עָשָׂה

hebrewOld TestamentVerb2,629 occurrences39 books2,285 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Traditional renderings: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, × certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, feast, (fight-) ing man, finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, hinder, hold (a feast), × indeed, be industrious, journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, × sacrifice, serve, set, shew, × sin, spend, × surely, take, × thoroughly, trim, × very, vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders עָשָׂה:

ποιέωpoieō“to do/make: do”95%
γίνομαιginomai“to be”1%

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

2,629 total

Leviticus 23:12וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֕ם · you shall offer
On the day you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a year-old lamb without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD,
Leviticus 23:19וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֛ם · You shall also prepare
You shall also prepare one male goat as a sin offering and two male lambs a year old as a peace offering.
Leviticus 23:21תַעֲשׂ֑וּ · do
On that same day you are to proclaim a sacred assembly, and you must not do any regular work. This is to be a permanent statute wherever you live for the generations to come.
Leviticus 23:25תַעֲשׂ֑וּ · do
You must not do any regular work, but you are to present a food offering to the LORD.’”
Leviticus 23:28תַעֲשׂ֔וּ · to do
On this day you are not to do any work, for it is the Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you before the LORD your God.
Leviticus 23:30תַּעֲשֶׂה֙ · does
I will destroy from among his people anyone who does any work on this day.
Leviticus 23:31תַעֲשׂ֑וּ · to do
You are not to do any work at all. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live.
Leviticus 23:35תַעֲשֽׂוּ׃ · do
On the first day there shall be a sacred assembly. You must not do any regular work.
Leviticus 23:36תַעֲשֽׂוּ׃ · do
For seven days you are to present a food offering to the LORD. On the eighth day you are to hold a sacred assembly and present a food offering to the LORD. It is a solemn assembly; you must not do any regular work.
Leviticus 24:19עָשָׂ֔ה · he has done; יֵעָ֥שֶׂה · must be done
If anyone injures his neighbor, whatever he has done must be done to him:
Leviticus 24:23עָשׂ֔וּ · did
Then Moses spoke to the Israelites, and they took the blasphemer outside the camp and stoned him. So the Israelites did as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Leviticus 25:18וַעֲשִׂיתֶם֙ · You are to keep; וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֣ם · observe
You are to keep My statutes and carefully observe My judgments, so that you may dwell securely in the land.
Leviticus 25:21וְעָשָׂת֙ · so that [the land] will yield
But I will send My blessing upon you in the sixth year, so that the land will yield a crop sufficient for three years.
Leviticus 26:1תַעֲשׂ֨וּ · make
“You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus 26:3וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם
If you follow My statutes and carefully keep My commandments,
Leviticus 26:14תַעֲשׂ֔וּ · and to carry out
If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments,
Leviticus 26:15עֲשׂוֹת֙ · to carry out
…and if you reject My statutes, despise My ordinances, and neglect to carry out all My commandments, and so break My covenant,
Leviticus 26:16אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־ · will do
…then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.
Numbers 1:54וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֖וּ · did; עָשֽׂוּ׃פ
Thus the Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Numbers 2:34וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֖וּ · did
So the Israelites did everything the LORD commanded Moses; they camped under their standards in this way and set out in the same way, each man with his clan and his family.
Numbers 4:3לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת
…men from thirty to fifty years old—everyone who is qualified to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.
Numbers 4:19עֲשׂ֣וּ · do
In order that they may live and not die when they come near the most holy things, do this for them: Aaron and his sons are to go in and assign each man his task and what he is to carry.
Numbers 4:26יֵעָשֶׂ֛ה · needs to be done
…the curtains of the courtyard, and the curtains for the entrance at the gate of the courtyard that surrounds the tabernacle and altar, along with their ropes and all the equipment for their service. The Gershonites will do all that needs to be done with these items.
Numbers 5:4וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־ · did; עָשׂ֖וּ · did
So the Israelites did this, sending such people outside the camp. They did just as the LORD had instructed Moses.
Numbers 5:6יַעֲשׂוּ֙ · by committing
“Tell the Israelites that when a man or woman acts unfaithfully against the LORD by committing any sin against another, that person is guilty
Numbers 5:7עָשׂוּ֒ · he has committed
…and must confess the sin he has committed. He must make full restitution, add a fifth to its value, and give all this to the one he has wronged.
Numbers 5:30וְעָ֤שָׂה · is to apply
…or when a feeling of jealousy comes over a husband and he suspects his wife. He is to have the woman stand before the LORD, and the priest is to apply to her this entire law.
Numbers 6:4יֵעָשֶׂ֜ה · anything that comes from
All the days of his separation, he is not to eat anything that comes from the grapevine, not even the seeds or skins.
Numbers 6:11וְעָשָׂ֣ה · is to offer
And the priest is to offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to make atonement for him, because he has sinned by being in the presence of the dead body. On that day he must consecrate his head again.
Numbers 6:16וְעָשָׂ֥ה · and make
The priest is to present all these before the LORD and make the sin offering and the burnt offering.
Numbers 6:17יַעֲשֶׂ֨ה · He shall also offer; וְעָשָׂה֙ · is to offer
He shall also offer the ram as a peace offering to the LORD, along with the basket of unleavened bread. And the priest is to offer the accompanying grain offering and drink offering.
Numbers 6:21יַעֲשֶׂ֔ה · he must fulfill
This is the law of the Nazirite who vows his offering to the LORD for his separation, in addition to whatever else he can afford; he must fulfill whatever vow he makes, according to the law of his separation.”
Numbers 8:3וַיַּ֤עַשׂ · did
And Aaron did so; he set up the lamps facing toward the front of the lampstand, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Numbers 8:4עָשָׂ֖ה · fashioned
This is how the lampstand was constructed: it was made of hammered gold from its base to its blossoms, fashioned according to the pattern the LORD had shown Moses.
Numbers 8:7תַעֲשֶׂ֤ה · you must do
This is what you must do to cleanse them: Sprinkle them with the water of purification. Have them shave their whole bodies and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves.
Numbers 8:12וַ֠עֲשֵׂה · and offer
And the Levites are to lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and offer to the LORD one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, to make atonement for the Levites.
Numbers 8:20וַיַּ֨עַשׂ · did; עָשׂ֥וּ · should do
So Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel did with the Levites everything that the LORD had commanded Moses they should do.
Numbers 8:22עָשׂ֥וּ · they did
After that, the Levites came to perform their service at the Tent of Meeting in the presence of Aaron and his sons. Thus they did with the Levites just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Numbers 8:26תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה · you are to assign
After that, they may assist their brothers in fulfilling their duties at the Tent of Meeting, but they themselves are not to do the work. This is how you are to assign responsibilities to the Levites.”
Numbers 9:2וְיַעֲשׂ֧וּ · are to observe
“The Israelites are to observe the Passover at its appointed time.
Numbers 9:3תַּעֲשׂ֥וּ · You are to observe; תַּעֲשׂ֥וּ
You are to observe it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with its statutes and ordinances.”
Numbers 9:4לַעֲשֹׂ֥ת · to observe
So Moses told the Israelites to observe the Passover,
Numbers 9:5וַיַּעֲשׂ֣וּ · and they [did so]
…and they did so in the Wilderness of Sinai, at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.