מָצָא
mâtsâʼ · maw-tsaw'
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
Lexicon
Derivation: 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
- 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
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [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.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to pursue the straight path › strength, the leader
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to pursue the straight path of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָצָא above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
455 occurrences · 455 OT · 0 NT · 298 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- found27 · 17%
- and found18 · 11%
- find9 · 6%
- be found9 · 6%
- that was found9 · 6%
- that were present8 · 5%
- is found7 · 4%
- and they found6 · 4%
- that were found6 · 4%
- that they found5 · 3%
- were found5 · 3%
- i have found5 · 3%
- hath found5 · 3%
- but found4 · 3%
- shall be found4 · 3%
- findeth4 · 3%
- shall find4 · 3%
- find out4 · 3%
- have i found3 · 2%
- if now i have found3 · 2%
- are found3 · 2%
- that is found3 · 2%
- they found3 · 2%
- if i have found3 · 2%
- if i find2 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.