Strong’s H4672 · Hebrew
מָצָא
mâtsâʼ · maw-tsaw'
Origin a primitive root;
Meaning 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
In the King James Version [phrase] be able, befall, being, catch, [idiom] certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), [idiom] have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with), [idiom] occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
In 425 verses of the King James Version
301–350 of 425
- Psalms 46:1To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
- Psalms 69:20Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
- Psalms 76:5The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.
- Psalms 84:3Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.
- Psalms 89:20I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
- Psalms 107:4They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
- Psalms 116:3The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
- Psalms 119:143Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.
- Psalms 119:162I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
- Psalms 132:5Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.
- Psalms 132:6Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.
- Proverbs 1:13We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
- Proverbs 1:28Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
- Proverbs 2:5Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
- Proverbs 3:4So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
- Proverbs 3:13Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
- Proverbs 4:22For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
- Proverbs 6:31But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
- Proverbs 6:33A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
- Proverbs 7:15Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
- Proverbs 8:9They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
- Proverbs 8:12I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.
- Proverbs 8:17I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
- Proverbs 8:35For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
- Proverbs 10:13In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
- Proverbs 16:20He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.
- Proverbs 16:31The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
- Proverbs 17:20He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
- Proverbs 18:22Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
- Proverbs 19:8He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
- Proverbs 20:6Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
- Proverbs 21:21He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.
- Proverbs 24:14So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
- Proverbs 25:16Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
- Proverbs 28:23He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
- Proverbs 31:10Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
- Ecclesiastes 3:11He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
- Ecclesiastes 7:14In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
- Ecclesiastes 7:24That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
- Ecclesiastes 7:26And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
- Ecclesiastes 7:27Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:
- Ecclesiastes 7:28Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
- Ecclesiastes 7:29Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
- Ecclesiastes 8:17Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
- Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
- Ecclesiastes 9:15Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
- Ecclesiastes 11:1Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
- Ecclesiastes 12:10The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.
- Song of Songs 3:1By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
- Song of Songs 3:2I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.