Genesis 18:26
And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
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And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
Read in context →And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.
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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
Strong's KJV usage: 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.
Strong's first: Genesis 18:26Strong's last: Amos 8:12
Open full H4672 profile →heurískō · hyoo-ris'-ko
to find (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--find, get, obtain, perceive, see.
Strong's first: Matthew 7:7Strong's last: Revelation 18:14
Open full G2147 profile →shᵉkach · shek-akh'
to discover (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: find.
Strong's first: Ezra 4:15Strong's last: Daniel 6:5
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And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.
And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.
And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.
And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord.
And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.
And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place.
And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.
Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.
And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field.
Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.
But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.
And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:
But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;
But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die:
If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:
And it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and set upon the city: and, behold, when he and the people that is with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them as thou shalt find occasion.
And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:
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FIND, verb transitive preterit tense and participle passive found. [Latin venio; but in sense, with invenio. The primary sense is to come to, to rush, to fall on, to meet, to set on.]
1. Literally, to come to; to meet; hence, to discover by the eye; to gain first sight or knowledge of something lost; to recover either by searching for it or by accident.
Doth she not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it? and when she hath found it -
Luke 15:4.
2. To meet; to discover something not before seen or known.
He saith to him, we have found the Messiah. John 1:41.
3. To obtain by seeking.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find
Matthew 7:7.
4. To meet with.
In woods and forests thou art found.
5. To discover or know by experience.
The torrid zone is now found habitable.
6. To reach; to attain to; to arrive at.
Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth to life, and few there be that find it. Matthew 7:7.
7. To discover by study, experiment or trial. Air and water are found to be compound substances. Alchimists long attempted to find the philosopher's stone, but it is not yet found.
8. To gain; to have; as, to find leisure for a visit.
9. To perceive; to observe; to learn. I found his opinions to accord with my own.
10. To catch; to detect.
When first found in a lie, talk to him of it as a strange monstrous matter.
In this sense find is usually followed by out.
11. To meet.
In ills their business and their glory find
12. To have; to experience; to enjoy.
Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure. Isaiah 58:3.
13. To select; to choose; to designate.
I have found David my servant. Psalms 89:1.
14. To discover and declare the truth of disputed facts; to come to a conclusion and decide between parties, as a jury. The jury find a verdict for the plaintiff or defendant. They find the accused to be guilty.
15. To determine and declare by verdict. The jury have found a large sum in damages for the plaintiff.
16. To establish or pronounce charges alleged to be true. The grand jury have found a bill against the accused, or they find a true bill.
17. To supply; to furnish. Who will find the money or provisions for this expedition? We will find ourselves with provisions and clothing.
18. To discover or gain knowledge of by touching or by sounding. We first sounded and found bottom at the depth of ninety five fathoms on the Sole bank.
To find one's self, to be; to fare in regard to ease or pain, health or sickness. Pray, sir, how do you find yourself this morning.
To find in, to supply; to furnish; to provide.
He finds his nephew in money, victuals and clothes.
1. To find out. To invent; to discover something before unknown.
A man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold - and to find out every device. 2Chon. 2.
2. To unriddle; to solve; as, to find out the meaning of a parable of an enigma.
3. To discover; to obtain knowledge of what is hidden; as, to find out a secret.
4. To understand; to comprehend.
Canst thou by searching find out God? Job 11:7.
5. To detect; to discover; to bring to light; as, to find out a thief or a theft; to find out a trick.
To find fault with, to blame; to censure.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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