What does Matsa mean?

Matsa (מָצָא, Strong's H4672) is a Hebrew word. Strong's defines it as 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. The King James Bible translates it as 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.

What is the Strong's number for Matsa?

The Strong's number for Matsa (מָצָא) is H4672. It is a Hebrew word from Strong's public-domain dictionary keyed to the King James Bible.

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Matsa (Strong’s H4672): Meaning in the Bible

Matsa (מָצָא) is the Hebrew word numbered H4672 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as 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 Bible it is translated be able, befall, being, catch, (cause to) come (on.

מָצָא

mâtsâʼ · Hebrew

Strong’s H4672 · maw-tsaw'

Original wordמָצָא
Transliterationmâtsâʼ
Pronunciationmaw-tsaw'
Part of speechverb (v)
Strong’s numberH4672
LanguageHebrew

The full Strong’s definition

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

Derivation. a primitive root;

How the King James Bible translates it

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. (The × marks places where the word shapes the phrasing rather than being rendered by a single English word.)

Where Matsa appears in the Bible

In the King James Bible’s text tagged with Strong’s numbers, Matsa (H4672) stands behind 455 English renderings in 425 verses across 34 of the 66 books. It is most frequent in Genesis (56), 1 Samuel (39), 2 Chronicles (28).

How the King James Bible renders Matsa, by count

found259 of 455 (57 percent)
find84 of 455 (18 percent)
out20 of 455 (4 percent)
present17 of 455 (4 percent)
findeth11 of 455 (2 percent)
come7 of 455 (2 percent)

Three places to read Matsa

Genesis 2:20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
1 Samuel 10:2 When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel’s sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?
Job 28:13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.

Counts are made at build time from the King James text tagged with Strong’s numbers (eBible.org, public domain). Verses are read from the stored King James text, never typed.

Why the word matters

Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Matsa in the original Hebrew lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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