עָשָׂה
to do
also: fashion, accomplish, make fuller range ↓
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Stem
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”). Here: ‘do’
- Niphal
- Usually the simple passive or reflexive of the Qal (“he was written”). Here: ‘be done’
- Piel
- An intensive or resultative active stem. Here: ‘press’
- Pual
- The passive counterpart of the Piel.
Form
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
- Sequential Imperfect
- An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
- Imperfect
- An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
- Imperative
- A direct command (“write!”).
- Jussive
- A third- or second-person volitional form expressing wish or command (“let him write”).
- Infinitive Absolute
- An unbound verbal noun, often intensifying or standing in for a finite verb.
- Participle Passive
- A verbal adjective expressing action received (“written”).
- Cohortative
- A first-person volitional form expressing wish or resolve (“let me / let us write”).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Person
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 2nd Person
- The one addressed (“you”).
- 1st Person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
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Exodus 267 verses
- Exodus 20:6 וְ/עֹ֥שֶׂה conj + Qal ptcp.act ms and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
- Exodus 20:9 וְ/עָשִׂ֖יתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall labor six days, and do all your work,
- Exodus 20:10 תַעֲשֶׂ֨ה Qal impf 2ms but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your man-servant, nor your maid-servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates;
- Exodus 20:11 עָשָׂ֨ה Qal pf 3ms for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.
- Exodus 20:23 תַעֲשׂ֖וּ/ן תַעֲשׂ֖וּ Qal impf 2mp + sfx n Qal impf 2mp You shall most certainly not make alongside of me gods of silver, or gods of gold for yourselves.
- Exodus 20:24 תַּעֲשֶׂה Qal impf 2ms You shall make an altar of earth for me, and shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace-offerings, your sheep and your oxen. In every place where I record my name I will come to you and I will bless you.
- Exodus 20:25 תַּֽעֲשֶׂה Qal impf 2ms If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stones; for if you lift up your tool on it, you have polluted it.
- Exodus 21:9 יַעֲשֶׂה Qal impf 3ms If he marries her to his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.
- Exodus 21:11 יַעֲשֶׂ֖ה Qal impf 3ms If he doesn't do these three things for her, she may go free without paying any money.
- Exodus 22:30 תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה Qal impf 2ms You shall do likewise with your oxen and with your sheep. Seven days it shall be with its mother, then on the eighth day you shall give it me.
- Exodus 23:11 תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה Qal impf 2ms but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the animal of the field shall eat. In like manner you shall deal with your vineyard and with your olive grove.
- Exodus 23:12 תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה Qal impf 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 23:22 וְ/עָשִׂ֕יתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms But if you indeed listen to his voice, and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and an adversary to your adversaries.
- Exodus 23:24 תַעֲשֶׂ֖ה Qal impf 2ms 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 24:3 נַעֲשֶֽׂה Qal impf 1cp Moses came and told the people all the words of Yahweh, and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, and said, "All the words which Yahweh has spoken will we do."
- Exodus 24:7 נַעֲשֶׂ֥ה Qal impf 1cp He took the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people, and they said, "All that Yahweh has spoken will we do, and be obedient."
- Exodus 25:8 וְ/עָ֥שׂוּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp Let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.
- Exodus 25:9 תַּעֲשֽׂוּ Qal impf 2mp According to all that I show you, the pattern of the tent, and the pattern of all of its furniture, even so you shall make it.
- Exodus 25:10 וְ/עָשׂ֥וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp "They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Its length shall be two and a half cubits, its breadth a cubit and a half, and a cubit and a half its height.
- Exodus 25:11 וְ/עָשִׂ֧יתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall overlay it with pure gold. Inside and outside shall you overlay it, and shall make a gold molding around it.
- Exodus 25:13 וְ/עָשִׂ֥יתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
- Exodus 25:17 וְ/עָשִׂ֥יתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two and a half cubits shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.
- Exodus 25:18 וְ/עָשִׂ֛יתָ תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה conj + Qal wpf 2ms Qal impf 2ms You shall make two cherubim of hammered gold. You shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat.
- Exodus 25:19 וַ֠/עֲשֵׂה תַּעֲשׂ֥וּ conj + Qal impv 2ms Qal impf 2mp Make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end. You shall make the cherubim on its two ends of one piece with the mercy seat.
- Exodus 25:23 וְ/עָשִׂ֥יתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms "You shall make a table of acacia wood. Two cubits shall be its length, and a cubit its breadth, and one and a half cubits its height.
- Exodus 25:24 וְ/עָשִׂ֥יתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a gold molding around it.
- Exodus 25:25 וְ/עָשִׂ֨יתָ וְ/עָשִׂ֧יתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall make a rim of a handbreadth around it. You shall make a golden molding on its rim around it.
- Exodus 25:26 וְ/עָשִׂ֣יתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall make four rings of gold for it, and put the rings in the four corners that are on its four feet.
- Exodus 25:28 וְ/עָשִׂ֤יתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them.
- Exodus 25:29 וְ/עָשִׂ֨יתָ תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה conj + Qal wpf 2ms Qal impf 2ms You shall make its dishes, its spoons, its ladles, and its bowls to pour out offerings with. Of pure gold shall you make them.
- Exodus 25:31 וְ/עָשִׂ֥יתָ תֵּעָשֶׂ֤ה conj + Qal wpf 2ms Niphal impf 3fs "You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. Of hammered work shall the lampstand be made, even its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with it.
- Exodus 25:37 וְ/עָשִׂ֥יתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall make its lamps seven, and they shall light its lamps to give light to the space in front of it.
- Exodus 25:39 יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה Qal impf 3ms It shall be made of a talent of pure gold, with all these accessories.
- Exodus 25:40 וַ/עֲשֵׂ֑ה conj + Qal impv 2ms See that you make them after their pattern, which has been shown to you on the mountain.
- Exodus 26:1 תַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה Qal impf 2ms Qal impf 2ms "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 26:4 וְ/עָשִׂ֜יתָ תַּעֲשֶׂה֙ conj + Qal wpf 2ms Qal impf 2ms You shall make loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain from the edge in the coupling; and likewise shall you make in the edge of the curtain that is outmost in the second coupling.
- Exodus 26:5 תַּעֲשֶׂה֮ תַּעֲשֶׂה֙ Qal impf 2ms Qal impf 2ms You shall make fifty loops in the one curtain, and you shall make fifty loops in the edge of the curtain that is in the second coupling. The loops shall be opposite one to another.
- Exodus 26:6 וְ/עָשִׂ֕יתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains one to another with the clasps: and the tent shall be a unit.
- Exodus 26:7 וְ/עָשִׂ֨יתָ֙ תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה conj + Qal wpf 2ms Qal impf 2ms "You shall make curtains of goats' hair for a covering over the tent: eleven curtains shall you make them.
- Exodus 26:10 וְ/עָשִׂ֜יתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which is outmost in the second coupling.
- Exodus 26:11 וְ/עָשִׂ֛יתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall make fifty clasps of brass, and put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.
- Exodus 26:14 וְ/עָשִׂ֤יתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of sea cow hides above.
- Exodus 26:15 וְ/עָשִׂ֥יתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms "You shall make the boards for the tent of acacia wood, standing up.
- Exodus 26:17 תַּעֲשֶׂ֔ה Qal impf 2ms There shall be two tenons in each board, joined to one another: thus shall you make for all the boards of the tent.
- Exodus 26:18 וְ/עָשִׂ֥יתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall make the boards for the tent, twenty boards for the south side southward.
- Exodus 26:19 תַּעֲשֶׂ֕ה Qal impf 2ms You shall make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.
- Exodus 26:22 תַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה Qal impf 2ms For the far part of the tent westward you shall make six boards.
- Exodus 26:23 תַּעֲשֶׂ֔ה Qal impf 2ms Two boards shall you make for the corners of the tent in the far part.
- Exodus 26:26 וְ/עָשִׂ֥יתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms "You shall make bars of acacia wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tent,
- Exodus 26:29 תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה Qal impf 2ms You shall overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and you shall overlay the bars with gold.
- Exodus 26:31 וְ/עָשִׂ֣יתָ יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה conj + Qal wpf 2ms Qal impf 3ms "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 וְ/עָשִׂ֤יתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms "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 26:37 וְ/עָשִׂ֣יתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall make for the screen five pillars of acacia, and overlay them with gold: their hooks shall be of gold: and you shall cast five sockets of brass for them.
- Exodus 27:1 וְ/עָשִׂ֥יתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms "You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and its height shall be three cubits.
- Exodus 27:2 וְ/עָשִׂ֣יתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it; and you shall overlay it with brass.
- Exodus 27:3 וְ/עָשִׂ֤יתָ תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה conj + Qal wpf 2ms Qal impf 2ms You shall make its pots to take away its ashes, its shovels, its basins, its flesh hooks, and its fire pans: all its vessels you shall make of brass.
- Exodus 27:4 וְ/עָשִׂ֤יתָ וְ/עָשִׂ֣יתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms conj + Qal wpf 2ms 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 27:6 וְ/עָשִׂ֤יתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with brass.
- Exodus 27:8 תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה יַעֲשֽׂוּ Qal impf 2ms Qal impf 3mp Hollow with planks shall you make it: as it has been shown you on the mountain, so shall they make it.
- Exodus 27:9 וְ/עָשִׂ֕יתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms "You shall make the court of the tent: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen one hundred cubits long for one side:
- Exodus 28:2 וְ/עָשִׂ֥יתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty.
- Exodus 28:3 וְ/עָשׂ֞וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp You shall speak to all who are wise-hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they make Aaron's garments to sanctify him, that he may minister to me in the priest's office.
- Exodus 28:4 יַעֲשׂ֗וּ וְ/עָשׂ֨וּ Qal impf 3mp conj + Qal wpf 3cp These are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a coat of checker work, a turban, and a sash: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, and his sons, that he may minister to me in the priest's office.
- Exodus 28:6 וְ/עָשׂ֖וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp "They shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the skillful workman.
- Exodus 28:11 תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה Qal impf 2ms 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 28:13 וְ/עָשִׂ֥יתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall make settings of gold,
- Exodus 28:14 תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה Qal impf 2ms 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 וְ/עָשִׂ֜יתָ תַּעֲשֶׂ֑/נּוּ תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה conj + Qal wpf 2ms Qal impf 2ms + sfx pers 3ms Qal impf 2ms "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 וְ/עָשִׂ֧יתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall make on the breastplate chains like cords, of braided work of pure gold.
- Exodus 28:23 וְ/עָשִׂ֨יתָ֙ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall make on the breastplate two rings of gold, and shall put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
- Exodus 28:26 וְ/עָשִׂ֗יתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall make two rings of gold, and you shall put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on its edge, which is toward the side of the ephod inward.
- Exodus 28:27 וְ/עָשִׂיתָ֮ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall make two rings of gold, and shall put them on the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod underneath, in the forepart of it, close by the coupling of it, above the skillfully woven band of the ephod.
- Exodus 28:31 וְ/עָשִׂ֛יתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms "You shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue.
- Exodus 28:33 וְ/עָשִׂ֣יתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms On its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, around its hem; and bells of gold between them round about:
- Exodus 28:36 וְ/עָשִׂ֥יתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms "You shall make a plate of pure gold, and engrave on it, like the engravings of a signet, 'HOLY TO YAHWEH.'
- Exodus 28:39 וְ/עָשִׂ֖יתָ תַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה conj + Qal wpf 2ms Qal impf 2ms 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 28:40 תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה וְ/עָשִׂ֥יתָ תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה Qal impf 2ms conj + Qal wpf 2ms Qal impf 2ms "You shall make coats for Aaron's sons, and you shall make sashes for them and headbands shall you make for them, for glory and for beauty.
- Exodus 28:42 וַ/עֲשֵׂ֤ה conj + Qal impv 2ms You shall make them linen breeches to cover the flesh of their nakedness; from the loins even to the thighs they shall reach:
- Exodus 29:1 תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה Qal impf 2ms "This is the thing that you shall do to them to make them holy, to minister to me in the priest's office: take one young bull and two rams without blemish,
- Exodus 29:2 תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה Qal impf 2ms unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil: you shall make them of fine wheat flour.
- Exodus 29:35 וְ/עָשִׂ֜יתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms "Thus shall you do to Aaron, and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded you. Seven days shall you consecrate them.
- Exodus 29:36 תַּעֲשֶׂ֤ה Qal impf 2ms Every day shall you offer the bull of sin-offering for atonement: and you shall cleanse the altar, when you make atonement for it; and you shall anoint it, to sanctify it.
- Exodus 29:38 תַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה Qal impf 2ms "Now this is that which you shall offer on the altar: two lambs a year old day by day continually.
- Exodus 29:39 תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה תַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה Qal impf 2ms Qal impf 2ms The one lamb you shall offer in the morning; and the other lamb you shall offer at evening:
- Exodus 29:41 תַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה תַּֽעֲשֶׂה Qal impf 2ms Qal impf 2ms The other lamb you shall offer at evening, and shall do to it according to the meal-offering of the morning, and according to its drink-offering, for a sweet savor, an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
- Exodus 30:1 וְ/עָשִׂ֥יתָ תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה conj + Qal wpf 2ms Qal impf 2ms "You shall make an altar to burn incense on. You shall make it of acacia wood.
- Exodus 30:3 וְ/עָשִׂ֥יתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall overlay it with pure gold, the top of it, the sides of it around it, and its horns; and you shall make a gold molding around it.
- Exodus 30:4 תַּֽעֲשֶׂה תַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה Qal impf 2ms Qal impf 2ms You shall make two golden rings for it under its molding; on its two ribs, on its two sides you shall make them; and they shall be for places for poles with which to bear it.
- Exodus 30:5 וְ/עָשִׂ֥יתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
- Exodus 30:18 וְ/עָשִׂ֜יתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms "You shall also make a basin of brass, and the base of it of brass, in which to wash. You shall put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it.
- Exodus 30:25 וְ/עָשִׂ֣יתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms 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 30:32 תַעֲשׂ֖וּ Qal impf 2mp It shall not be poured on man's flesh, neither shall you make any like it, according to its composition: it is holy. It shall be holy to you.
- Exodus 30:35 וְ/עָשִׂ֤יתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms and you shall make incense of it, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy:
- Exodus 30:37 תַּעֲשֶׂ֔ה תַעֲשׂ֖וּ Qal impf 2ms Qal impf 2mp The incense which you shall make, according to its composition you shall not make for yourselves: it shall be to you holy for Yahweh.
- Exodus 30:38 יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה Qal impf 3ms Whoever shall make any like that, to smell of it, he shall be cut off from his people."
- Exodus 31:4 לַ/עֲשׂ֛וֹת prep + Qal inf.cs to devise skillful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
- Exodus 31:5 לַ/עֲשׂ֖וֹת prep + Qal inf.cs and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all manner of workmanship.
- Exodus 31:6 וְ/עָשׂ֕וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp I, behold, I have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the heart of all who are wise-hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded you:
- Exodus 31:11 יַעֲשֽׂוּ Qal impf 3mp the anointing oil, and the incense of sweet spices for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded you they shall do."
- Exodus 31:14 הָ/עֹשֶׂ֥ה ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act ms You shall keep the Sabbath therefore; for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
- Exodus 31:15 יֵעָשֶׂ֣ה הָ/עֹשֶׂ֧ה Niphal impf 3ms ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act ms Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to Yahweh. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall surely be put to death.
- Exodus 31:16 לַ/עֲשׂ֧וֹת prep + Qal inf.cs Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
- Exodus 31:17 עָשָׂ֤ה Qal pf 3ms It is a sign between me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.'"
- Exodus 32:1 עֲשֵׂה Qal impv 2ms When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron, and said to him, "Come, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don't know what has become of him."
- Exodus 32:4 וַֽ/יַּעֲשֵׂ֖/הוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms He received what they handed him, and fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it a molten calf; and they said, "These are your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt."
- Exodus 32:8 עָשׂ֣וּ Qal pf 3cp They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them. They have made themselves a molten calf, and have worshiped it, and have sacrificed to it, and said, 'These are your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.'"
- Exodus 32:10 וְ/אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֥ה conj + Qal impf 1cs Now therefore leave me alone, that my wrath may burn hot against them, and that I may consume them; and I will make of you a great nation."
- Exodus 32:14 לַ/עֲשׂ֥וֹת prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh repented of the evil which he said he would do to his people.
- Exodus 32:20 עָשׂוּ֙ Qal pf 3cp He took the calf which they had made, and burnt it with fire, ground it to powder, and scattered it on the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.
- Exodus 32:21 עָשָׂ֥ה Qal pf 3ms Moses said to Aaron, "What did these people do to you, that you have brought a great sin on them?"
- Exodus 32:23 עֲשֵׂה Qal impv 2ms For they said to me, 'Make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don't know what has become of him.'
- Exodus 32:28 וַ/יַּֽעֲשׂ֥וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp The sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
- Exodus 32:31 וַ/יַּֽעֲשׂ֥וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Moses returned to Yahweh, and said, "Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made themselves gods of gold.
- Exodus 32:35 עָשׂ֣וּ עָשָׂ֖ה Qal pf 3cp Qal pf 3ms Yahweh struck the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.
- Exodus 33:5 אֶֽעֱשֶׂה Qal impf 1cs Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell the children of Israel, 'You are a stiff-necked people. If I were to go up into your midst for one moment, I would consume you. Therefore now take off your jewelry from you, that I may know what to do to you."
- Exodus 33:17 אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֑ה Qal impf 1cs Yahweh said to Moses, "I will do this thing also that you have spoken; for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name."
- Exodus 34:10 אֶעֱשֶׂ֣ה עֹשֶׂ֥ה Qal impf 1cs Qal ptcp.act ms 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 34:17 תַעֲשֶׂה Qal impf 2ms You shall make no cast idols for yourselves.
- Exodus 34:22 תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה Qal impf 2ms You shall observe the feast of weeks with the first fruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of harvest at the year's end.
- Exodus 35:1 לַ/עֲשֹׂ֥ת prep + Qal inf.cs Moses assembled all the congregation of the children of Israel, and said to them, "These are the words which Yahweh has commanded, that you should do them.
- Exodus 35:2 תֵּעָשֶׂ֣ה הָ/עֹשֶׂ֥ה Niphal impf 3fs ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act ms 'Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of solemn rest to Yahweh: whoever does any work in it shall be put to death.
- Exodus 35:10 וְ/יַעֲשׂ֔וּ conj + Qal impf 3mp "Let every wise-hearted man among you come, and make all that Yahweh has commanded:
- Exodus 35:29 לַ/עֲשׂ֖וֹת prep + Qal inf.cs The children of Israel brought a freewill offering to Yahweh; every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all the work, which Yahweh had commanded to be made by Moses.
- Exodus 35:32 לַ/עֲשֹׂ֛ת prep + Qal inf.cs and to make skillful works, to work in gold, in silver, in brass,
- Exodus 35:33 לַ/עֲשׂ֖וֹת prep + Qal inf.cs in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all kinds of skillful workmanship.
- Exodus 35:35 לַ/עֲשׂוֹת֮ עֹשֵׂי֙ prep + Qal inf.cs Qal ptcp.act mp cs He has filled them with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of workmanship, of the engraver, of the skillful workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of those who do any workmanship, and of those who make skillful works.
- Exodus 36:1 וְ/עָשָׂה֩ לַ/עֲשֹׂ֔ת conj + Qal wpf 3ms prep + Qal inf.cs "Bezalel and Oholiab shall work with every wise-hearted man, in whom Yahweh has put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all the work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that Yahweh has commanded."
- Exodus 36:2 לַ/עֲשֹׂ֥ת prep + Qal inf.cs Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whose heart Yahweh had put wisdom, even everyone whose heart stirred him up to come to the work to do it:
- Exodus 36:3 לַ/עֲשֹׂ֣ת prep + Qal inf.cs and they received from Moses all the offering which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, with which to make it. They brought yet to him freewill-offerings every morning.
- Exodus 36:4 הָ/עֹשִׂ֕ים עֹשִֽׂים ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp Qal ptcp.act mp All the wise men, who performed all the work of the sanctuary, each came from his work which they did.
- Exodus 36:5 לַ/עֲשֹׂ֥ת prep + Qal inf.cs They spoke to Moses, saying, "The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work which Yahweh commanded to make."
- Exodus 36:6 יַעֲשׂוּ Qal juss 3mp Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, "Let neither man nor woman make anything else for the offering for the sanctuary." So the people were restrained from bringing.
- Exodus 36:7 לַ/עֲשׂ֣וֹת prep + Qal inf.cs For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.
- Exodus 36:8 וַ/יַּעֲשׂ֨וּ בְּ/עֹשֵׂ֧י עָשָׂ֥ה conj + Qal wimpf 3mp prep + Qal ptcp.act mp cs Qal pf 3ms 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 36:11 וַ/יַּ֜עַשׂ עָשָׂה֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Qal pf 3ms He made loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain from the edge in the coupling. Likewise he made in the edge of the curtain that was outmost in the second coupling.
- Exodus 36:12 עָשָׂה֮ עָשָׂה֙ Qal pf 3ms Qal pf 3ms He made fifty loops in the one curtain, and he made fifty loops in the edge of the curtain that was in the second coupling. The loops were opposite one to another.
- Exodus 36:13 וַ/יַּ֕עַשׂ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains one to another with the clasps: so the tent was a unit.
- Exodus 36:14 וַ/יַּ֨עַשׂ֙ עָשָׂ֥ה conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Qal pf 3ms He made curtains of goats' hair for a covering over the tent. He made them eleven curtains.
- Exodus 36:17 וַ/יַּ֜עַשׂ עָשָׂה֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Qal pf 3ms He made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outmost in the coupling, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which was outmost in the second coupling.
- Exodus 36:18 וַ/יַּ֛עַשׂ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He made fifty clasps of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be a unit.
- Exodus 36:19 וַ/יַּ֤עַשׂ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of sea cow hides above.
- Exodus 36:20 וַ/יַּ֥עַשׂ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He made the boards for the tent of acacia wood, standing up.
- Exodus 36:22 עָשָׂ֔ה Qal pf 3ms Each board had two tenons, joined one to another. He made all the boards of the tent this way.
- Exodus 36:23 וַ/יַּ֥עַשׂ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He made the boards for the tent: twenty boards for the south side southward.
- Exodus 36:24 עָשָׂ֕ה Qal pf 3ms He made forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.
- Exodus 36:25 עָשָׂ֖ה Qal pf 3ms For the second side of the tent, on the north side, he made twenty boards,
- Exodus 36:27 עָשָׂ֖ה Qal pf 3ms For the far part of the tent westward he made six boards.
- Exodus 36:28 עָשָׂ֔ה Qal pf 3ms He made two boards for the corners of the tent in the far part.
- Exodus 36:29 עָשָׂ֣ה Qal pf 3ms They were double beneath, and in like manner they were all the way to the top of it to one ring. He did thus to both of them in the two corners.
- Exodus 36:31 וַ/יַּ֥עַשׂ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He made bars of acacia wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tent,
- Exodus 36:33 וַ/יַּ֖עַשׂ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He made the middle bar to pass through in the midst of the boards from the one end to the other.
- Exodus 36:34 עָשָׂ֣ה Qal pf 3ms He overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold for places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.
- Exodus 36:35 וַ/יַּ֨עַשׂ֙ עָשָׂ֥ה conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Qal pf 3ms He made the veil of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim. He made it the work of a skillful workman.
- Exodus 36:36 וַ/יַּ֣עַשׂ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He made four pillars of acacia for it, and overlaid them with gold. Their hooks were of gold. He cast four sockets of silver for them.
- Exodus 36:37 וַ/יַּ֤עַשׂ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He made a screen for the door of the tent, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer;
- Exodus 37:1 וַ/יַּ֧עַשׂ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood. Its length was two and a half cubits, and its breadth a cubit and a half, and a cubit and a half its height.
- Exodus 37:2 וַ/יַּ֥עַשׂ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a molding of gold for it round about.
- Exodus 37:4 וַ/יַּ֥עַשׂ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He made poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.
- Exodus 37:6 וַ/יַּ֥עַשׂ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He made a mercy seat of pure gold. Its length was two and a half cubits, and a cubit and a half its breadth.
- Exodus 37:7 וַ/יַּ֛עַשׂ עָשָׂ֣ה conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Qal pf 3ms He made two cherubim of gold. He made them of beaten work them, at the two ends of the mercy seat;
- Exodus 37:8 עָשָׂ֥ה Qal pf 3ms one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end. He made the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at its two ends.
- Exodus 37:10 וַ/יַּ֥עַשׂ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He made the table of acacia wood. Its length was two cubits, and its breadth was a cubit, and its height was a cubit and a half.
- Exodus 37:11 וַ/יַּ֥עַשׂ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He overlaid it with pure gold, and made a gold molding around it.
- Exodus 37:12 וַ/יַּ֨עַשׂ וַ/יַּ֧עַשׂ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He made a border of a handbreadth around it, and made a golden molding on its border around it.
- Exodus 37:15 וַ/יַּ֤עַשׂ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table.
- Exodus 37:16 וַ/יַּ֜עַשׂ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He made the vessels which were on the table, its dishes, its spoons, its bowls, and its pitchers with which to pour out, of pure gold.
- Exodus 37:17 וַ/יַּ֥עַשׂ עָשָׂ֤ה conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Qal pf 3ms He made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of beaten work. Its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its flowers were of one piece with it.
- Exodus 37:23 וַ/יַּ֥עַשׂ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He made its seven lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, of pure gold.
- Exodus 37:24 עָשָׂ֣ה Qal pf 3ms He made it of a talent of pure gold, with all its vessels.
- Exodus 37:25 וַ/יַּ֛עַשׂ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He made the altar of incense of acacia wood. It was square: its length was a cubit, and its breadth a cubit. Its height was two cubits. Its horns were of one piece with it.
- Exodus 37:26 וַ/יַּ֥עַשׂ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He overlaid it with pure gold, its top, its sides around it, and its horns. He made a gold molding around it.
- Exodus 37:27 עָֽשָׂה Qal pf 3ms He made two golden rings for it under its molding crown, on its two ribs, on its two sides, for places for poles with which to carry it.
- Exodus 37:28 וַ/יַּ֥עַשׂ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.
- Exodus 37:29 וַ/יַּ֜עַשׂ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He made the holy anointing oil and the pure incense of sweet spices, after the art of the perfumer.
- Exodus 38:1 וַ/יַּ֛עַשׂ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood. It was square. Its length was five cubits, its breadth was five cubits, and its height was three cubits.
- Exodus 38:2 וַ/יַּ֣עַשׂ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He made its horns on its four corners. Its horns were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with brass.
- Exodus 38:3 וַ/יַּ֜עַשׂ עָשָׂ֥ה conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Qal pf 3ms He made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, the shovels, the basins, the flesh-hooks, and the fire pans. He made all its vessels of brass.
- Exodus 38:4 וַ/יַּ֤עַשׂ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He made for the altar a grating of a network of brass, under the ledge around it beneath, reaching halfway up.
- Exodus 38:6 וַ/יַּ֥עַשׂ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with brass.
- Exodus 38:7 עָשָׂ֥ה Qal pf 3ms He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to carry it. He made it hollow with planks.
- Exodus 38:8 וַ/יַּ֗עַשׂ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He made the basin of brass, and its base of brass, out of the mirrors of the ministering women who ministered at the door of the tent of meeting.
- Exodus 38:9 וַ/יַּ֖עַשׂ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He made the court: for the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, one hundred cubits;
- Exodus 38:22 עָשָׂ֕ה Qal pf 3ms Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Exodus 38:24 הֶֽ/עָשׂוּי֙ ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.pass ms All the gold that was used for the work in all the work of the sanctuary, even the gold of the offering, was twenty-nine talents, and seven hundred thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.
- Exodus 38:28 עָשָׂ֥ה Qal pf 3ms Of the one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, overlaid their capitals, and made fillets for them.
- Exodus 38:30 וַ/יַּ֣עַשׂ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms With this he made the sockets to the door of the tent of meeting, the brazen altar, the brazen grating for it, all the vessels of the altar,
- Exodus 39:1 עָשׂ֥וּ וַֽ/יַּעֲשׂ֞וּ Qal pf 3cp conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Of the blue, purple, and scarlet, they made finely worked garments, for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Exodus 39:2 וַ/יַּ֖עַשׂ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He made the ephod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen.
- Exodus 39:3 לַ/עֲשׂ֗וֹת prep + Qal inf.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 39:4 עָֽשׂוּ Qal pf 3cp They made shoulder-pieces for it, joined together. At the two ends it was joined together.
- Exodus 39:6 וַֽ/יַּעֲשׂוּ֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They worked the onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold, engraved with the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the children of Israel.
- Exodus 39:8 וַ/יַּ֧עַשׂ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms 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 39:9 עָשׂ֣וּ Qal pf 3cp It was square. They made the breastplate double. Its length was a span, and its breadth a span, being double.
- Exodus 39:15 וַ/יַּעֲשׂ֧וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They made on the breastplate chains like cords, of braided work of pure gold.
- Exodus 39:16 וַֽ/יַּעֲשׂ֗וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They made two settings of gold, and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
- Exodus 39:19 וַֽ/יַּעֲשׂ֗וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on the edge of it, which was toward the side of the ephod inward.
- Exodus 39:20 וַֽ/יַּעֲשׂוּ֮ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They made two rings of gold, and put them on the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod underneath, in the front of it, close by its coupling, above the skillfully woven band of the ephod.
- Exodus 39:22 וַ/יַּ֛עַשׂ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue.
- Exodus 39:24 וַֽ/יַּעֲשׂוּ֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They made on the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, purple, scarlet, and twined linen.
- Exodus 39:25 וַ/יַּעֲשׂ֥וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates around the skirts of the robe, between the pomegranates;
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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
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.
- #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
- Exodus 270 verses 12%
- Ezekiel 180 verses 8%
- Deuteronomy 148 verses 6%
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 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:
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:
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:
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:
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
- 1. do (1560 + times):
- 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
- 1. make (670 + times):
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
- Pf. 1 s. עֻשֵּׂיתִי ψ 139:15 I was made. e.g. Psalms 139:15
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
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.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 755 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H6213, 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.
Derived from this word
Proper names from this root
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- 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
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 10 — not the complete family. 8 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 2,142 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 2,286 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 1:7
- Exodus 1:17
- Leviticus 2:7
- Numbers 1:54
- Deuteronomy 1:14
- Joshua 1:7
- Judges 1:7
- Ruth 1:8
- 1 Samuel 1:7
- 2 Samuel 2:5
- 1 Kings 1:5
- 2 Kings 1:18
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