4639. maaseh

Strong's Lexicon

maaseh: Work, deed, act, labor, product, accomplishment

Original Word: מַעֲשֶׂה
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: ma`aseh
Pronunciation: mah-as-eh'
Phonetic Spelling: (mah-as-eh')
Definition: Work, deed, act, labor, product, accomplishment
Meaning: an action, a transaction, activity, a product, property

Word Origin: Derived from the root עָשָׂה (asah), meaning "to do" or "to make."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - ἔργον (ergon) - Strong's Greek 2041: Often translated as "work" or "deed," similar in meaning to "maaseh."

Usage: The Hebrew word "maaseh" generally refers to an action, deed, or work. It encompasses a wide range of human activities and divine acts, emphasizing the result or product of an action. In the Old Testament, "maaseh" is used to describe both the works of God and the deeds of humans, often highlighting the moral or ethical quality of these actions.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israelite culture, actions and deeds were seen as reflections of one's character and faith. The concept of "maaseh" was integral to the covenant relationship between God and His people, where obedience to God's commandments was demonstrated through righteous deeds. The works of God, such as creation and acts of deliverance, were celebrated and recounted in Israel's worship and storytelling traditions.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from asah
Definition
a deed, work
NASB Translation
accomplishments (1), achievements (1), act (1), act...did (1), actions (1), activities (2), activity (3), art (1), business (1), chainwork* (1), concern (1), conduct (1), deed (4), deeds (17), design (4), did (1), does (1), done (1), eventful (1), goods (2), just* (1), labors (2), made (2), occupation (2), practices (2), sculptured* (1), task (2), things (5), verses (1), vocation (1), what He has done (1), what is done (2), what is made (1), work (99), work quota (1), working (2), workmanship (10), works (42), wrought (1), yield (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

מַעֲשֶׂה₂₃₃ noun masculine^{Genesis 20:9} deed, work; — absolute ׳מ Genesis 44:15 +, construct מַעֲשֵׂה Isaiah 5:12 +; suffix מַעֲשֵׂהוּ Judges 13:12 +, etc.; plural מַעֲשִׂים Genesis 20:9 +; construct מַעֲשֵׂי Jeremiah 1:16 +; suffix מַעֲשָׂיו 1 Samuel 19:4 (or singular, so Dr) +, etc.; — often accusative of congnate meaning with verb with עשׂה; —

1. a.-1deed, thing done by man Numbers 16:28 (JE), 1 Kings 13:11; Isaiah 26:12; — b.-1work, labour, husbandry Exodus 23:16 (E), Genesis 5:29 (J), Judges 19:16, c. deed(s), work(s) of ׳י, especially in deliverance and in judgment, Judges 2:7,10; Joshua 24:31 (D), Psalm 33:4 21t., + יָדָיו ׳מ etc. Isaiah 5:12; Psalm 28:5; Psalm 92:5 4t.; הָאֱלֹהִים ׳מ in General Ecclesiastes 7:13; Ecclesiastes 8:17; Ecclesiastes 11:5; compare Ecclesiastes 3:11.

2. a.-1work, thing made, by man, אֹפֶה ׳מ b. work (made by) God Exodus 32:16 (E); especially (poetry and late), of created things, Psalm 103:22; Psalm 104:24 4t. Psalms; אֶצְבְּעֹתֶיךָ ׳מ Psalm 8:4, יָרֶיךָ ׳מ Psalm 102:26 (both of heavens), compare Psalm 19:2 (heavenly bodies), Psalm 8:7 (animals); of man Job 14:15; Job 34:19, compare לָדַעַת כָּלאַֿנְשֵׁי מַעֲשֵׂהוּ Job 37:7 (but read probably אנשׁים ᵑ9 Ol Di and others); of nation Isaiah 19:25; Isaiah 60:21; Isaiah 64:7; of weights Proverbs 16:11 (but read perhaps הַמֶּלֶךְ) for ׳י Gr Toy).

c. product of olive-tree, זַיִת ׳מ Habakkuk 3:17; figurative product of righteousness Isaiah 32:17.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

act, wrought

From asah; an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property -- act, art, + bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, X well, ((handy-, needle-, net-))work(ing, - manship), wrought.

see HEBREW asah

Forms and Transliterations

בְּֽמַעֲשֵׂ֖ה בְּֽמַעֲשֵׂ֖י בְּֽמַעֲשָׂ֔יו בְּמַֽעֲשֵׂיהֶ֑ם בְּמַעֲשֵׂ֙ינוּ֙ בְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה בְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣י בְּמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה בְּמַעֲשַׂ֙יִךְ֙ בְּמַעֲשָֽׂיו׃ בְמַעֲשֵׂיהֶ֑ם במעשה במעשי במעשיהם במעשיו במעשיו׃ במעשיך במעשינו הַֽמַּעֲשִׂ֔ים הַֽמַּעֲשִׂ֖ים הַֽמַּעֲשֶׂ֑ה הַֽמַּעֲשֶׂ֔ה הַֽמַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה הַֽמַּעֲשֶׂ֛ה הַֽמַּעֲשֶׂה֙ הַמַּֽעֲשִׂ֥ים הַמַּעֲשִׂ֣ים הַמַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה הַמַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה המעשה המעשים וּֽמַעֲשֵׂ֖ה וּֽמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה וּֽמַעֲשֵׂ֥הוּ וּכְמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה וּכְמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה וּמַ֣עֲשֵׂיהֶ֔ם וּמַֽעֲשֵׂ֔ה וּמַֽעֲשֵׂה֙ וּמַעֲשֵֽׂהוּ׃ וּמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה וּמַעֲשֵׂ֣הוּ וּמַעֲשֵׂ֤ה וּמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה וּמַעֲשֵׂיהֶם֙ וכמעשה ומעשה ומעשהו ומעשהו׃ ומעשיהם כְּֽמַעֲשֵֽׂהוּ׃ כְּֽמַעֲשֶֽׂיךָ׃ כְּמַֽעֲשֵׂיהֶ֑ם כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֖ה כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֖הוּ כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֧ה כְּמַעֲשֵׂה֙ כְּמַעֲשֵׂהוּ֒ כְּמַעֲשָׂ֣יו כְמַעֲשֶׂ֖יךָ כַּמַּֽעֲשֶׂ֥ה כמעשה כמעשהו כמעשהו׃ כמעשיהם כמעשיו כמעשיך כמעשיך׃ לְֽמַעֲשֵׂ֖ה לְמַעֲשֵׂ֑הוּ לְמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה לְמַעֲשֵׂ֤ה לְמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה לְמַעֲשֵׂ֥י למעשה למעשהו למעשי מִֽמַּעֲשֵׂ֙נוּ֙ מִמַּֽעֲשָׂ֑יו מַ֝עֲשֵׂ֗ה מַ֝עֲשֵׂ֗הוּ מַ֝עֲשֶׂ֗יךָ מַ֣עֲשֵׂיהֶ֔ם מַ֭עֲשָׂיו מַּעֲשֵׂיכֶ֑ם מַּעֲשֵׂיכֶֽם׃ מַֽעֲשֵׂ֔הוּ מַֽעֲשֵׂ֥י מַֽעֲשֵׂי־ מַֽעֲשֵׂיהֶ֔ם מַֽעֲשֵׂיהֶֽם׃ מַֽעֲשֵׂיהֶם֙ מַֽעֲשֶׂ֑ה מַֽעֲשֶׂ֔ה מַֽעֲשָׂיו֙ מַעֲשִׂים֙ מַעֲשֵֽׂהוּ׃ מַעֲשֵׂ֔הוּ מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה מַעֲשֵׂ֖הוּ מַעֲשֵׂ֖י מַעֲשֵׂ֖ינוּ מַעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ מַעֲשֵׂ֛ה מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה מַעֲשֵׂ֣י מַעֲשֵׂ֤ה מַעֲשֵׂ֤הוּ מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה מַעֲשֵׂ֧ה מַעֲשֵׂה־ מַעֲשֵׂיהֶ֑ם מַעֲשֵׂיהֶֽם׃ מַעֲשֵׂיהֶם֙ מַעֲשֵׂיכֶֽם׃ מַעֲשֵׂיכֶם֙ מַעֲשֶֽׂה׃ מַעֲשֶֽׂיהָ׃ מַעֲשֶֽׂיךָ׃ מַעֲשֶׂ֑ה מַעֲשֶׂ֑יךָ מַעֲשֶׂ֔ה מַעֲשֶׂ֔יךָ מַעֲשֶׂ֔ךָ מַעֲשֶׂ֖יךָ מַעֲשֶׂ֞ה מַעֲשֶׂ֣יךָ מַעֲשֶׂ֤ה מַעֲשֶׂ֨יךָ ׀ מַעֲשַׂ֖יִךְ מַעֲשַׂ֣י מַעֲשַׂי֙ מַעֲשָֽׂיו׃ מַעֲשָׂ֑י מַעֲשָׂ֑יִךְ מַעֲשָׂ֑יו מַעֲשָׂ֔יו מַעֲשָׂ֖יו מַעֲשָׂ֗יו מַעֲשָׂ֣יו ממעשיו ממעשנו מעשה מעשה־ מעשה׃ מעשהו מעשהו׃ מעשי מעשי־ מעשיה׃ מעשיהם מעשיהם׃ מעשיו מעשיו׃ מעשיך מעשיך׃ מעשיכם מעשיכם׃ מעשים מעשינו מעשך bə·ma·‘ă·śa·yiḵ bə·ma·‘ă·śāw bə·ma·‘ă·śê bə·ma·‘ă·śê·hem ḇə·ma·‘ă·śê·hem bə·ma·‘ă·śê·nū bə·ma·‘ă·śêh bəma‘ăśāw bəma‘ăśayiḵ bəma‘ăśê bəma‘ăśêh bəma‘ăśêhem ḇəma‘ăśêhem bəma‘ăśênū bemaaSav bemaaSayich bemaaSeh bemaaSei bemaaseiHem bemaaSeinu chemaaSeicha ham·ma·‘ă·śeh ham·ma·‘ă·śîm hamma‘ăśeh hamma‘ăśîm hammaaSeh hammaaSim kam·ma·‘ă·śeh kamma‘ăśeh kammaaSeh kə·ma·‘ă·śāw kə·ma·‘ă·śê·hem kə·ma·‘ă·śê·hū kə·ma·‘ă·śe·ḵā ḵə·ma·‘ă·śe·ḵā kə·ma·‘ă·śêh kəma‘ăśāw kəma‘ăśêh kəma‘ăśêhem kəma‘ăśêhū kəma‘ăśeḵā ḵəma‘ăśeḵā kemaaSav kemaaSeh kemaaSehu KemaaSeicha kemaaseiHem lə·ma·‘ă·śê lə·ma·‘ă·śê·hū lə·ma·‘ă·śêh ləma‘ăśê ləma‘ăśêh ləma‘ăśêhū lemaaSeh lemaaSehu lemaaSei ma‘ăśāw ma‘ăśay ma‘ăśāy ma‘ăśayiḵ ma‘ăśāyiḵ ma‘ăśê ma‘ăśê- ma‘ăśeh ma‘ăśêh ma‘ăśêh- ma‘ăśehā ma‘ăśêhem ma‘ăśêhū ma‘ăśeḵā ma‘ăśêḵem ma‘ăśênū ma‘ăśîm ma·‘ă·śa·yiḵ ma·‘ă·śā·yiḵ ma·‘ă·śāw ma·‘ă·śay ma·‘ă·śāy ma·‘ă·śê ma·‘ă·śê- ma·‘ă·śe·hā ma·‘ă·śê·hem ma·‘ă·śê·hū ma·‘ă·śe·ḵā ma·‘ă·śê·ḵem ma·‘ă·śê·nū ma·‘ă·śeh ma·‘ă·śêh ma·‘ă·śêh- ma·‘ă·śîm maaSai maaSav maaSayich maaSecha maaSeh maaSehu maaSei maaSeicha maaseiChem maaSeiha maaseiHem maaSeinu maaSim mim·ma·‘ă·śāw mim·ma·‘ă·śê·nū mimaaSav mimaaSenu mimma‘ăśāw mimma‘ăśênū ū·ḵə·ma·‘ă·śêh ū·ma·‘ă·śê·hem ū·ma·‘ă·śê·hū ū·ma·‘ă·śêh uchemaaSeh ūḵəma‘ăśêh ūma‘ăśêh ūma‘ăśêhem ūma‘ăśêhū umaaSeh umaaSehu umaaseiHem vemaaseiHem

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 5:29
HEB: זֶ֞ה֠ יְנַחֲמֵ֤נוּ מִֽמַּעֲשֵׂ֙נוּ֙ וּמֵעִצְּב֣וֹן יָדֵ֔ינוּ
NAS: will give us rest from our work and from the toil
KJV: This [same] shall comfort us concerning our work and toil
INT: This will give our work the toil of our hands

Genesis 20:9
HEB: חֲטָאָ֣ה גְדֹלָ֑ה מַעֲשִׂים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־
NAS: You have done to me things that ought not to be done.
KJV: thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.
INT: sin A great things after not

Genesis 40:17
HEB: מַאֲכַ֥ל פַּרְעֹ֖ה מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה אֹפֶ֑ה וְהָע֗וֹף
INT: food Pharaoh act of baked and the birds

Genesis 44:15
HEB: יוֹסֵ֔ף מָֽה־ הַמַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה הַזֶּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר
NAS: is this deed that you have done?
KJV: said unto them, What deed [is] this that ye have done?
INT: Joseph What deed is this which

Genesis 46:33
HEB: וְאָמַ֖ר מַה־ מַּעֲשֵׂיכֶֽם׃
NAS: What is your occupation?'
KJV: you, and shall say, What [is] your occupation?
INT: and says What act

Genesis 47:3
HEB: אֶחָ֖יו מַה־ מַּעֲשֵׂיכֶ֑ם וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֶל־
NAS: What is your occupation? So they said
KJV: unto his brethren, What [is] your occupation? And they said
INT: brothers What act said to

Exodus 5:4
HEB: אֶת־ הָעָ֖ם מִמַּֽעֲשָׂ֑יו לְכ֖וּ לְסִבְלֹתֵיכֶֽם׃
NAS: away from their work? Get
KJV: the people from their works? get
INT: draw the people act to your labors

Exodus 5:13
HEB: לֵאמֹ֑ר כַּלּ֤וּ מַעֲשֵׂיכֶם֙ דְּבַר־ י֣וֹם
NAS: Complete your work quota, [your] daily
KJV: Fulfil your works, [your] daily
INT: saying Complete your work tasks daily

Exodus 18:20
HEB: בָ֔הּ וְאֶת־ הַֽמַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר יַעֲשֽׂוּן׃
NAS: in which they are to walk and the work they are to do.
KJV: wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.
INT: the way walk and the work they do

Exodus 23:12
HEB: יָמִים֙ תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה מַעֲשֶׂ֔יךָ וּבַיּ֥וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֖י
NAS: you are to do your work, but on the seventh
KJV: thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh
INT: days do your work day the seventh

Exodus 23:16
HEB: הַקָּצִיר֙ בִּכּוּרֵ֣י מַעֲשֶׂ֔יךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר תִּזְרַ֖ע
NAS: [of] the first fruits of your labors [from] what
KJV: the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown
INT: of the Harvest the first of your labors what sow

Exodus 23:16
HEB: בְּאָסְפְּךָ֥ אֶֽת־ מַעֲשֶׂ֖יךָ מִן־ הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃
NAS: when you gather in [the fruit of] your labors from the field.
KJV: when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.
INT: of the year gather your labors from the field

Exodus 23:24
HEB: וְלֹ֥א תַעֲשֶׂ֖ה כְּמַֽעֲשֵׂיהֶ֑ם כִּ֤י הָרֵס֙
NAS: do according to their deeds; but you shall utterly
KJV: them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly
INT: nor do to their deeds for shall utterly

Exodus 24:10
HEB: וְתַ֣חַת רַגְלָ֗יו כְּמַעֲשֵׂה֙ לִבְנַ֣ת הַסַּפִּ֔יר
KJV: as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone,
INT: and under his feet work paved of sapphire

Exodus 26:1
HEB: שָׁנִ֔י כְּרֻבִ֛ים מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה חֹשֵׁ֖ב תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה
NAS: them with cherubim, the work of a skillful workman.
KJV: of cunning work shalt thou make
INT: and scarlet cherubim the work of a skillful shall make

Exodus 26:31
HEB: וְשֵׁ֣שׁ מָשְׁזָ֑ר מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה חֹשֵׁ֛ב יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה
NAS: with cherubim, the work of a skillful workman.
KJV: of cunning work: with cherubims
INT: and fine twisted the work of a skillful shall be made

Exodus 26:36
HEB: וְשֵׁ֣שׁ מָשְׁזָ֑ר מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה רֹקֵֽם׃
NAS: twisted linen, the work of a weaver.
KJV: linen, wrought with needlework.
INT: and fine twisted the work of a weaver

Exodus 27:4
HEB: לּוֹ֙ מִכְבָּ֔ר מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה רֶ֣שֶׁת נְחֹ֑שֶׁת
KJV: for it a grate of network [of] brass;
INT: shall make A grate of network of network of bronze

Exodus 27:16
HEB: וְשֵׁ֥שׁ מָשְׁזָ֖ר מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה רֹקֵ֑ם עַמֻּֽדֵיהֶם֙
NAS: linen, the work of a weaver,
INT: and fine twisted the work of a weaver pillars

Exodus 28:6
HEB: וְשֵׁ֥שׁ מָשְׁזָ֖ר מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה חֹשֵֽׁב׃
NAS: linen, the work of the skillful workman.
KJV: linen, with cunning work.
INT: and fine twisted the work of the skillful

Exodus 28:8
HEB: אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָלָ֔יו כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֖הוּ מִמֶּ֣נּוּ יִהְיֶ֑ה
NAS: which is on it, shall be like its workmanship, of the same
KJV: of the ephod, which [is] upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; [even of] gold,
INT: which and workmanship of the same become

Exodus 28:11
HEB: מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה חָרַשׁ֮ אֶבֶן֒
KJV: With the work of an engraver in stone,
INT: the work of an engraver stones

Exodus 28:14
HEB: תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה אֹתָ֖ם מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה עֲבֹ֑ת וְנָתַתָּ֛ה
NAS: cordage work, and you shall put
KJV: [of] wreathen work shalt thou make
INT: of twisted shall make work cordage shall put

Exodus 28:15
HEB: חֹ֤שֶׁן מִשְׁפָּט֙ מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה חֹשֵׁ֔ב כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה
NAS: of judgment, the work of a skillful workman;
KJV: with cunning work; after the work
INT: A breastpiece of judgment the work of a skillful the work

Exodus 28:15
HEB: מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה חֹשֵׁ֔ב כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה אֵפֹ֖ד תַּעֲשֶׂ֑נּוּ
NAS: of a skillful workman; like the work of the ephod
KJV: work; after the work of the ephod
INT: the work of a skillful the work of the ephod shall make

235 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 4639
235 Occurrences

bə·ma·‘ă·śāw — 2 Occ.
bə·ma·‘ă·śa·yiḵ — 1 Occ.
bə·ma·‘ă·śêh — 6 Occ.
bə·ma·‘ă·śê — 3 Occ.
bə·ma·‘ă·śê·hem — 1 Occ.
bə·ma·‘ă·śê·nū — 1 Occ.
ḵə·ma·‘ă·śe·ḵā — 1 Occ.
ham·ma·‘ă·śeh — 12 Occ.
ham·ma·‘ă·śîm — 5 Occ.
kam·ma·‘ă·śeh — 1 Occ.
kə·ma·‘ă·śāw — 1 Occ.
kə·ma·‘ă·śêh — 12 Occ.
kə·ma·‘ă·śê·hū — 3 Occ.
kə·ma·‘ă·śe·ḵā — 1 Occ.
kə·ma·‘ă·śê·hem — 1 Occ.
lə·ma·‘ă·śêh — 4 Occ.
lə·ma·‘ă·śê·hū — 1 Occ.
lə·ma·‘ă·śê — 1 Occ.
ma·‘ă·śay — 3 Occ.
ma·‘ă·śāw — 9 Occ.
ma·‘ă·śa·yiḵ — 3 Occ.
ma·‘ă·śe·ḵā — 1 Occ.
ma·‘ă·śêh — 95 Occ.
ma·‘ă·śê·hū — 11 Occ.
ma·‘ă·śê — 8 Occ.
ma·‘ă·śe·ḵā — 13 Occ.
ma·‘ă·śê·ḵem — 4 Occ.
ma·‘ă·śe·hā — 1 Occ.
ma·‘ă·śê·hem — 8 Occ.
ma·‘ă·śê·nū — 1 Occ.
ma·‘ă·śîm — 1 Occ.
mim·ma·‘ă·śāw — 1 Occ.
mim·ma·‘ă·śê·nū — 1 Occ.
ū·ḵə·ma·‘ă·śêh — 2 Occ.
ū·ma·‘ă·śêh — 10 Occ.
ū·ma·‘ă·śê·hū — 3 Occ.
ū·ma·‘ă·śê·hem — 2 Occ.
ḇə·ma·‘ă·śê·hem — 1 Occ.