עָשָׂה
a.sahto make: doHow to read Hebrew
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.
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:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
2,629 total
- Deuteronomy 31:18עָשָׂ֑ה · they have doneAnd on that day I will surely hide My face because of all the evil they have done by turning to other gods.
- Deuteronomy 31:21עֹשֶׂה֙And when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination, even before I bring them into the land that I swore to give them.”
- Deuteronomy 31:29תַעֲשׂ֤וּ · you will doFor I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt and turn from the path I have commanded you. And in the days to come, disaster will befall you because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD to provoke Him to anger by the work of your hands.”
- Deuteronomy 32:6עָֽשְׂךָ֖ · made youIs this how you repay the LORD, O foolish and senseless people? Is He not your Father and Creator? Has He not made you and established you?
- Deuteronomy 32:15עָשָׂ֔הוּ · who made himBut Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
- Deuteronomy 32:46לַעֲשׂ֔וֹת · follow…he said to them, “Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day, so that you may command your children to carefully follow all the words of this law.
- Deuteronomy 33:21עָשָׂ֔ה · he administeredHe chose the best land for himself, because a ruler’s portion was reserved for him there. He came with the leaders of the people; he administered the LORD’s justice and His ordinances for Israel.”
- Deuteronomy 34:9וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֔וּ · and didNow Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites obeyed him and did as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Deuteronomy 34:11לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת · to do…no prophet who did all the signs and wonders that the LORD sent Moses to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh and to all his officials and all his land,
- Deuteronomy 34:12עָשָׂ֣ה · [and no prophet who] performed…and no prophet who performed all the mighty acts of power and awesome deeds that Moses did in the sight of all Israel.
- Joshua 1:7לַעֲשׂוֹת֙ · to observeAbove all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go.
- Joshua 1:8לַעֲשׂ֔וֹת · to doThis Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.
- Joshua 1:16נַֽעֲשֶׂ֔ה · we will doSo they answered Joshua, “Everything you have commanded us we will do, and everywhere you send us we will go.
- Joshua 2:10עֲשִׂיתֶ֡ם · you didFor we have heard how the LORD dried up the waters of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites across the Jordan, whom you devoted to destruction.
- Joshua 2:12עָשִׂ֥יתִי · I showed; וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֨ם · showNow therefore, please swear to me by the LORD that you will indeed show kindness to my family, because I showed kindness to you. Give me a sure sign
- Joshua 2:14וְעָשִׂ֥ינוּ · we will show“Our lives for your lives!” the men agreed. “If you do not report our mission, we will show you kindness and faithfulness when the LORD gives us the land.”
- Joshua 3:5יַעֲשֶׂ֧ה · will doThen Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.”
- Joshua 4:8וַיַּעֲשׂוּ־ · didThus the Israelites did as Joshua had commanded them. They took up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, one for each tribe of Israel, just as the LORD had told Joshua; and they carried them to the camp, where they set them down.
- Joshua 4:23עָשָׂה֩ · didFor the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over, just as He did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed over.
- Joshua 5:2עֲשֵׂ֥ה · MakeAt that time the LORD said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the sons of Israel once again.”
- Joshua 5:3וַיַּעַשׂ־ · madeSo Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth.
- Joshua 5:10וַיַּעֲשׂ֣וּ · they keptOn the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while the Israelites were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they kept the Passover.
- Joshua 5:15וַיַּ֥עַשׂ · didThe Commander of the LORD’s army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.
- Joshua 6:3תַעֲשֶׂ֖ה · DoMarch around the city with all the men of war, circling the city one time. Do this for six days.
- Joshua 6:14עָשׂ֖וּ · They didSo on the second day they marched around the city once and returned to the camp. They did this for six days.
- Joshua 7:9תַּעֲשֵׂ֖ה · will You doWhen the Canaanites and all who live in the land hear about this, they will surround us and wipe out our name from the earth. Then what will You do for Your great name?”
- Joshua 7:15עָשָׂ֥ה · committedThe one who is caught with the things devoted to destruction must be burned, along with all that belongs to him, because he has transgressed the covenant of the LORD and committed an outrage in Israel.’”
- Joshua 7:19עָשִׂ֔יתָ · you have doneSo Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and make a confession to Him. I urge you to tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me.”
- Joshua 7:20עָשִֽׂיתִי׃ · is what I did“It is true,” Achan replied, “I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel. This is what I did:
- Joshua 8:2וְעָשִׂ֨יתָ · And you shall do; עָשִׂ֤יתָ · you didAnd you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, except that you may carry off their plunder and livestock for yourselves. Set up an ambush behind the city.”
- Joshua 8:8תַּעֲשׂ֑וּ · DoAnd when you have taken the city, set it on fire. Do as the LORD has commanded! See, I have given you orders.”
- Joshua 9:3עָשָׂ֧ה · had doneBut the people of Gibeon, having heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,
- Joshua 9:4וַיַּעֲשׂ֤וּ · acted deceptively…acted deceptively and set out as envoys, carrying on their donkeys worn-out sacks and old wineskins, cracked and mended.
- Joshua 9:9עָשָׂ֖ה · He did“Your servants have come from a very distant land,” they replied, “because of the fame of the LORD your God. For we have heard the reports about Him: all that He did in Egypt,
- Joshua 9:10עָשָׂ֗ה · He did…and all that He did to the two kings of the Amorites beyond the Jordan—Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth.
- Joshua 9:15וַיַּ֨עַשׂ · madeAnd Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.
- Joshua 9:20נַעֲשֶׂ֥ה · is how we will treatThis is how we will treat them: We will let them live, so that no wrath will fall on us because of the oath we swore to them.”
- Joshua 9:24וַֽנַּעֲשֵׂ֖ה · and that is why we have doneThe Gibeonites answered, “Your servants were told clearly that the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land and wipe out all its inhabitants before you. So we greatly feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we have done this.
- Joshua 9:25לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת · [to you]; עֲשֵֽׂה׃ · DoNow we are in your hands. Do to us whatever seems good and right to you.”
- Joshua 9:26וַיַּ֥עַשׂ · Joshua did thisSo Joshua did this and delivered them from the hands of the Israelites, and they did not kill the Gibeonites.
- Joshua 10:1עָשָׂ֤ה · doing to; עָשָׂ֥ה · he had done toNow Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai and devoted it to destruction—doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king—and that the people of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were living near them.
- Joshua 10:23וַיַּ֣עֲשׂוּ · [they]So they brought the five kings out of the cave—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.
- Joshua 10:25יַעֲשֶׂ֤ה · will do“Do not be afraid or discouraged,” Joshua said. “Be strong and courageous, for the LORD will do this to all the enemies you fight.”
- Joshua 10:28וַיַּ֙עַשׂ֙ · So he did; עָשָׂ֖ה · he had doneOn that day Joshua captured Makkedah and put it to the sword, along with its king. He devoted to destruction everyone in the city, leaving no survivors. So he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.
- Joshua 10:30וַיַּ֣עַשׂ · And he didAnd the LORD also delivered that city and its king into the hand of Israel, and Joshua put all the people to the sword, leaving no survivors. And he did to the king of Libnah as he had done to the king of Jericho.