מַעֲשֶׂה
work
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct 139 times (59%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct 67 times (29%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 23 times (10%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute 6 times (3%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 235 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Page 1 of 2 — showing verses 1–200 of 221 distinct verses where H4639 appears, across 31 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 6 verses
- Genesis 5:29 מִֽ/מַּעֲשֵׂ֨/נוּ֙ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cp and he named him Noah, saying, "This same will comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, because of the ground which Yahweh has cursed."
- Genesis 20:9 מַעֲשִׂים֙ n c mp Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, "What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds to me that ought not to be done!"
- Genesis 40:17 מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה n c ms cs In the uppermost basket there was all kinds of baked food for Pharaoh, and the birds ate them out of the basket on my head."
- Genesis 44:15 הַ/מַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה ptcl def.art + n c ms Joseph said to them, "What deed is this that you have done? Don't you know that such a man as I can indeed divine?"
- Genesis 46:33 מַּעֲשֵׂי/כֶֽם n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp It will happen, when Pharaoh summons you, and will say, 'What is your occupation?'
- Genesis 47:3 מַּעֲשֵׂי/כֶ֑ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp Pharaoh said to his brothers, "What is your occupation?" They said to Pharaoh, "Your servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers."
Exodus 37 verses
- Exodus 5:4 מִ/מַּֽעֲשָׂ֑י/ו prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms The king of Egypt said to them, "Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people from their work? Get back to your burdens!"
- Exodus 5:13 מַעֲשֵׂי/כֶם֙ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp The taskmasters were urgent saying, "Fulfill your work quota daily, as when there was straw!"
- Exodus 18:20 הַֽ/מַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה ptcl def.art + n c ms You shall teach them the statutes and the laws, and shall show them the way in which they must walk, and the work that they must do.
- Exodus 23:12 מַעֲשֶׂ֔י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms "Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your handmaid, and the alien may be refreshed.
- Exodus 23:16 מַעֲשֶׂ֔י/ךָ מַעֲשֶׂ֖י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms And the feast of harvest, the first fruits of your labors, which you sow in the field: and the feast of harvest, at the end of the year, when you gather in your labors out of the field.
- Exodus 23:24 כְּ/מַֽעֲשֵׂי/הֶ֑ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor follow their practices, but you shall utterly overthrow them and demolish their pillars.
- Exodus 24:10 כְּ/מַעֲשֵׂה֙ prep + n c ms cs They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was like a paved work of sapphire stone, like the skies for clearness.
- Exodus 26:1 מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה n c ms cs "Moreover you shall make the tent with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim. The work of the skillful workman you shall make them.
- Exodus 26:31 מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה n c ms cs "You shall make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cherubim. The work of the skillful workman shall it be made.
- Exodus 26:36 מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה n c ms cs "You shall make a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer.
- Exodus 27:4 מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה n c ms cs You shall make a grating for it of network of brass: and on the net you shall make four brazen rings in its four corners.
- Exodus 27:16 מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה n c ms cs For the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four.
- Exodus 28:6 מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה n c ms cs "They shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the skillful workman.
- Exodus 28:8 כְּ/מַעֲשֵׂ֖/הוּ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms The skillfully woven band, which is on it, that is on him, shall be like its work and of the same piece; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
- Exodus 28:11 מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה n c ms cs With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shall you engrave the two stones, according to the names of the children of Israel: you shall make them to be enclosed in settings of gold.
- Exodus 28:14 מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה n c ms cs and two chains of pure gold; you make them like cords shall, of braided work: and you shall put the braided chains on the settings.
- Exodus 28:15 מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה כְּ/מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה n c ms cs prep + n c ms cs "You shall make a breastplate of judgment, the work of the skillful workman; like the work of the ephod you shall make it; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, shall you make it.
- Exodus 28:22 מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה n c ms cs You shall make on the breastplate chains like cords, of braided work of pure gold.
- Exodus 28:32 מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה n c ms cs It shall have a hole for the head in the midst of it: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of a coat of mail, that it not be torn.
- Exodus 28:39 מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה n c ms cs You shall weave the coat in checker work of fine linen, and you shall make a turban of fine linen, and you shall make a sash, the work of the embroiderer.
- Exodus 30:25 מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה n c ms cs You shall make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil.
- Exodus 30:35 מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה n c ms cs and you shall make incense of it, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy:
- Exodus 32:16 מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה n c ms cs The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tables.
- Exodus 34:10 מַעֲשֵׂ֤ה n c ms cs He said, "Behold, I make a covenant: before all your people I will do marvels, such as have not been worked in all the earth, nor in any nation; and all the people among which you are shall see the work of Yahweh; for it is an awesome thing that I do with you.
- Exodus 36:8 מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה n c ms cs All the wise-hearted men among those who did the work made the tent with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, blue, purple, and scarlet, with cherubim, the work of the skillful workman, they made them.
- Exodus 36:35 מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה n c ms cs He made the veil of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim. He made it the work of a skillful workman.
- Exodus 36:37 מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה n c ms cs He made a screen for the door of the tent, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer;
- Exodus 37:29 מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה n c ms cs He made the holy anointing oil and the pure incense of sweet spices, after the art of the perfumer.
- Exodus 38:4 מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה n c ms cs He made for the altar a grating of a network of brass, under the ledge around it beneath, reaching halfway up.
- Exodus 38:18 מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה n c ms cs The screen for the gate of the court was the work of the embroiderer, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen. Twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, like to the hangings of the court.
- Exodus 39:3 מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה n c ms cs They beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, in the purple, in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, the work of the skillful workman.
- Exodus 39:5 כְּ/מַעֲשֵׂ/הוּ֒ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms The skillfully woven band that was on it, with which to fasten it on, was of the same piece, like its work; of gold, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen; as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Exodus 39:8 מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה כְּ/מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה n c ms cs prep + n c ms cs He made the breastplate, the work of a skillful workman, like the work of the ephod; of gold, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen.
- Exodus 39:15 מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה n c ms cs They made on the breastplate chains like cords, of braided work of pure gold.
- Exodus 39:22 מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה n c ms cs He made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue.
- Exodus 39:27 מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה n c ms cs They made the coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons,
- Exodus 39:29 מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה n c ms cs and the sash of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, the work of the embroiderer, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
Leviticus 1 verse
Numbers 4 verses
- Numbers 8:4 מַעֲשֵׂ֤ה n c ms cs This was the workmanship of the lampstand, beaten work of gold. From its base to its flowers, it was beaten work: according to the pattern which Yahweh had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.
- Numbers 16:28 הַֽ/מַּעֲשִׂ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Moses said, Hereby you shall know that Yahweh has sent me to do all these works; for [I have] not [done them] of my own mind.
- Numbers 31:20 מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה n c ms cs As to every garment, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats' [hair], and all things made of wood, you shall purify yourselves.
- Numbers 31:51 מַעֲשֶֽׂה n c ms Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all worked jewels.
Deuteronomy 13 verses
- Deuteronomy 2:7 מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה n c ms cs For Yahweh your God has blessed you in all the work of your hand; he has known your walking through this great wilderness: these forty years Yahweh your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing.
- Deuteronomy 3:24 כְ/מַעֲשֶׂ֖י/ךָ prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Lord Yahweh, you have begun to show your servant your greatness, and your strong hand: for what god is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to your works, and according to your mighty acts?
- Deuteronomy 4:28 מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה n c ms cs There you shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
- Deuteronomy 11:3 מַעֲשָׂ֔י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms and his signs, and his works, which he did in the midst of Egypt to Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and to all his land;
- Deuteronomy 11:7 מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה n c ms cs but your eyes have seen all the great work of Yahweh which he did.
- Deuteronomy 14:29 מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה n c ms cs and the Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, and the foreigner living among you, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.
- Deuteronomy 15:10 מַעֲשֶׂ֔/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms You shall surely give him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him; because that for this thing Yahweh your God will bless you in all your work, and in all that you put your hand to.
- Deuteronomy 16:15 מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה n c ms cs Seven days shall you keep a feast to Yahweh your God in the place which Yahweh shall choose; because Yahweh your God will bless you in all your increase, and in all the work of your hands, and you shall be altogether joyful.
- Deuteronomy 24:19 מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה n c ms cs When you reap your harvest in your field, and have forgot a sheaf in the field, you shall not go again to get it: it shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow; that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
- Deuteronomy 27:15 מַעֲשֵׂ֛ה n c ms cs Cursed be the man who makes an engraved or molten image, an abomination to Yahweh, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret. All the people shall answer and say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 28:12 מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה n c ms cs Yahweh will open to you his good treasure in the sky, to give the rain of your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand: and you shall lend to many nations, and you shall not borrow.
- Deuteronomy 30:9 מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה n c ms cs Yahweh your God will make you plenteous in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit of your cattle, and in the fruit of your ground, for good: for Yahweh will again rejoice over you for good, as he rejoiced over your fathers;
- Deuteronomy 31:29 בְּ/מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה prep + n c ms cs For I know that after my death you will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will happen to you in the latter days; because you will do that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.
Joshua 1 verse
Judges 4 verses
- Judges 2:7 מַעֲשֵׂ֤ה n c ms cs The people served Yahweh all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of Yahweh that he had worked for Israel.
- Judges 2:10 הַֽ/מַּעֲשֶׂ֔ה ptcl def.art + n c ms Also all that generation were gathered to their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, who didn't know Yahweh, nor yet the work which he had worked for Israel.
- Judges 13:12 וּ/מַעֲשֵֽׂ/הוּ conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Manoah said, Now let your words happen: what shall be the ordering of the child, and [how] shall we do to him?
- Judges 19:16 מַעֲשֵׂ֤/הוּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even: now the man was of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he sojourned in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjamites.
1 Samuel 4 verses
- 1 Samuel 8:8 הַ/מַּעֲשִׂ֣ים ptcl def.art + n c mp According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even to this day, in that they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also to you.
- 1 Samuel 19:4 מַעֲשָׂ֖י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul his father, and said to him, Don't let the king sin against his servant, against David; because he has not sinned against you, and because his works have been very good toward you:
- 1 Samuel 20:19 הַֽ/מַּעֲשֶׂ֑ה ptcl def.art + n c ms When you have stayed three days, you shall go down quickly, and come to the place where you did hide yourself when the business was in hand, and shall remain by the stone Ezel.
- 1 Samuel 25:2 וּ/מַעֲשֵׂ֣/הוּ conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms There was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
1 Kings 11 verses
- 1 Kings 7:8 כַּ/מַּֽעֲשֶׂ֥ה prep det + n c ms His house where he was to dwell, the other court within the porch, was of the like work. He made also a house for Pharaoh's daughter (whom Solomon had taken as wife), like this porch.
- 1 Kings 7:17 מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה n c ms cs n c ms cs There were nets of checker-work, and wreaths of chain-work, for the capitals which were on the top of the pillars; seven for the one capital, and seven for the other capital.
- 1 Kings 7:19 מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה n c ms cs The capitals that were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily-work, four cubits.
- 1 Kings 7:22 מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה n c ms cs On the top of the pillars was lily-work: so was the work of the pillars finished.
- 1 Kings 7:26 כְּ/מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה prep + n c ms cs It was a handbreadth thick: and the brim of it was worked like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it held two thousand baths.
- 1 Kings 7:28 מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה n c ms cs The work of the bases was on this manner: they had panels; and there were panels between the ledges;
- 1 Kings 7:29 מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה n c ms cs and on the panels that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubim; and on the ledges there was a pedestal above; and beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work.
- 1 Kings 7:31 מַעֲשֵׂה n c ms cs The mouth of it within the capital and above was a cubit: and the mouth of it was round after the work of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and also on the mouth of it were engravings, and their panels were foursquare, not round.
- 1 Kings 7:33 וּ/מַֽעֲשֵׂה֙ כְּ/מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה conj + n c ms cs prep + n c ms cs The work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axles, and their rims, and their spokes, and their naves, were all molten.
- 1 Kings 13:11 הַ/מַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה ptcl def.art + n c ms Now there lived an old prophet in Bethel; and one of his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken to the king, them also they told to their father.
- 1 Kings 16:7 בְּ/מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה prep + n c ms cs Moreover by the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of Yahweh against Baasha, and against his house, both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he struck him.
2 Kings 4 verses
- 2 Kings 16:10 מַעֲשֵֽׂ/הוּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, and saw the altar that was at Damascus; and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship of it.
- 2 Kings 19:18 מַעֲשֵׂ֧ה n c ms cs and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them.
- 2 Kings 22:17 מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה n c ms cs Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and it shall not be quenched.
- 2 Kings 23:19 הַֽ/מַּעֲשִׂ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp All the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke [Yahweh] to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel.
1 Chronicles 2 verses
- 1 Chronicles 9:31 מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה n c ms cs Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the office of trust over the things that were baked in pans.
- 1 Chronicles 23:28 וּ/מַֽעֲשֵׂ֔ה conj + n c ms cs For their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of Yahweh, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of the house of God;
2 Chronicles 10 verses
- 2 Chronicles 3:10 מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה n c ms cs In the most holy house he made two cherubim of image work; and they overlaid them with gold.
- 2 Chronicles 4:5 כְּ/מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה prep + n c ms cs It was a handbreadth thick; and the brim of it was worked like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it received and held three thousand baths.
- 2 Chronicles 4:6 מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה n c ms cs He made also ten basins, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them; such things as belonged to the burnt-offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.
- 2 Chronicles 16:14 מַעֲשֶׂ֑ה n c ms They buried him in his own tombs, which he had hewn out for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odors and various kinds [of spices] prepared by the perfumers' are: and they made a very great burning for him.
- 2 Chronicles 17:4 כְּ/מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה prep + n c ms cs but sought to the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 20:37 מַעֲשֶׂ֔י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because you have joined yourself with Ahaziah, Yahweh has destroyed your works. The ships were broken, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
- 2 Chronicles 31:21 מַעֲשֶׂ֞ה n c ms In every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
- 2 Chronicles 32:19 מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה n c ms cs They spoke of the God of Jerusalem, as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men's hands.
- 2 Chronicles 32:30 מַעֲשֵֽׂ/הוּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper spring of the waters of Gihon, and brought them straight down on the west side of the city of David. Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
- 2 Chronicles 34:25 מַעֲשֵׂ֣י n c mp cs Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore is my wrath poured out on this place, and it shall not be quenched.
Ezra 1 verse
Nehemiah 1 verse
Esther 1 verse
Job 5 verses
- Job 1:10 מַעֲשֵׂ֤ה n c ms cs Haven't you made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
- Job 14:15 לְֽ/מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה prep + n c ms cs You would call, and I would answer you. You would have a desire to the work of your hands.
- Job 33:17 מַעֲשֶׂ֑ה n c ms That he may withdraw man from his purpose, And hide pride from man.
- Job 34:19 מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה n c ms cs Who doesn't respect the persons of princes, Nor regards the rich more than the poor; For they all are the work of his hands.
- Job 37:7 מַעֲשֵֽׂ/הוּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He seals up the hand of every man, That all men whom he has made may know it.
Psalms 38 verses
- Psalms 8:3 מַעֲשֵׂ֣י n c mp cs When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, The moon and the stars, which you have ordained;
- Psalms 8:6 בְּ/מַעֲשֵׂ֣י prep + n c mp cs You make him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet:
- Psalms 19:1 וּֽ/מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה conj + n c ms cs The heavens declare the glory of God. The expanse shows his handiwork.
- Psalms 28:4 כְּ/מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה prep + n c ms cs Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings. Give them according to the operation of their hands. Bring back on them what they deserve.
- Psalms 28:5 מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה n c ms cs Because they don't regard the works of Yahweh, Nor the operation of his hands, He will break them down and not build them up.
- Psalms 33:4 מַ֝עֲשֵׂ֗/הוּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms For the word of Yahweh is right. All his work is done in faithfulness.
- Psalms 33:15 מַעֲשֵׂי/הֶֽם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp He who fashions all of their hearts; And he considers all of their works.
- Psalms 45:1 מַעֲשַׂ֣/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs My heart overflows with a noble theme. I recite my verses for the king. My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer.
- Psalms 62:12 כְּֽ/מַעֲשֵֽׂ/הוּ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, For you reward every man according to his work.
- Psalms 64:9 וּֽ/מַעֲשֵׂ֥/הוּ conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms All mankind shall be afraid. They shall declare the work of God, And shall wisely ponder what he has done.
- Psalms 66:3 מַעֲשֶׂ֑י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Tell God, "How awesome are your deeds! Through the greatness of your power, your enemies submit themselves to you.
- Psalms 86:8 כְּֽ/מַעֲשֶֽׂי/ךָ prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms There is no one like you among the gods, Lord, Nor any deeds like your deeds.
- Psalms 90:17 וּ/מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה וּֽ/מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה conj + n c ms cs conj + n c ms cs Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us; Establish the work of our hands for us; Yes, establish the work of our hands.
- Psalms 92:4 בְּֽ/מַעֲשֵׂ֖י prep + n c mp cs For you, Yahweh, have made me glad through your work. I will triumph in the works of your hands.
- Psalms 92:5 מַעֲשֶׂ֣י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms How great are your works, Yahweh! Your thoughts are very deep.
- Psalms 102:25 וּֽ/מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה conj + n c ms cs Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your hands.
- Psalms 103:22 מַעֲשָׂ֗י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Praise Yahweh, all you works of his, In all places of his dominion. Praise Yahweh, my soul.
- Psalms 104:13 מַ֝עֲשֶׂ֗י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms He waters the mountains from his chambers. The earth is filled with the fruit of your works.
- Psalms 104:24 מַעֲשֶׂ֨י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Yahweh, how many are your works! In wisdom have you made them all. The earth is full of your riches.
- Psalms 104:31 בְּ/מַעֲשָֽׂי/ו prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Let the glory of Yahweh endure forever. Let Yahweh rejoice in his works.
- Psalms 106:13 מַעֲשָׂ֑י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms They soon forgot his works. They didn't wait for his counsel,
- Psalms 106:35 מַֽעֲשֵׂי/הֶֽם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp But mixed themselves with the nations, And learned their works.
- Psalms 106:39 בְ/מַעֲשֵׂי/הֶ֑ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp Thus were they defiled with their works, And prostituted themselves in their deeds.
- Psalms 107:22 מַעֲשָׂ֣י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, And declare his works with singing.
- Psalms 107:24 מַעֲשֵׂ֣י n c mp cs These see Yahweh's works, And his wonders in the deep.
- Psalms 111:2 מַעֲשֵׂ֣י n c mp cs Yahweh's works are great, Pondered by all those who delight in them.
- Psalms 111:6 מַ֭עֲשָׂי/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms He has shown his people the power of his works, In giving them the heritage of the nations.
- Psalms 111:7 מַעֲשֵׂ֣י n c mp cs The works of his hands are truth and justice. All his precepts are sure.
- Psalms 115:4 מַ֝עֲשֵׂ֗ה n c ms cs Their idols are silver and gold, The work of men's hands.
- Psalms 118:17 מַֽעֲשֵׂ֥י n c mp cs I will not die, but live, And declare Yah's works.
- Psalms 135:15 מַ֝עֲשֵׂ֗ה n c ms cs The idols of the nations are silver and gold, The work of men's hands.
- Psalms 138:8 מַעֲשֵׂ֖י n c mp cs Yahweh will fulfill that which concerns me; Your loving kindness, Yahweh, endures forever. Don't forsake the works of your own hands.
- Psalms 139:14 מַעֲשֶׂ֑י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms I will give thanks to you, For I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.
- Psalms 143:5 בְּֽ/מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה prep + n c ms cs I remember the days of old. I meditate on all your doings. I contemplate the work of your hands.
- Psalms 145:4 מַעֲשֶׂ֑י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms One generation will commend your works to another, And will declare your mighty acts.
- Psalms 145:9 מַעֲשָֽׂי/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Yahweh is good to all. His tender mercies are over all his works.
- Psalms 145:10 מַעֲשֶׂ֑י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms All your works will give thanks to you, Yahweh. Your saints will extol you.
- Psalms 145:17 מַעֲשָֽׂי/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Yahweh is righteous in all his ways, And gracious in all his works.
Proverbs 3 verses
- Proverbs 16:3 מַעֲשֶׂ֑י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Commit your deeds to Yahweh, And your plans shall succeed.
- Proverbs 16:11 מַ֝עֲשֵׂ֗/הוּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Honest balances and scales are Yahweh's; All the weights in the bag are his work.
- Proverbs 31:31 מַעֲשֶֽׂי/הָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 3fs Give her of the fruit of her hands! Let her works praise her in the gates!
Ecclesiastes 19 verses
- Ecclesiastes 1:14 הַֽ/מַּעֲשִׂ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.
- Ecclesiastes 2:4 מַעֲשָׂ֑/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs I made myself great works. I built myself houses. I planted myself vineyards.
- Ecclesiastes 2:11 מַעֲשַׂ/י֙ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 2:17 הַֽ/מַּעֲשֶׂ֔ה ptcl def.art + n c ms So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.
- Ecclesiastes 3:11 הַֽ/מַּעֲשֶׂ֛ה ptcl def.art + n c ms He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can't find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.
- Ecclesiastes 3:17 הַֽ/מַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה ptcl def.art + n c ms I said in my heart, "God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work."
- Ecclesiastes 3:22 בְּֽ/מַעֲשָׂ֔י/ו prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Therefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who can bring him to see what will be after him?
- Ecclesiastes 4:3 הַ/מַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה ptcl def.art + n c ms Yes, better than them both is him who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 4:4 הַֽ/מַּעֲשֶׂ֔ה ptcl def.art + n c ms Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man's neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
- Ecclesiastes 5:6 מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה n c ms cs Don't allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don't protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?
- Ecclesiastes 7:13 מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה n c ms cs Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight, which he has made crooked?
- Ecclesiastes 8:9 מַעֲשֶׂ֔ה n c ms All this have I seen, and applied my mind to every work that is done under the sun. There is a time in which one man has power over another to his hurt.
- Ecclesiastes 8:11 מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה n c ms cs Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
- Ecclesiastes 8:14 כְּ/מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה כְּ/מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה prep + n c ms cs prep + n c ms cs There is a vanity which is done on the earth, that there are righteous men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked. Again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.
- Ecclesiastes 8:17 מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה הַֽ/מַּעֲשֶׂה֙ n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c ms then I saw all the work of God, that man can't find out the work that is done under the sun, because however much a man labors to seek it out, yet he won't find it. Yes even though a wise man thinks he can comprehend it, he won't be able to find it.
- Ecclesiastes 9:7 מַעֲשֶֽׂי/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Go your way--eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.
- Ecclesiastes 9:10 מַעֲשֶׂ֤ה n c ms Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.
- Ecclesiastes 11:5 מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה n c ms cs As you don't know what is the way of the wind, Nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child; Even so you don't know the work of God who does all.
- Ecclesiastes 12:14 מַֽעֲשֶׂ֔ה n c ms For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.
Song of Solomon 1 verse
Isaiah 24 verses
- Isaiah 2:8 לְ/מַעֲשֵׂ֤ה prep + n c ms cs Their land also is full of idols. They worship the work of their own hands, That which their own fingers have made.
- Isaiah 3:24 מַעֲשֶׂ֤ה n c ms It shall happen that instead of sweet spices, there shall be rottenness; Instead of a belt, a rope; Instead of well set hair, baldness; Instead of a robe, a girding of sackcloth; And branding instead of beauty.
- Isaiah 5:12 וּ/מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה conj + n c ms cs The harp, lyre, tambourine, and flute, with wine, are at their feasts; But they don't regard the work of Yahweh, Neither have they considered the operation of his hands.
- Isaiah 5:19 מַעֲשֵׂ֖/הוּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Who say, "Let him make speed, let him hasten his work, that we may see it; And let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, That we may know it!"
- Isaiah 10:12 מַֽעֲשֵׂ֔/הוּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Therefore it shall happen that, when the Lord has performed his whole work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
- Isaiah 17:8 מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה n c ms cs They shall not look to the altars, the work of their hands; neither shall they have respect to that which their fingers have made, either the Asherim, or the sun-images.
- Isaiah 19:14 מַעֲשֵׂ֔/הוּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Yahweh has mixed a spirit of perverseness in the midst of her; and they have caused Egypt to go astray in every work of it, as a drunken man staggers in his vomit.
- Isaiah 19:15 מַֽעֲשֶׂ֑ה n c ms Neither shall there be for Egypt any work, which head or tail, palm-branch or rush, may do.
- Isaiah 19:25 וּ/מַעֲשֵׂ֤ה conj + n c ms cs because Yahweh of Hosts has blessed them, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel my inheritance.
- Isaiah 26:12 מַעֲשֵׂ֖י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp Yahweh, you will ordain peace for us; for you have also worked all our works for us.
- Isaiah 28:21 מַעֲשֵׂ֨/הוּ֙ מַעֲשֵׂ֔/הוּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms For Yahweh will rise up as on Mount Perazim, he will be angry as in the valley of Gibeon; that he may do his work, his strange work, and bring to pass his act, his strange act.
- Isaiah 29:15 מַֽעֲשֵׂי/הֶ֔ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp Woe to those who hide deep their counsel from Yahweh, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, Who sees us? and who knows us?
- Isaiah 29:16 מַעֲשֶׂ֤ה n c ms You turn things upside down! Shall the potter be esteemed as clay; that the thing made should say of him who made it, He didn't make me; or the thing formed say of him who formed it, He has no understanding?
- Isaiah 29:23 מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה n c ms cs But when he sees his children, the work of my hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name; yes, they shall sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall stand in awe of the God of Israel.
- Isaiah 32:17 מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה n c ms cs The work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever.
- Isaiah 37:19 מַעֲשֵׂ֧ה n c ms cs and have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them.
- Isaiah 41:29 מַעֲשֵׂי/הֶ֑ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp Behold, all of them, their works are vanity [and] nothing; their molten images are wind and confusion.
- Isaiah 54:16 לְ/מַעֲשֵׂ֑/הוּ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Behold, I have created the smith who blows the fire of coals, and brings forth a weapon for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.
- Isaiah 57:12 מַעֲשַׂ֖יִ/ךְ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2fs I will declare your righteousness; and as for your works, they shall not profit you.
- Isaiah 59:6 בְּ/מַֽעֲשֵׂי/הֶ֑ם מַֽעֲשֵׂי/הֶם֙ מַֽעֲשֵׂי prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp n c mp cs Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
- Isaiah 60:21 מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה n c ms cs Your people also shall be all righteous; they shall inherit the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
- Isaiah 64:8 וּ/מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה conj + n c ms cs But now, Yahweh, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you our potter; and we all are the work of your hand.
- Isaiah 65:22 וּ/מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה conj + n c ms cs They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree shall be the days of my people, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
- Isaiah 66:18 מַעֲשֵׂי/הֶם֙ n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp For I [know] their works and their thoughts: [the time] comes, that I will gather all nations and languages; and they shall come, and shall see my glory.
Jeremiah 13 verses
- Jeremiah 1:16 לְ/מַעֲשֵׂ֥י prep + n c mp cs I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, in that they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, and worshiped the works of their own hands.
- Jeremiah 7:13 הַ/מַּֽעֲשִׂ֥ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Now, because you have done all these works, says Yahweh, and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you didn't hear; and I called you, but you didn't answer:
- Jeremiah 10:3 מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה n c ms cs For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe.
- Jeremiah 10:9 מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה n c ms cs n c ms cs There is silver beaten into plates, which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the artificer and of the hands of the goldsmith; blue and purple for their clothing; they are all the work of skillful men.
- Jeremiah 10:15 מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה n c ms cs They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
- Jeremiah 25:6 בְּ/מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה prep + n c ms cs and don't go after other gods to serve them or worship them, and don't provoke me to anger with the work of your hands; and I will do you no harm.
- Jeremiah 25:7 בְּ/מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה prep + n c ms cs Yet you have not listened to me, says Yahweh; that you may provoke me to anger with the work of your hands to your own hurt.
- Jeremiah 25:14 וּ/כְ/מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה conj + prep + n c ms cs For many nations and great kings shall make bondservants of them, even of them; and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands.
- Jeremiah 32:30 בְּ/מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה prep + n c ms cs For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have done only that which was evil in my sight from their youth; for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 44:8 בְּ/מַעֲשֵׂ֣י prep + n c mp cs in that you provoke me to anger with the works of your hands, burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you are gone to sojourn; that you may be cut off, and that you may be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?
About this entry
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“work” is the headline sense of the Hebrew noun מעשה (maʻăseh). Translators differ — “work” in the King James Version, then “work of” (unfoldingWord Literal Text), as the renderings breakdown shows. With 221 verses in 31 books, it is a common word in the Hebrew Bible. First canonically at Genesis 5:29, it enters the text early. Its meaning spans more than one sense — see its full sense range. The sections below give every sense, occurrence, and version rendering.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H4639 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 221
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 221 distinct verses.
- 31 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 31 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #200
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 200 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 221 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 221 distinct verses.
- Writings (Ketuvim) 84 verses · 38%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 76 verses · 34%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 61 verses · 28%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Work 72×, Works 33×, All the works 8×
- American Standard Version: Work 69×, Works 29×, All the work 7×
- Berean Standard Bible: Work 67×, Works 33×, Deeds 7×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Work of 77×, Work 23×, Works 23×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H4639 across 229 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 66 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 6 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H4639 across 226 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 67 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 4 further occurrences.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H4639 across 223 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 61 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 23 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H4639 across 247 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 34 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
6 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 6 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1.
- a. (1) deed, thing done by man Nu 16:28 (JE), 1 K 13:11; Is 26:12;—1 S 20:19 is obscure; (2) implic. evil Gn 44:15 (J), Ex 23:24 (E), Ne 6:14 + 8 times, + sg. coll. doing(s) Mi 6:16; Lv 18:3(×2) (H), 2 Ch 17:4, מ׳ יְדֵיהֶם La 3:64; Hg 2:14; Jb 33:17 (reading מִמַּעֲשֵׂהוּ 𝔊 Di Siegf Bu), Ez 16:30 (behaviour); explic. מַעֲשֵׂינוּ הָרָעִים Ezr 9:13 cf. Ec 4:3; 8:11, 14, מַעֲשֵׂי־אָוֶן Is 59:6; specif. of idolatr. practices, מ׳ יְדֵיכֶם sg. Dt 31:29; Je 25:6, 7; 32:30, pl. 44:8, cf. sg. 1 K 16:7; 2 K 22:17 = 2 Ch 34:25; (3) implic. right, praiseworthy 1 S 19:4; 2 K 23:19; Jon 3:10; Pr 31:31; of duty in gen. הַמּ׳ אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשׂוּן Ex 18:20 (E) = what they are to do; explic. Ec 4:4; 8:14; (4) as basis of judgment (good or bad) Is 66:18 ψ 33:15; 62:13; Ec 12:14, מ׳ יְדֵיהֶם Je 25:14. e.g. Numbers 16:28
- b. (1) work, labour, husbandry Ex 23:16 (E), Gn 5:29 (J), Ju 19:16, מ׳ יְדֵיכֶם Hg 2:17; enforced labour of Isr. in Egypt Ex 5:5, 13 (J); in gen. 23:12 (E); also of product of labour 23:16, cf. Is 65:22; Ec 5:5; שֵׁשֶׁת יְמֵי הַמּ׳ Ez 46:1 the six working-days; of religious work, מ׳ עֲבֹדַת בֵּית הָא׳ 1 Ch 23:28, cf. מ׳ 2 Ch 31:21; (2) business, pursuit, Gn 46:33; 47:3 (J), Ju 13:12; 1 S 25:2; Is 54:16; in gen., occupation Is 29:15; Ec 2:4, 11; 3:17, 22; 8:9; 9:7, 10; (3) undertaking, enterprise Is 19:14, 15; Dt 15:10; מ׳ יָדֶ֑ךָ Dt 2:7 + 5 times Dt; 2 Ch 32:30; Jb 1:10 ψ 28:4, מ׳ יָדֵינוּ ψ 90:17(×2); (4) achievement Je 48:7; Est 10:2; (5) in weakened sense, מַעֲשֶׂיךָ Pr 16:3 thine affairs; nearly = occurrences Ec 1:14 (pl.), 2:17; 8:17 (sg.). e.g. Exodus 23:16
- c. deed(s), work(s) of י׳, especially in deliverance and in judgment, Ju 2:7, 10; Jos 24:31 (D), ψ 33:4 + 21 times, + מ׳ יָדָיו etc. Is 5:12 ψ 28:5; 92:5 + 4 times; מ׳ הָאֱלֹהִים in gen. Ec 7:13; 8:17; 11:5 cf. 3:11. e.g. Judges 2:7
- 2.
- a. (1) work, thing made, by man, מ׳ אֹפֶה Gn 40:17 (E) baker’s work; מ׳ יְדֵי יוֹצֵר La 4:2; often of furnishings of tabern., מ׳ חשֵׁב Ex 26:1 + 7 times, מ׳ רֹקֵם 26:36 + 5 times, מ׳ אֹרֵג 28:32 + 2 times, מ׳ חָרָשׁ 28:11, cf. מ׳ יְדֵי אָמָּן Ct 7:2; of holy oil, etc. מ׳ רֹקֵחַ Ex 30:25 + 2 times (ins. רֹקֵחַ perhaps also 2 Ch 16:14); hence מ׳ = work of art Is 3:24 (of coiffure), cf. כְּלִי מ׳ Nu 31:51; sq. n. of material, pattern, etc., מ׳ עִזִּים v 20 (i.e. goats’ hair), v. also Ex 27:4; 28:14 +; in temple, מ׳ שְׂבָכָה 1 K 7:17, מ׳ שׁוּשַׁן v 19, etc.; מ׳ צַעֲצֻעִים 2 Ch 3:10, cf. מ׳ הַחֲבִתִּים 1 Ch 9:31 the work of (consisting in) bread-wafers; = materials of (prepared for) הָעוֹלָה 2 Ch 4:6; in theoph. מ׳ לִבְנַת הַסַּפִּיר Ex 24:10 (J); מ׳ of ships 2 Ch 20:37; in gen. Is 29:16; Ez 27:16, 18 = thy manufactures, wares; מַעֲשַׂי ψ 45:2 = my verses (ποίημα, poem); (2) workmanship Ez 1:16(×2) (v 16a del. Co Toy) 1 K 7:8; Ex 28:8 + 11 times; (3) מ׳ יְדֵי אָדָם of idols (contemptuously) Dt 4:28; 2 K 19:18 = Is 37:19 = 2 Ch 32:19, ψ 115:4; 135:15, cf. Is 2:8 (מ׳ יָדָיו), Ho 14:4 Mi 5:12 Je 1:16; so (יְדֵי) מ׳ חָרָשׁ Dt 27:15 Je 10:3, 9, cf. Ho 13:2; מ׳ חֲכָמִים Je 10:9; מ׳ תַּעְתֻּעִים v 15 51:18; appar. also מַעֲשֵׂהֶם Is 41:29 cf. 57:12; Ez 6:6; מ׳ יָדָיו of altars Is 17:8. e.g. Genesis 40:17
- b. work (made by) God Ex 32:16 (E); especially (poet. and late), of created things, ψ 103:22; 104:24 + 4 times ψ; מ׳ אֶצְבְּעֹתֶיךָ 8:4, מ׳ יָדֶיךָ 102:26 (both of heavens), cf. 19:2 (heavenly bodies), 8:7 (animals); of man Jb 14:15; 34:19, cf. כָּל־אַנְשֵׁי מַעֲשֵׂהוּ every mortal whom He has made; also 37:7; of a nation Is 19:25; 60:21; 64:7; of weights Pr 16:11 (but read perhaps הַמֶּלָךְ for י׳ Gr Toy). e.g. Exodus 32:16
- c. product of olive-tree, מ׳ וַיִת Hb 3:17; fig. product of righteousness Is 32:17. e.g. Habakkuk 3:17
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
n.m. Gn 20:9 deed, work;—abs. מ׳ Gn 44:15 +, cstr. מַעֲשֵׂה Is 5:12 +; sf. מַעֲשֵׂהוּ Ju 13:12 +, etc.; pl. מַעֲשִׂים Gn 20:9 +; cstr. מַעֲשֵׂי Je 1:16 +; sf. מַעֲשָׂיו 1 S 19:4 (or sg., so Dr) +, etc.;—often acc. cogn. c. עשׂה;—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from עשה (ʻâsâh) (H6213) — to do.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
מַעֲשֶׂה
- deed, act; practice; fact, event. Yeb. IV, 9 עד שיעשה … מ׳ until thy older brother takes action concerning her (v. חֲלִיצָה a. יִבּוּם). Ab. I, 17, v. מִדְרָשׁ. Kidd. 40ᵇ, v. לִימּוּד. B. Bath. 130ᵇ אין למדין הלכה … ולא מפי מ׳ … הלכה למ׳ you dare not derive a law either from a theoretical decision or from an act (of your teachers) unless they declare their decision a rule for practical guidance. Ib., a. fr. מ׳ רב a practical decision is a teacher (a guiding precedent). Yeb. XV, 2 וכמ׳ שהיה and only in the same way as it (the precedent) happened. Ib. 116ᵇ, a. fr. משום מ׳ שהיה on account of an occurrence. Ib. בירדן … דהוה מ׳ וכ׳ only for the Jordan and for a ship exactly as the event took place, they established the ordinance &c. Ber. I, 1 מ׳ ובאו וכ׳ it happened that &c. Bets. III, 2 מעשה בעכו"ם וכ׳ it happened that a gentile brought &c. Ib. 24ᵃ, a. fr. מ׳ לסתור you quote a fact which disproves your rule! Yeb. 70ᵇ מחוסר מ׳ ומ׳ בגופו he (the uncircumcised) lacks an act and this to be performed on his body; a. fr.—אנשי מ׳ (sub. נִסִּים) men in whose behalf miracles occur, saints. Sot. IX, 15; a. fr.—מַעֲשֵׂה מרכבה, מ׳ נסים &c., v. respective determinants.—Pl. מַעֲשִׂים, constr. מַעֲשֵׂי. B. Kam. 95ᵇ, a. fr. הא מ׳ בכל יום is it not a daily occurrence? Tosef. Nidd. IV, 3 שני מ׳ הוליך וכ׳ my father brought the report of two precedents from Tibin to Jabneh. Ber. 32ᵇ מ׳ טובים good deeds; a. v. fr.
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Forms in the corpus
The 118 distinct written forms H4639 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 58 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H4639, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
- בעשיה Baʻăsêyâh H1202 Baaseiah
- יעשו Yaʻăsûw H3299 Jaasau
- יעשיאל Yaʻăsîyʼêl H3300 Jasiel
- מעשי Maʻăsay H4640 Maasiai
- עשהאל ʻĂsâhʼêl H6214 Asahel
- עשו ʻÊsâv H6215 Esau
- עשיאל ʻĂsîyʼêl H6221 Asiel
- עשיה ʻĂsâyâh H6222 Asaiah
- מעשיה Maʻăsêyâh H4641 Maaseiah
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 11 — not the complete family. 9 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 209 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 221 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 5:29
- Exodus 5:4
- Leviticus 18:3
- Numbers 8:4
- Deuteronomy 2:7
- Joshua 24:31
- Judges 2:7
- 1 Samuel 8:8
- 1 Kings 7:8
- 2 Kings 16:10
- 1 Chronicles 9:31
- 2 Chronicles 3:10
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
