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עָשָׂה

to do

also: fashion, accomplish, make fuller range ↓

H6213 Strong's Hebrew
ʻâsâh Transliteration
/aw-saw'/ Pronunciation
Usage in the Hebrew Bible 2,640 appearances

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About this entry

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עשה — transliterated ʻâsâh — is a Hebrew verb carrying the sense “to do.” Read the stem: it spans 4 stems, including Qal and Niphal. Spanning 2,286 verses in 39 books, it ranks among the most common words of the Hebrew Bible. Its earliest occurrence is Genesis 1:7. Sharing its root, it stands alongside מעשה, בעשיה and יעשו. See the sense tree, 2,286-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.

Gloss history

Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship

Strong's · 1890
accomplish
Modern gloss
to do
Strong's 1890 sometimes compressed multiple senses — or homonymous roots — under one number, and used 19th-century English phrasing that no longer carries the same connotation. The modern gloss reflects current BDB scholarship; open the Lexicon Entry tab for the full sense breakdown. Download share card

About this word

Strong's H6213 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 →

2,286
distinct verses
The word appears in 2,286 distinct verses.
39 / 39
OT books
The word appears in 39 of 39 Old Testament books.
Genesis 1:7
first appearance
The earliest occurrence is in Genesis 1:7.
Malachi 4:3
last appearance
The latest occurrence is in Malachi 4:3.
#12
by frequency
Top 25 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 12 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).

View all 2,286 occurrences in the concordance →


Most concentrated in

By section of the Old Testament

  • Pentateuch 744 · 33%
  • Historical 834 · 36%
  • Wisdom 218 · 10%
  • Prophets 490 · 21%

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 2,286 distinct verses.

  • Prophets (Nevi'im) 1,012 verses · 44%
  • Torah (Pentateuch) 744 verses · 33%
  • Writings (Ketuvim) 530 verses · 23%

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).

BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.

  • King James Version: Do 267×, Did 164×, Made 128×
  • American Standard Version: Do 197×, Did 145×, Made 116×
  • Berean Standard Bible: Do 191×, Did 141×, Make 83×
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text: Do 348×, Did 153×, He made 132×

King James Version Public Domain

Renders H6213 across 2,630 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

  • “Do” 267×
  • “Did” 164×
  • “Made” 128×
  • “He made” 85×
  • “He did” 76×
  • “Make” 62×
  • “Thou shalt make” 60×
  • “Had done” 31×
  • “Had made” 26×
  • “Hath done” 25×
  • “All that he did” 24×
  • “Doeth” 23×

Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 600 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 8 further occurrences.

American Standard Version Public Domain

Renders H6213 across 2,632 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

  • “Do” 197×
  • “Did” 145×
  • “Made” 116×
  • “He made” 83×
  • “He did” 76×
  • “Thou shalt make” 59×
  • “Make” 51×
  • “Had done” 34×
  • “Hath done” 27×
  • “Thee” 26×
  • “All that he did” 23×
  • “Doeth” 23×

Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 674 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.

Berean Standard Bible Public Domain

Renders H6213 across 2,471 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

  • “Do” 191×
  • “Did” 141×
  • “Make” 83×
  • “Made” 74×
  • “He did” 59×
  • “He made” 51×
  • “Had done” 44×
  • “Doing” 33×
  • “You have done” 30×
  • “Does” 29×
  • “Has done” 29×
  • “Follow” 24×

Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 583 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 149 further occurrences.

unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0

Renders H6213 across 2,938 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

  • “Do” 348×
  • “Did” 153×
  • “He made” 132×
  • “He did” 131×
  • “And” 118×
  • “Made” 98×
  • “You shall make” 85×
  • “Make” 83×
  • “Doing” 75×
  • “You shall do” 57×
  • “You have done” 48×
  • “They did” 39×

Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 257 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.


40 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB

Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each. This entry also uses Pual (the passive of Piel).

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 40 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.

עשה I I. עָשָׂה vb. do, make (NH = BH

Qal

  • Pf. 3 ms. Gn 3:1 +, sf. עָשָׂהוּ Ho 8:6 +; 3 fs. עָֽשְׂתָה Dt 22:21 +, וְעָשָׂת consec. Lv 25:21; 2 ms. עָשִׂיתָ Gn 3:14 +, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יַעֲשֶׂה Gn 18:25 +, וַיַּעֲשֶׂה 1 K 16:25 + 3 times, וַיַּעַשׂ Is 5:2 +; יַעֲשֵׂה Is 64:3, 2 ms. תַּעֲשֶׂה 1 S 10:8, תַּעֲשֵׂה Gn 26:29 Jos 7:9, juss. (c. אַל) תַּעַשׂ Gn 22:12 +, תַּעֲשֵׂה 2 S 13:12 Je 40:16 Qr (Kt תַּעַשׂ); 1 s. אֶעֱשֶׂה Gn 2:18 +, וָאֶעֱשֶׂה Ez 20:14 Dn 8:27, וָאַעַשׂ Dt 10:3 + 4 times Ez; etc.; Imv. ms. עֲשֵׂה Ju 10:15 +; fs. עֲשִׂי Je 6:26 +, etc.; Inf. abs. עָשׂה 44:17 +; עָשׂוֹ 7:5 + 2 times (4:18 van d. H. עָשׂוּ); cstr. עֲשׂוֹת Gn 2:4 +, עֲשֹׂה 50:20 + 2 times, עֲשׂוֹ 31:28, sf. עֲשׂתוֹ 41:32 +, עֲשׂהוּ †Ex 18:18, etc.; Pt. act. עֹשֶׂה Is 5:5 +, sf. הָעשֹׁוֹ Jb 40:19 (but v. infr.); pl. עֹשִׂים Gn 24:49 +; sf. עֹשָׂ֑י Jb 35:10 (yet v. Ges§ 124 k), etc.; pass. עָשׂוּי Ex 3:16 +, הֶעָשׂוּ Jb 41:25 (Ges§ 75 k); f. עֲשׂוּיָה Ez 21:20 +, etc.;— e.g. Genesis 3:1
  • I.
    • 1. do (1560 + times):
      • a. (1) c. acc. act. Gn 3:14 (J) 20:10 (E) + often; do right in eyes of י׳ 2 K 12:3; 14:13 +, evil 8:18, 27 + (cf. i. עַיִן 3 c); do God’s commands, statutes, etc., Dt 16:12; 30:8, Nu 15:39 (P); ע׳ חַיִל 1 S 14:48 + do might, i.e. mightily, valiantly; Pr 31:29 do efficiency, i.e. efficiently; = commit (offence) Lv 20:13 (H), Dt 20:18; sq. מִן part., וְעָשָׂה מֵאַחַת מֵהֵנָּה Lv 4:2 and shall do a single one of them (things prohibited; v. מִן 3 b (d)), cf. וְעָשׂוּ אַחַת מִכָּל־מִצְוֹת י׳ v 13, 22; 5:17 (all P); do = perform a work, c. acc. cogn. מַעֲשֶׂה Ex 18:20; 23:12 (E), also (י׳ subj.) Dt 11:7 Dn 9:14 Ec 3:11; c. acc. מְלָאכָה Gn 2:2, 2 (J), Ex 20:9, 10 = Dt 9:13 (10 Words); c. acc. דְּרָכֶיךָ †Is 58:13; ע׳ מְלוּכָה עַל 1 K 21:7 = exercise sovereignty over; of י׳ performing signs (אֹתֹת) Jos 24:17 (E), Nu 14:11, 22 (JE), Dt 11:3, so Moses Ex 4:17 and (מֹפְתִים) v 21. (2) do something to one (ל pers.) Gn 20:9 (E), Ju 9:56 +; c. עַל reflex. Je 26:19 do evil against ourselves; especially י׳ subj., c. לְ, do good to Ex 18:9 (E), 1 K 8:66, or evil Gn 42:28 (E); in phr. so may God do to me, etc. 1 S 3:17 2 K 6:31 + (v. יסף Hiph. 1). (3) do something for one (ל pers.) Gn 30:31 1 K 11:8 +, dir. obj. om. 1 S 20:4; + ל rei Ju 21:7, 16 what shall we do for them, for wives? c. עַל pers. Ne 5:19; c. dat. eth. (ל) 1 S 10:7; c. לְ, of י׳ doing kindness for 1 S 22:3; executing vengeance for Ju 11:36 (+ מִן of enemy); י׳ doing a sign (אוֹת) for †Ju 6:17 (elsewhere נָתַן אוֹת לְ), cf. עֲשֵׂה־עִמִּי אוֹת לְטוֹבָה ψ 86:17. (4) do someth. (in relation or intercourse) with (עִם, אֵת pers.), י׳ subj. Ex 34:10 Dt 1:30 all that he did with you, 10:21 (cf. ψ 86:17 supr.), human subj. 2 Ch 24:24 (obj. שְׁפָטִים), Ru 2:11. (5) seldom c. ב, usually of executing judgment upon 1 S 28:18 Is 48:14, more gen. Est 1:15 what shall we do with the queen? also, subj. י׳, Ez 25:11; 28:26 ψ 149:7, 9 Nu 33:4 (on false gods); in good sense, ע׳ חֲסָדִים בּ׳ Ne 13:14. (6) of י׳ doing the justice (מִשְׁפַּט) of any one, i.e. maintaining his cause 1 K 8:45, 49 ψ 9:5. (7) c. adv. do thus, כֹּה, Jos 6:14 (JE), according to, כְּ, Gn 6:22 (P), 18:21 (J), 1 K 2:6; acc. as, כַּאֲשֶׁר Gn 27:19 (J); Ex 1:17 (E) +; c. בְּ of manner, Ju 9:16a, Ez 8:18; 25:15. e.g. Genesis 3:14
      • b. work for (ל rei) Gn 30:30 (J); c. ל pers. 1 S 14:6 Ez 29:20 (for י׳); work in (ב) gold or other material 1 K 7:14 2 Ch 2:6, 13 Ex 31:4, 5; 35:32 (all P); c. בָּהּ (i.e. בָּעֲבֹדָח) Ex 5:9 (J) in toil Ne 4:10; work w. (עִם) God 1 S 14:45, so prob. of God’s working with (אֵת) Moses and Aaron 1 S 12:6 (usually appoint); c. עִם with (of pers. in whose company, in whose field) Ru 2:19(×2) (gleaning); work בְּחֵפֶץ כַּפֶּיהָ Pr 31:13; without prep. Ex 36:1 Ne 3:38. e.g. Genesis 30:30
    • 2. deal with, c. עִם, 2 Ch 2:2 Dn 1:13 (כַּאֲשֶׁר acc. as); c. אֵת, Ez (17:17) 20:44 Mic 5:14 ψ 109:21; Ez 22:14 Zp 3:19 (Gr Now ins. כָּלָה, v. ii 1 g), + כְּ Je 21:2, + בְּ of manner Ez 23:25, 29; c. לְ pers. + בְּ 25:12; c. בְּ pers., Je 18:23 Dn 11:7, + כְּ according toNe 9:24 Est 3:11. e.g. 2 Chronicles 2:2
    • 3. often in phr., do kindness (חֶסֶד) with: c. עִם, (עִמָּדִי) Gn 19:19; 24:12, 14 (J), Ju 1:24; 8:35 1 S 15:6 2 S 2:5; 10:2 = 1 Ch 19:2 +; c. עַל, 1 S 20:8 (but read עִם Vrss We Dr al.); abs., ψ 109:16; obj. חֶסֶד + אֱמֶת, c. עִם, Jos 2:14 (JE) Ju 9:19 2 S 2:6; c. אֵת with, Gn 24:49; 32:11; 47:29 (all J); c. לְ, Ex 20:6 = Dt 5:10, 2 S 22:51 = ψ 18:51; so ע׳ טוֹב, c. עִם, Gn 26:29 (J), cf. Ju 8:35; 9:16; c. אֵת with, 1 S 24:19 2 S 2:6. e.g. Genesis 19:19
    • 4. abs. act, act with effect, especially of י׳, 1 K 8:32, 39 Je 14:7 Ez 20:9, 14, 22 ψ 22:32; 37:5; 52:11 Dn 9:19; of men 2 Ch 31:21 Dn 8:12, 24; 11:28, 30, 32; c. ל pers. Ez 31:11. e.g. 1 Kings 8:32
  • II.
    • 1. make (670 + times):
      • a. c. obj. concr., ark Gn 8:6, altar 13:4, idols Ju 18:24, 31 +, etc. e.g. Genesis 8:6
      • b. often of God’s making (creating) Gn 3:1 (J), 1:7, 16, 25 (P), Ne 9:6 Jb 9:9 Pr 8:26 2 Ch 2:11 ψ 95:5 +; making man ψ 100:3; 119:73 (made by God’s hands), in the womb Jb 31:15(×2); making constituting, nation Dt 26:19; 32:6, 15; pt. sf. עֹשֵׂהוּ his Maker Is 17:7 Pr 14:31; 17:5 (הָעֹשׂוֹ Jb 40:19 is improb., most read הֶעָשָׂוּי, with various interpr. of foll. words); עֹשֶׂךָ Is 51:13, עֹשֵׂנִי Jb 32:22 (Ginsb; v 22 van d. H. Baer), עֹשֵׂנוּ ψ 95:6; so appar. pt. pl. עֹשָׂ֑י Jb 35:10, עֹשַׂיִךְ Is 54:5 (Ges§ 124 k expl. as sg.). e.g. Genesis 3:1
      • c. make something, c. לְ reflex., make for thee Ex 20:4 Dt 9:12; 10:1 +, for (ל) another 1 S 2:19 2 S 7:11 1 K 2:24 +; obj. מִשְׁתֶּה banquet Gn 40:20 Est 5:4, also (no ל) Gn 29:22 (E) Ju 14:10 Est 5:5, 12 and (fig., י׳ subj.) Is 25:6; c. ל rei, Dt 22:8; c. ל of animal Gn 33:17 (J). e.g. Exodus 20:4
      • d. make a name (שֵׁם) for oneself (ל) 2 S 7:9 1 Ch 17:8, also (no ל) 2 S 8:13; a new heart for oneself (ל) Ez 18:31. e.g. 2 Samuel 7:9
      • e. make war with (אֶת) Gn 14:2 Jos 11:18 (D); c. עִם, Dt 20:12, 20 1 Ch 5:10, 19; abs. 1 Ch 22:8; c. ל reflex. Pr 24:6; pt. עֹשֵׂה מִלְחָמָה 2 Ch 11:1; 26:11, 13; make peace, c. ל pers. Jos 9:15 (J); ע׳ אִתִּי בְרָכָה 2 K 18:31 make an agreement with me. e.g. Genesis 14:2
      • f. c. ב, ע׳ פֶּרֶץ בּ׳ Ju 21:15 י׳ brought a catastrophe upon (cf. פרץ). e.g. Judges 21:15
      • g. c. 2 acc., make something out of (acc. mater.) Ex 25:18; 28:13; 37:17, 24 Ct 3:10 Dt 10:3 +; make something into something (Ges§ 117 ii) Ho 8:4 Gn 27:9 Ju 17:4 Nu 11:8; 17:3 ψ 104:4; make something כָּלָה, i.e. utterly destroy it Na 1:8 Zp 1:18 Ez 20:17 Ne 9:31; c. pt. pass. as 2nd acc. Ex 38:7 they made it נְבוּב לֻחֹת hollow with boards, 39:9; but also c. acc. + לְ, Ho 2:10 gold they made into (ל) the Baal, Ju 8:27 Ex 27:3 (P), Dt 9:14 Je 37:15 Ez 4:9 IS 44:17, 19; make something for (ל pers.), + מִן of material Ct 3:9. e.g. Exodus 25:18
    • 2. produce, yield: of grain, yielding meal Ho 8:7(×2), vineyard, grapes Is 5:2(×2), 4(×2), 10, tree, fruit 2 K 19:30 = Is 37:31, Ho 9:16 Je 12:2; 17:8 Ez 17:23 (all fig.), Gn 1:11, 12 (P); branches Jb 14:9 and (fig.) Ez 17:8; land, fruit Lv 25:21 cf. Hb 3:17, abs. Gn 41:47; of seed Is 5:10, vine, shoots Ez 17:6 (fig.); of cows, yielding milk Is 7:22; hippop. producing fat Jb 15:27. e.g. Hosea 8:7
    • 3. prepare, especially of dressing and cooking food, Gn 18:7, 8 Ju 6:19; 13:15 1 S 25:18 (pass.), 2 S 12:4(×2) Gn 27:14, 17, 31 2 S 13:5, 7 1 K 17:12 Ex 12:39 (+ ל reflex.) Ez 35:6; a bullock for sacrifice 1 K 18:23, 25, 26; כְּלֵי גוֹלָה Ez 12:3 (+ ל reflex.); a chamber Ne 13:7; prepare to build (+ ל pers. and inf.). e.g. Genesis 18:7
    • 4. make offering, e.g. עוֹלָה Ju 13:16 Je 33:18 Lv 16:24, עוֹלָה וָזֶבַח 2 K 5:17 (+ ל dei), הַחַטָּאת Lv 14:19, אִשֶּׁה Nu 15:3, 14, various offerings 1 K 8:64 Lv 9:22 Ez 45:17; 46:2 +; + לי׳ to י׳ Lv 17:9 +; also c. acc. of thing sacrificed (perhaps orig. prepare or provide, v. supr.) Ez 43:25(×2); 46:15 Lv 14:30; 15:15, 30; 16:9 Nu 6:11, 17 ψ 66:15 (+ ל dei) +; abs. = offer sacrifice Ex 10:25 (E + לי׳), to (ל) heathen gods 2 K 17:32. e.g. Judges 13:16
    • 5. attend to, put in order: pare (the nails) Dt 21:12; wash (feet) 2 S 19:25; trim (beard) v 25 (cf. Fr faire la barbe, Ger. die Haare machen). e.g. Deuteronomy 21:12
    • 6. observe, celebrate, religious festival, e.g. pass-over Ex 12:47, 48; Nu 9:4, 6, 13; Jos 5:10, also (+ לי׳) Ex 12:48 Nu 9:10, 14 (all P), Dt 16:1 +; sabbath Ex 31:16; Dt 5:15; feast of weeks 16:10, booths 16:13, Purim Est 9:21, 27, etc. e.g. Exodus 12:47
    • 7. acquire property of various kinds (cf. ‘make money’) Gn 12:5; 31:1 (J); Is 15:7; Je 17:11; 48:36; Dt 8:18; Ez 22:13; 28:4(×2); 38:12; 2 Ch 32:29; Ec 2:8; + ל reflex. Dt 8:17; 2 S 15:1; 1 K 1:5; of fruits from vineyards, etc. ψ 107:37. e.g. Genesis 12:5
    • 8. appoint priests 1 K 12:31; 13:33; 2 Ch 2:17 (all + מִן source), a feast 1 K 12:32, 33 (+ ל pers.); ordain a sacrifice Nu 28:6, a festal day ψ 118:24; institute, אוֹב וְיִדְּעֹנִי ghost and familiar spirit 2 K 21:6 = 2 Ch 33:6 (cf. Dr Dt 18:11). e.g. 1 Kings 12:31
    • 9. bring about, of י׳’s effecting a deliverance Ex 14:13 (לָכֶם), 1 S 11:13; 2 S 23:10 (ins. also ‖ 1 Ch 11:13 Dr), v 12; cause, sq. cl. c. שֶׁ Ec 3:14. e.g. Exodus 14:13
    • 10. use, וְע׳ לִמְלַאכְתּוֹ 1 S 8:16; pass. Ex 38:24 e.g. 1 Samuel 8:16
    • 11. spend, pass, days of life Ec 6:12. e.g. Ecclesiastes 6:12

Niphal

  • Pf. 3 ms. נַעֲשָׂה Ju 16:11 +; 3 fs. נֶעֶשְׂתָה 2 S 17:23 +, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יֵעָשֶׂה Gn 29:26 +, 3 fs. c. ו subord. וְתֵעָשׂ Est 5:6; 7:2; 9:12 (Ges§ 109 f), etc.; Inf. cstr. הֵעָשׂוֹת Est 9:1, 14, etc.; Pt. נַעֲשֶׂה Ne 5:18, etc.;— e.g. Judges 16:11
  • 1. be done (pass. of Qal I 1):
    • a. subj. מְלָאכָה Ju 16:11 (c. ב instr.), Ne 6:16 (c. מֵאֵת אֱלֹהִים), v 9 Ex 12:16 + 4 times; subj. om. Ez 44:14, indef. Est 4:1; c. כֵּן 9:14; be done, כַּתּוֹרָה Ezr 10:3; be committed, of offence, Dt 13:15; Nu 15:24; Ec 4:1 + 3 times; c. neg. not (yet) done, i.e. future Is 46:10; be accomplished, performed, fulfilled Ez 12:25, 28; Dn 11:36; Est 5:5; 7:2; 9:12; be executed, carried out, of sentence Ec 8:11, decree Est 9:1; be followed, of counsel 2 S 17:23; nearly = occur Ec 1:9(×2), 13; 9:3, 6, subj. מַעֲשֶׂה 1:14; 2:17; 4:3; 8:9, 17, subj. הֶבֶל v 14, עִנְיָן v 15. e.g. Judges 16:11
    • b. Impf. c. neg., is (are) not done, not according to usage, of flagrant offences Gn 20:9 (E), 29:26 (c.כֵּן), 34:7 (both J), 2 S 13:12 (כֵּן); hence (P) not to be done, forbidden by י׳ Lv 4:2, 13, 22, 27; 5:17. e.g. Genesis 20:9
    • c. be done to, c. ל of animal 1 S 11:7 (כֹּה); ל pers. Ex 2:4 (E) 21:31 (E; כַּמִּשְׁפָּט), Is 3:11; Je 5:13 (כֹּה), Lv 24:19 (H; כֵּן), Nu 15:34 (P) + 8 times; be done for, ל pers. Ju 11:37; Est 6:3, עִם pers v 3; ל rei Nu 15:11 (כָּכָה). e.g. 1 Samuel 11:7
    • d. be done upon, against (ב) Dn 9:12. e.g. Daniel 9:12
  • 2. (pass. of Qal II):
    • a. be made, of concr. things 1 K 10:20 = 2 Ch 9:19 (throne), Je 3:16 (ark), 2 K 12:14; Ez 43:18; Ex 25:31; Nu 4:26 (P); c. acc. mat. Lv 2:7. e.g. 1 Kings 10:20
    • b. be produced from (מִן) vine Nu 6:4. e.g. Numbers 6:4
    • c. be prepared, of food Ex 12:16; Lv 6:14; 7:9 (all P), Ne 5:18(×2). e.g. Exodus 12:16
    • d. be offered, מִנְחָה Lv 2:8, 11, kid Nu 28:15, 24. e.g. Leviticus 2:8
    • e. be observed, passover 2 K 23:22, 23 (ל dei) = 2 Ch 35:18, 19; Purim Est 9:28. e.g. 2 Kings 23:22
    • f. be used + ל rei Lv 7:24; 13:51 (P), Ez 15:5(×2); cf. Ex 38:24; 1 S 8:16. e.g. Leviticus 7:24

Pual

עשה II

Piel

  • press, squeeze (NH עִשָּׂה Pi. compel; 𝔗 עַסִּי Pa. crush, gnash (teeth); cf. Arabic غَشِىَ compress a woman);—Pf. 3 pl. עִשּׂוּ דַּדֵּי בְּתוּלִים Ez 23:3, 8 (unchaste act); Inf. cstr. בַּעֲשׂוֹת … דַּדַּיִךְ v 21 read Pi. בְּעַשּׂוֹת (Ew Co Toy, al.). e.g. Ezekiel 23:3

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

I. עָשָׂה vb. do, make (NH = BH; MI23.26 עשתי, l.3.9 ואעש, l.24 Imv. עשו; OH n.pr. עשיו, אלעשה, מעשיהו; not Aramaic, and not certainly found in S. Sem. lang.; on Sab. v. especially DHMSB Berl. Akkadian 1886, 849);—

— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.

Origin: a primitive root

Part of speech: Verb TWOT: 1708 , 1709


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.

עָשָׂה

  • , v. עשי

A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.


Forms in the corpus

The 815 distinct written forms H6213 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.

Form Parsing Example Uses
וַ/יַּ֥עַשׂ Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Esther 1:21 71
עָשָׂ֖ה Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Deuteronomy 11:3 59
לַ/עֲשׂ֥וֹת Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct Deuteronomy 9:18 58
וַ/יַּ֣עַשׂ Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Exodus 17:10 41
עָשָׂ֣ה Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Deuteronomy 2:12 36
לַ/עֲשׂ֣וֹת Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct Deuteronomy 4:5 35
עָשָׂ֑ה Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Deuteronomy 31:18 35
עָשָׂ֔ה Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Daniel 9:14 35
עָשָׂ֥ה Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Deuteronomy 4:3 34
וַ/יַּ֤עַשׂ Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Exodus 8:24 30
עָשָֽׂה Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Amos 3:6 27
עָשׂ֖וּ Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural Deuteronomy 20:18 23
וְ/עָשִׂ֥יתָ Verb, Qal, Sequential Perfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular Deuteronomy 10:1 22
עָשָׂה֙ Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Deuteronomy 2:22 22
וַ/יַּ֨עַשׂ Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Esther 2:18 21
לַ/עֲשׂ֖וֹת Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct Daniel 11:6 21
תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular Deuteronomy 15:1 20
יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Deuteronomy 3:24 19
עָשׂ֥וּ Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural Deuteronomy 9:12 19
וַ/יַּ֧עַשׂ Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Exodus 37:1 18
תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular Deuteronomy 22:3 17
יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Daniel 11:23 17
עָשָׂ֤ה Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Exodus 13:8 17
עָשׂוּ֙ Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural Deuteronomy 12:31 16
וַ/יַּ֖עַשׂ Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Exodus 36:33 15
עָשִׂ֖יתִי Verb, Qal, Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular Exodus 19:4 15
עָשִׂ֣יתָ Verb, Qal, Perfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular Exodus 14:11 15
לַ/עֲשׂ֔וֹת Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct Deuteronomy 4:13 14
לַ/עֲשֽׂוֹת Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct Deuteronomy 1:14 14
עָשׂ֣וּ Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural Exodus 32:8 14
עָשִׂ֔יתִי Verb, Qal, Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular Ezekiel 5:9 14
עָשֽׂוּ Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural Exodus 7:6 14
עֹשֶׂ֥ה Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute Ecclesiastes 8:12 14
וְ/עָשִׂ֣יתָ Verb, Qal, Sequential Perfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular Deuteronomy 3:2 13
וְ/עָשִׂ֤יתָ Verb, Qal, Sequential Perfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular Deuteronomy 12:27 12
וַ/עֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם Verb, Qal, Sequential Perfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Plural Deuteronomy 7:12 12
עָשָׂ֛ה Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Deuteronomy 11:5 12
תַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular Exodus 26:1 12
תַּעֲשֶׂה Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular Deuteronomy 15:17 11
יַעֲשֶׂה Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Ecclesiastes 7:20 11
וַ/עֲשֵׂה Verb, Qal, Imperative, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular Genesis 24:12 11
יַעֲשֶׂ֖ה Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Ecclesiastes 11:5 11
וְ/עָשָׂ֤ה Verb, Qal, Sequential Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Deuteronomy 31:4 10
וְ/עָשָׂ֥ה Verb, Qal, Sequential Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Daniel 8:4 10
אֶֽעֱשֶׂה Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular Amos 4:12 10
לַ/עֲשׂוֹת֙ Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct Deuteronomy 6:24 10
עָשָׂ֗ה Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Deuteronomy 31:4 10
עָשָׂ֨ה Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Deuteronomy 4:34 10
תַעֲשֽׂוּ Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Plural Leviticus 22:24 10
תַּעֲשֶׂ֔ה Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular Deuteronomy 12:14 10
תַּעֲשׂ֑וּ Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Plural Ezekiel 24:24 9
וַ/יַּֽעֲשׂוּ Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural Exodus 7:20 9
עָשׂ֑וּ Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural Ecclesiastes 8:10 9
עָשִׂ֖יתָ Verb, Qal, Perfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular Genesis 20:9 9
עָשִׂ֣יתִי Verb, Qal, Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular Ecclesiastes 2:5 9
עָשִׂ֥יתִי Verb, Qal, Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular Ecclesiastes 2:6 9
עָשָׂ֜ה Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Deuteronomy 3:21 9
עֹשֵׂ֣י Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Plural, Construct Esther 3:9 9
עֹשֶׂ֖ה Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute Exodus 18:14 9
יַעֲשֶֽׂה Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Ecclesiastes 8:3 8

The 60 most common forms are shown; 755 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.


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