מָצָא (māṣāʾ) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning attain to. It appears
457 times
in 34 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H4672).
Also rendered
to find
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1231)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1231)attain to, find; find out, come upon, light upon; be found; cause to find, attain, cause to light upon, come, cause to encounter, present; appear, exist, acquire, occur, meet; be able, befall, being, catch, deliver, be enough find…
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
מָצָאverb: attain to, find
Qal
1.find
2.find out
3.come upon, light upon
4.noteworthy phrases
Niphalbe found
Hiphil
1.cause to find, attain
2.cause to light upon, come upon, come
3.cause to encounter
4.present unto
Strong's H4672מָצָא: 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: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.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.