מָצָא

Derivation

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.

Translated as

found (238), find (75), out (18), present (17), findeth (11), come (7), presented (3), met (3), finding (2), findest (2), gotten (2), befallen (2), meet (2), hit (2), get (2), hold (2), me (1), her (1), here (1), received (1)

Where it appears

Found in 391 verses

Genesis

2:20, 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 + 30 more

Exodus

5:11, 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

Leviticus

6:3, 9:12, 9:13, 9:18, 12:8, 25:26, 25:28

Numbers

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

Deuteronomy

4:29, 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 + 2 more

Joshua

10:17, 17:16

Judges

1:5, 5:30, 6:13, 6:17, 14:12, 14:18, 15:15, 17:8, 20:48, 21:12

Ruth

1:9, 2:2, 2:10, 2:13

1 Samuel

1:18, 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 + 14 more

2 Samuel

3:8, 7:27, 14:22, 15:25, 16:4, 17:12, 17:13, 17:20, 18:22, 20:6

1 Kings

1:3, 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 Kings

2:17, 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 + 4 more

1 Chronicles

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

2 Chronicles

2:17, 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 + 8 more

Ezra

2:62, 8:15, 8:25, 10:18

Nehemiah

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

Esther

1:5, 2:23, 4:16, 5:8, 6:2, 7:3, 8:5, 8:6

Job

3:22, 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

Psalms

10:15, 17:3, 21:8, 32:6, 36:2, 46:1, 76:5, 84:3, 89:20, 107:4, 116:3, 119:143, 119:162, 132:5, 132:6

Proverbs

1:13, 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 + 1 more

Ecclesiastes

3:11, 7:14, 7:26, 7:27, 7:28, 7:29, 8:17, 9:10, 9:15, 11:1, 12:10

Song of Solomon

3:3, 3:4, 5:6, 5:7, 5:8, 8:1, 8:10

Isaiah

10:10, 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

Jeremiah

2:5, 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 + 2 more

Lamentations

1:3, 1:6, 2:9, 2:16

Ezekiel

3:1, 26:21

Daniel

1:19, 1:20, 12:1

Hosea

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

Jonah

1:3

Zephaniah

3:13

Zechariah

11:6

Malachi

2:6