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From A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament by Francis Brown, S.R. Driver, and Charles Briggs, based on the lexicon of Wilhelm Gesenius. Edited by Richard Whitaker (Princeton Theological Seminary). Text provided by Princeton Theological Seminary. A trio of eminent Old Testament scholars—Francis Brown, R. Driver, and Charles Briggs—spent over twenty years researching, writing, and...

find — Qal 1. find: a. thing sought, c. acc. rei, straw, water, grass, help, consort; with idea of attaining to, arriving at, a resting-place; of marriage; of finding place for temple; fig. וּמִצְאוּ מַרְגּוֹעַ לְנַפְשְׁכֶם and find quiet for yourselves; find grave; reach cities; find = secure prey, booty, plunder; of securing gain; secure as crop; = acquire, get wounds and dishonour; ˊחֵן בְּעֵינֵי פ‍ ˊמ‍ find (= gain, secure) favour in the eyes of any one: of ˊי‍; oftener of men; abs. מָצָא חֵן