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

Judges 18:31עָשָׂ֑ה
So they set up for themselves Micah’s graven image, and it was there the whole time the house of God was in Shiloh.
Judges 19:23תַּעֲשׂ֖וּ · commit
The owner of the house went out and said to them, “No, my brothers, do not do this wicked thing! After all, this man is a guest in my house. Do not commit this outrage.
Judges 19:24וַעֲשׂ֣וּ · and do; תַעֲשׂ֔וּ · do
Look, let me bring out my virgin daughter and the man’s concubine, and you can use them and do with them as you wish. But do not do such a vile thing to this man.”
Judges 20:6עָשׂ֛וּ · they had committed
Then I took my concubine, cut her into pieces, and sent her throughout the land of Israel’s inheritance, because they had committed a lewd and disgraceful act in Israel.
Judges 20:9נַעֲשֶׂ֖ה · we will do
Now this is what we will do to Gibeah: We will go against it as the lot dictates.
Judges 20:10לַעֲשׂ֗וֹת · to punish them; עָשָׂ֖ה · they have committed
We will take ten men out of every hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of every thousand, and a thousand out of every ten thousand, to supply provisions for the army when they go to Gibeah in Benjamin to punish them for the atrocity they have committed in Israel.”
Judges 21:7נַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה · should we do
What should we do about wives for the survivors, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters in marriage?”
Judges 21:11תַּעֲשׂ֑וּ · you are to do
This is what you are to do: Devote to destruction every male, as well as every female who has had relations with a man.”
Judges 21:15עָשָׂ֧ה · had made
The people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a void in the tribes of Israel.
Judges 21:16נַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה · should we do
Then the elders of the congregation said, “What should we do about wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”
Judges 21:23וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־ · did
The Benjamites did as instructed and carried away the number of women they needed from the dancers they caught. They went back to their own inheritance, rebuilt their cities, and settled in them.
Judges 21:25יַעֲשֶֽׂה׃ · did [what was]
In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
Ruth 1:8יַעֲשֶׂה · show; עֲשִׂיתֶ֛ם · you have shown
Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you to your mother’s home. May the LORD show you loving devotion, as you have shown to your dead and to me.
Ruth 1:17יַעֲשֶׂ֨ה · punish
Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.”
Ruth 2:11עָשִׂית֙ · you have done
Boaz replied, “I have been made fully aware of all you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, how you left your father and mother and the land of your birth, and how you came to a people you did not know before.
Ruth 2:19עָשִׂ֔ית · did you work; עָשְׂתָה֙ · she had worked; עָשִׂ֧יתִי · I worked
Then her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you glean today, and where did you work? Blessed be the man who noticed you.” So she told her mother-in-law where she had worked. “The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz,” she said.
Ruth 3:4תַּעַשִֽׂין׃ · you should do
When he lies down, note the place where he lies. Then go in and uncover his feet, and lie down, and he will explain to you what you should do.”
Ruth 3:5אֶֽעֱשֶֽׂה׃ · I will do
“I will do everything you say,” Ruth answered.
Ruth 3:6וַתַּ֕עַשׂ · and did
So she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law had instructed her to do.
Ruth 3:11אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־ · I will do
And now do not be afraid, my daughter. I will do for you whatever you request, since all my fellow townspeople know that you are a woman of noble character.
Ruth 3:16עָֽשָׂה־ · had done
When Ruth returned to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked her, “How did it go, my daughter?” Then Ruth told her all that Boaz had done for her.
Ruth 4:11וַעֲשֵׂה־ · May you be
“We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.
1 Samuel 1:7יַעֲשֶׂ֜ה
And this went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the LORD, her rival taunted her until she wept and would not eat.
1 Samuel 1:23עֲשִׂ֧י · Do
“Do what you think is best,” her husband Elkanah replied, “and stay here until you have weaned him. Only may the LORD confirm His word.” So Hannah stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.
1 Samuel 2:14יַעֲשׂ֣וּ · they treated
…and plunge it into the pan or kettle or cauldron or cooking pot. And the priest would claim for himself whatever the meat fork brought up. This is how they treated all the Israelites who came to Shiloh.
1 Samuel 2:19תַּעֲשֶׂה־ · would make
Each year his mother would make him a little robe and bring it to him when she went with her husband to offer the annual sacrifice.
1 Samuel 2:22יַעֲשׂ֤וּן · were doing
Now Eli was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
1 Samuel 2:23תַעֲשׂ֖וּן · are you doing
“Why are you doing these things?” Eli said to his sons. “I hear about your wicked deeds from all these people.
1 Samuel 2:35יַעֲשֶׂ֑ה · He will do
Then I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest. He will do whatever is in My heart and mind. And I will build for him an enduring house, and he will walk before My anointed one for all time.
1 Samuel 3:11עֹשֶׂ֥ה · am about to do
Then the LORD said to Samuel, “I am about to do something in Israel at which the ears of all who hear it will tingle.
1 Samuel 3:17יַעֲשֶׂה־
“What was the message He gave you?” Eli asked. “Do not hide it from me. May God punish you, and ever so severely, if you hide from me anything He said to you.”
1 Samuel 3:18יַעֲשֶֽׂה׃פ · Let Him do
So Samuel told him everything and did not hide a thing from him. “He is the LORD,” replied Eli. “Let Him do what is good in His eyes.”
1 Samuel 5:8נַּעֲשֶׂ֗ה · shall we do
So they called together all the rulers of the Philistines and asked, “What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” “It must be moved to Gath,” they replied. So they carried away the ark of the God of Israel.
1 Samuel 6:2נַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה · shall we do
…the Philistines summoned the priests and diviners, saying, “What shall we do with the ark of the LORD? Tell us how to send it back to its place.”
1 Samuel 6:5וַעֲשִׂיתֶם֩ · Make
Make images of your tumors and of the rats that are ravaging the land. Give glory to the God of Israel, and perhaps He will lift His hand from you and your gods and your land.
1 Samuel 6:7וַעֲשׂ֜וּ · prepare
Now, therefore, prepare one new cart with two milk cows that have never been yoked. Hitch the cows to the cart, but take their calves away and pen them up.
1 Samuel 6:9עָ֣שָׂה · who has brought
…but keep watching it. If it goes up the road to its homeland, toward Beth-shemesh, it is the LORD who has brought on us this great disaster. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not His hand that punished us and that it happened by chance.”
1 Samuel 6:10וַיַּעֲשׂ֤וּ · did
So the men did as instructed. They took two milk cows, hitched them to the cart, and penned up their calves.
1 Samuel 8:8עָשׂ֗וּ · they have done; עֹשִׂ֖ים · are doing
Just as they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking Me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you.
1 Samuel 8:12וְלַעֲשׂ֥וֹת · and to make
He will appoint some for himself as commanders of thousands and of fifties, and others to plow his ground, to reap his harvest, and to make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots.
1 Samuel 8:16וְעָשָׂ֖ה · and put [them]
And he will take your menservants and maidservants and your best cattle and donkeys and put them to his own use.
1 Samuel 10:2אֶעֱשֶׂ֖ה · should I do
When you leave me today, you will find two men at Rachel’s tomb in Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you seek have been found, and now your father has stopped worrying about the donkeys and started worrying about you, asking, “What should I do about my son?”’
1 Samuel 10:7עֲשֵׂ֤ה · do
When these signs have come, do as the occasion demands, for God is with you.
1 Samuel 10:8תַּעֲשֶֽׂה׃ · you are to do
And you shall go before me to Gilgal, and surely I will come to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice peace offerings. Wait seven days until I come to you and show you what you are to do.”