ma.tsa H4672

מָצָא (ma.tsa) means “to find” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

מָצָא Hebrew · H4672 455 tagged occurrences in 425 verses

Pronunciation guide: maw-tsaw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H4672

מָצָא · ma.tsa · to find

1) to find, attain to 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to find 1a1a) to find, secure, acquire, get (thing sought) 1a1b) to find (what is lost) 1a1c) to meet, encounter 1a1d) to find (a condition) 1a1e) to learn, devise 1a2) to find out 1a2a) to find out 1a2b) to detect 1a2c) to guess 1a3) to come upon, light upon 1a3a) to happen upon, meet, fall in with 1a3b) to hit 1a3c) to befall 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be found 1b1a) to be encountered, be lighted upon, be discovered 1b1b) to appear, be recognised 1b1c) to be discovered, be detected 1b1d) to be gained, be secured 1b2) to be, be found 1b2a) to be found in 1b2b) to be in the possession of 1b2c) to be found in (a place), happen to be 1b2d) to be left (after war) 1b2e) to be present 1b2f) to prove to be 1b2g) to be found sufficient, be enough 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to find, attain 1c2) to cause to light upon, come upon, come 1c3) to cause to encounter 1c4) to present (offering)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

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

KJV glosses: [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.

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How translators render H4672

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
found	22
i have found	22
find	10
and found	9
is found	9
was found	9
be found	8
they found	8
find them	7
finds	7
find him	5
he found	5
i find	5
were found	5
who were present	5
and find	4
and they found	4
are found	4
finding	4
i found	4
to find	4
we have found	4
you will find	4
could be found	3
find her	3
he found him	3
is caught	3
met	3
that was found	3
to be found	3
we found	3
and he was found	2
and you will find	2
brought him	2
but i found	2
can be found	2
can find	2
discover	2
encounters	2
find anything	2
found him	2
has found	2
have been found	2
have you found	2
he will be found	2
i encountered	2
i have discovered	2
if you find	2
overtook him	2
that had been found	2
that still survives	2
there	2
to comprehend	2
we will find	2
who were found	2
will be found	2
will find	2
would they have enough	2
you find	2
you found	2
acquired	1
afford	1
among	1
an ever-present	1
and acquires	1
and all that was found	1
and discover	1
and find me	1
and found them	1
and have found	1
and he found	1
and i find	1
and i found	1
and i have found you	1
and if i have found	1
and spreads	1
and strikes	1
and there it was found	1
and there were found to be	1
and they are discovered	1
and verified	1
and you have found	1
are stained	1
befell him	1
brought	1
but find	1
but finds	1
but found	1
but he found	1
but i discovered	1
can fathom it	1
can we find	1
can you fathom	1
caught	1
come upon us	1
comes	1
could lift	1
delivered you	1
demands	1
did you ever find	1
discovered	1
encounters her	1
enough	1
fathom	1
find elijah	1
find it	1
find its meaning	1
find me	1
find the donkeys	1
find you	1
finding them	1
finds me	1
for they could find	1
found you	1
god finds	1
grant me this favor	1
had	1
had been found	1
had found	1
had gained	1
happened to us	1
has been found	1
has befallen us	1
has come upon us	1
has exposed	1
has found the courage	1
have come upon them	1
have found	1
have found me	1
have happened to you	1
have i found	1
have solved	1
he accomplishes this	1
he brings consequences	1
he could find a place	1
he finds	1
he found her	1
he found them	1
he has	1
he has found	1
he is caught	1
he reaped	1
he who finds	1
he will find	1
i am pleased with	1
i can find a place	1
i discovered that	1
i have found you out	1
i have here	1
i have indeed found	1
i may find	1
i was confronted	1
i was found	1
i will be found	1
if i found you	1
in attendance	1
in their path	1
is actually found	1
is it found	1
it is attained	1
it was found	1
lay a hand on	1
let me find	1
lies	1
like one who brings	1
like one who finds	1
may be captured	1
may i continue to find	1
may i find	1
met him	1
more room is found	1
now his men found	1
obtain	1
one is found	1
or seeking	1
or the man is found	1
our reach	1
overcame me	1
reached	1
receive	1
remains	1
seized	1
shall find me	1
so that i may find	1
so they found	1
so you have found me out	1
that find	1
that had happened	1
that has been found	1
then the prophet found	1
then you will find	1
there is	1
there they found	1
they brought	1
they can find	1
they had encountered	1
they have been found	1
they reach	1
they took	1
they will find her	1
those present	1
those who found	1
to detect	1
to fall	1
to those who find	1
to those who find them	1
trying to find	1
was he ever found among thieves	1
we find him	1
we have lived	1
were	1
whatever can be found	1
when you meet	1
where to find him	1
while he may be found	1
who are here	1
who are present	1
who can be found	1
who finds	1
who found him	1
who found them	1
who was found	1
whoever finds me	1
whoever had	1
will apprehend	1
will befall him	1
will befall them	1
will find you out	1
will meet you	1
will overtake us	1
will seize	1
would befall	1
would overwhelm	1
yet if caught	1
you are able	1
you can find	1
you can find it	1
you can spare	1
you do	1
you find here	1
you find it	1
you have found	1
you may be found	1
you meet	1
you were found	1
you will find it again	1
your fugitives	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
found	31
and found	17
be found	10
find	10
that was found	8
is found	7
and they found	6
findeth	6
hath found	5
i have found	5
present	5
that they found	5
that were found	5
that were present	5
were found	5
but found	4
find out	4
shall be found	4
shall find	4
are found	3
have i found	3
if i find	3
if i have found	3
if now i have found	3
they found	3
to find	3
and all that was found	2
and find	2
and he found	2
and i find	2
and i have found	2
but they found	2
but they shall not find	2
for them to suffice	2
hast thou found	2
have found	2
him but i found	2
him he will be found	2
hit	2
i found	2
it be found	2
let me find	2
met	2
presented	2
shall find out	2
that i have found	2
that is found	2
they shall find	2
to find out	2
unto him if now i have found	2
was found	2
which were found	2
who can find	2
all that are found	1
all that found	1
also find	1
among all those have i not found	1
and all that came to hand	1
and all that were present	1
and catch	1
and could not find	1
and every man with whom was found	1
and find out	1
and foundest	1
and have not delivered	1
and he cannot find	1
and he caused all that were present	1
and he was found	1
and i found	1
and i will be found	1
and if i have found	1
and if she be not able to bring	1
and it was found	1
and lighteth	1
and made all that were present	1
and met	1
and not be found	1
and now if i have found	1
and received	1
and shall not be found	1
and shall not find	1
and that which was found	1
and there shall meet	1
and therein was found	1
and they presented	1
and they shall not be found	1
and they that found	1
and thou hast also found	1
and thou hast found	1
and thou hast not found	1
and what hast thou found	1
and wherefore have i not found	1
and ye shall find	1
and yet so they sufficed	1
any finding	1
are befallen	1
are come	1
as occasion	1
as one that findeth	1
as one that found	1
be certainly	1
be not found	1
be with us why then is all this befallen	1
because he hath found	1
because in him there is found	1
because they had found	1
behold he findeth	1
behold i have	1
but he found	1
but he found her	1
but i find	1
but i found	1
but it was not found	1
but lo i will deliver	1
but they were not found	1
can find out	1
can we find	1
canst thou find	1
come	1
every one that findeth me	1
every one that is found	1
every one that shall be found	1
for all that were present	1
for and there were found	1
for he found	1
for i cannot find	1
for i have not found	1
for thou hast found	1
for thou shalt find	1
for whoso findeth	1
found her	1
found him	1
from them but i found	1
gat hold	1
had gotten	1
hath found out	1
hath gotten	1
hath not been found	1
have taken hold	1
have they not sped	1
he be found	1
he causeth it to come	1
he found	1
her and it come to pass that she find	1
her but they found	1
him but he could not be found	1
him but i could not find	1
him he could not be found	1
him he was found	1
him lest he get	1
him or if he be found	1
i am found	1
i have found me out	1
i have not found	1
i may find	1
i pray thee whatsoever cometh	1
i shall find	1
i should find	1
if i have now found	1
if i shall find	1
if there be found	1
if thou meet	1
if ye find	1
is not enough	1
it but i found	1
it was found out	1
let us find	1
me and find	1
me findeth	1
me for he hath found	1
nay i pray thee if now i have found	1
needeth it let me find	1
nor finding	1
now there was found	1
now therefore i pray thee if i have found	1
of all that he hath	1
of them he found	1
of them they found	1
on them for they are found	1
or have found	1
or what there is present	1
out	1
ready	1
shall befall	1
shall he get	1
shall not be found	1
shall not find	1
shalt find	1
shalt find occasion	1
she findeth	1
should find	1
so shalt thou find	1
so that there shall not be found	1
that are left	1
that are present	1
that befell	1
that found	1
that had come	1
that hath befallen	1
that i may find	1
that is left	1
that shall come	1
that shall come on	1
that she shall not find	1
that they came to	1
that thou findest	1
that thou hast found	1
that ye have not found	1
thee that hath come	1
thee that i may find	1
them and shalt not find	1
them and they were found	1
them but shall not find	1
them that they may find	1
themselves to find	1
then he found	1
then thou shalt find	1
thence and found	1
thence he lighted	1
there and find	1
there shall not be found	1
there was not found	1
there were found	1
therein and ye shall find	1
thereof if ye can find	1
thereof neither is it found	1
thereon it shall not be found	1
they if we have found	1
this have i found	1
this have we found	1
thou art found	1
thou find	1
thou findest	1
thou hast found	1
thou shalt find	1
to her i found	1
to redeem	1
to restore	1
to them that find	1
until i find out	1
unto him he found	1
unto him i pray thee if i have found	1
unto him we have found	1
unto him why have i found	1
unto thee was he found	1
unto those that find	1
upon me i found	1
was not found	1
was there found	1
we cannot find him out	1
we found	1
we have found	1
we have found out	1
we may find	1
we shall find	1
what hast thou found	1
when he is found	1
when they can find	1
when thou hast found	1
when thou mayest be found	1
when ye find	1
where he could find	1
where he shall be found	1
where i may find	1
where i might find	1
which are here	1
which are present	1
which he found	1
which shall be found	1
which they found	1
which was found	1
which we found	1
while he may be found	1
who can find it out	1
will come	1
will find you out	1
with her and they be found	1
with them and among them all was found	1
with whom was found	1
ye can find	1
ye find	1
ye had not found out	1
ye shall find	1
ye shall not find	1
yet he shall not find	1
you that ye may find	1

Verses containing H4672

Page 4 of 9. 425 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

1 Samuel 13:22 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So on the day of battle not a sword or spear could be found in the hands of the troops with Saul and Jonathan; only Saul and his son Jonathan had weapons.
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1 Samuel 14:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
How much better it would have been if the troops had eaten freely today from the plunder they took from their enemies! Would not the slaughter of the Philistines have been much greater?”
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1 Samuel 16:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Saul sent word to Jesse, saying, “Let David remain in my service, for I am pleased with him.”
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1 Samuel 20:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But David again vowed, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved.’ As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”
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1 Samuel 20:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I will send a boy and say, ‘Go, find the arrows!’ Now, if I expressly say to him, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you; bring them,’ then come, because as surely as the LORD lives, it is safe for you, and there is no danger.
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1 Samuel 20:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
saying, ‘Please let me go, because our clan is holding a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has told me to be there. So now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me go and see my brothers.’ That is why he has not come to the king’s table.”
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1 Samuel 20:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He said to the boy, “Run and find the arrows I shoot.” And as the boy ran, Jonathan shot an arrow beyond him.
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1 Samuel 21:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found.”
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Source alternate reference: 21.4
1 Samuel 23:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
saying, “Do not be afraid, for my father Saul will never lay a hand on you. And you will be king over Israel, and I will be your second-in-command. Even my father Saul knows this is true.”
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1 Samuel 24:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When a man finds his enemy, does he let him go away unharmed? May the LORD reward you with good for what you have done for me this day.
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Source alternate reference: 24.20
1 Samuel 25:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Ask your young men, and they will tell you. So let my young men find favor with you, for we have come on the day of a feast. Please give whatever you can spare to your servants and to your son David.’”
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1 Samuel 25:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Please forgive your servant’s offense, for the LORD will surely make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because he fights the LORD’s battles. May no evil be found in you as long as you live.
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1 Samuel 27:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let me be assigned a place in one of the outlying towns, so I can live there. For why should your servant live in the royal city with you?”
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1 Samuel 29:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the commanders of the Philistines asked, “What about these Hebrews?” Achish replied, “Is this not David, the servant of King Saul of Israel? He has been with me all these days, even years, and from the day he defected until today I have found no fault in him.”
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1 Samuel 29:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Achish summoned David and told him, “As surely as the LORD lives, you have been upright, and it seems right in my sight that you should march in and out with me in the army, because I have found no fault in you from the day you came to me until this day. But you are not good in the sight of the leaders.
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1 Samuel 29:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“But what have I done?” David replied. “What have you found against your servant, from the day I came to you until today, to keep me from going along to fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”
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1 Samuel 30:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now his men found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David. They gave the man water to drink and food to eat—
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1 Samuel 31:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him critically.
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1 Samuel 31:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
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2 Samuel 3:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Abner was furious over Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends. I have not delivered you into the hand of David, but now you accuse me of wrongdoing with this woman!
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2 Samuel 7:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For You, O LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed this to Your servant when You said, ‘I will build a house for you.’ Therefore Your servant has found the courage to offer this prayer to You.
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2 Samuel 14:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Joab fell facedown in homage and blessed the king. “Today,” said Joab, “your servant knows that he has found favor in your eyes, my lord the king, because the king has granted his request.”
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2 Samuel 15:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, He will bring me back and let me see both it and His dwelling place again.
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2 Samuel 16:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the king said to Ziba, “All that belongs to Mephibosheth is now yours!” “I humbly bow before you,” said Ziba. “May I find favor in your eyes, my lord the king!”
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2 Samuel 17:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then we will attack David wherever we find him, and we will descend on him like dew on the ground. And of all the men with him, not even one will remain.
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2 Samuel 17:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If he retreats to a city, all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will drag it down to the valley until not even a pebble can be found there.”
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2 Samuel 17:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” “They have crossed over the brook,” she replied. The men searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.
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2 Samuel 18:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Ahimaaz son of Zadok, however, persisted and said to Joab, “No matter what, please let me also run behind the Cushite!” “My son,” Joab replied, “why do you want to run, since you will not receive a reward?”
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2 Samuel 20:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord’s servants and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us.”
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1 Kings 1:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful girl, and they found Abishag the Shunammite and brought her to the king.
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1 Kings 1:52 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Solomon replied, “If he is a man of character, not a single hair of his will fall to the ground. But if evil is found in him, he will die.”
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1 Kings 11:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
There Hadad found such great favor in the sight of Pharaoh that he gave to him in marriage the sister of Queen Tahpenes, his own wife.
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1 Kings 11:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
During that time, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met Jeroboam on the road as he was going out of Jerusalem. Now Ahijah had wrapped himself in a new cloak, and the two of them were alone in the open field.
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1 Kings 13:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and went after the man of God. He found him sitting under an oak tree and asked, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” “I am,” he replied.
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1 Kings 13:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As he went on his way, a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was left lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it.
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1 Kings 13:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and he went and found the body lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it. The lion had not eaten the body or mauled the donkey.
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1 Kings 14:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. For this is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will receive a proper burial, because only in him has the LORD, the God of Israel, found any good in the house of Jeroboam.
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1 Kings 18:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.”
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1 Kings 18:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As surely as the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent someone to search for you. When they said, ‘He is not here,’ he made that kingdom or nation swear that they had not found you.
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1 Kings 18:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I do not know where the Spirit of the LORD may carry you off when I leave you. Then when I go and tell Ahab and he does not find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.
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1 Kings 19:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Elijah departed and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve teams of oxen, and he was with the twelfth team. Elijah passed by him and threw his cloak around him.
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1 Kings 20:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the prophet said to him, “Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, as soon as you depart from me a lion will kill you.” And when he left, a lion found him and killed him.
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1 Kings 20:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the prophet found another man and said, “Strike me, please!” So the man struck him and wounded him,
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1 Kings 21:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences
When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, “So you have found me out, my enemy.” He replied, “I have found you out because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the LORD.
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2 Kings 2:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But when they pressed him to the point of embarrassment, he said, “Send them.” And they sent fifty men, who searched for three days but did not find Elijah.
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2 Kings 4:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tie up your garment, take my staff in your hand, and go! If you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not answer him. Then lay my staff on the boy’s face.”
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2 Kings 4:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence
One of them went out to the field to gather herbs, and he found a wild vine from which he gathered as many wild gourds as his garment could hold. Then he came back and cut them up into the pot of stew, though no one knew what they were.
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2 Kings 7:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Finally, they said to one another, “We are not doing what is right. Today is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until morning light, our sin will overtake us. Now, therefore, let us go and tell the king’s household.”
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2 Kings 9:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Harness!” Joram shouted, and they harnessed his chariot. Then Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah set out, each in his own chariot, and met Jehu on the property of Naboth the Jezreelite.
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2 Kings 9:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing but her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands.
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Berean Standard Bible translation tables, public domain, Berean Bible. CrossWire KJV 3.1 , public domain text with Bible Foundation and KJV2003 Project tags, licensed for any purpose. Dodson Greek Lexicon , CC0. Strong’s Hebrew dictionary , Open Scriptures transcription, CC BY-SA; converted Hebrew entries retain those terms. Greek pronunciation spellings come from Strong's Greek dictionary, XML edition 1.4 , public domain.

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