10 10:14 13:15 22:3 30:14 34:14 35:9 37:8 39:2 41:12 51:3 55:6 57:10 58:3 58:13 65:1 65:8

Jeremiah2:5 2:26 2:34 5:1 5:26 6:16 11:9 14:3 15:16 23:11 29:13 29:14 31:2 41:3 41:8 41:12 45:3 48:27 50:7 50:20 50:24 52:25

Lamentations1:3 1:6 2:9 2:16

Ezekiel3:1 26:21

Daniel1:19 1:20 12:1

Hosea2:6 2:7 5:6 9:10 12:4 12:8

Jonah1:3

Zephaniah3:13

Zechariah11:6

Malachi2:6

mâtsâʼ — Hebrew word meaning “properly, to come forth to, i.e”