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.

In the Greek Old Testament

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

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

2,629 total
  1. 1 Samuel 11:7יֵעָשֶׂ֖ה · will be done
    He took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent them by messengers throughout the land of Israel, proclaiming, “This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not march behind Saul and Samuel.” Then the terror of the LORD fell upon the people, and they came out together as one man.
  2. 1 Samuel 11:10וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֣ם · and you can do
    Then the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Tomorrow we will come out, and you can do with us whatever seems good to you.”
  3. 1 Samuel 11:13עָשָֽׂה־ · has worked
    But Saul ordered, “No one shall be put to death this day, for today the LORD has worked salvation in Israel.”
  4. 1 Samuel 12:6עָשָׂה֙ · appointed
    Then Samuel said to the people, “The LORD is the One who appointed Moses and Aaron, and who brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
  5. 1 Samuel 12:7עָשָׂ֥ה · has done
    Now present yourselves, so that I may confront you before the LORD with all the righteous acts He has done for you and your fathers.
  6. 1 Samuel 12:16עֹשֶׂ֖ה · will do
    Now, therefore, present yourselves and see this great thing that the LORD will do before your eyes.
  7. 1 Samuel 12:17עֲשִׂיתֶם֙ · you have committed
    Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.”
  8. 1 Samuel 12:20עֲשִׂיתֶ֔ם · have committed
    “Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “Even though you have committed all this evil, do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.
  9. 1 Samuel 12:22לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת · to make
    Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.
  10. 1 Samuel 13:11עָשִׂ֑יתָ · have you done
    “What have you done?” Samuel asked. And Saul replied, “When I saw that the troops were deserting me, and that you did not come at the appointed time and the Philistines were gathering at Michmash,
  11. 1 Samuel 13:19יַעֲשׂ֣וּ · to make
    And no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “The Hebrews must not be allowed to make swords or spears.”
  12. 1 Samuel 14:6יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה · will work
    Jonathan said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the outpost of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will work on our behalf. Nothing can hinder the LORD from saving, whether by many or by few.”
  13. 1 Samuel 14:7עֲשֵׂ֖ה · Do
    His armor-bearer replied, “Do all that is in your heart. Go ahead; I am with you heart and soul.”
  14. 1 Samuel 14:32וַיַּעַשׂ · So they rushed greedily
    So they rushed greedily to the plunder, taking sheep, cattle, and calves. They slaughtered them on the ground and ate meat with the blood still in it.
  15. 1 Samuel 14:36עֲשֵׂ֑הס · Do
    And Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night and plunder them until dawn, leaving no man alive!” “Do what seems good to you,” the troops replied. But the priest said, “We must consult God here.”
  16. 1 Samuel 14:40עֲשֵֽׂה׃ס · Do
    Then Saul said to all Israel, “You stand on one side, and I and my son Jonathan will stand on the other side.” “Do what seems good to you,” the troops replied.
  17. 1 Samuel 14:43עָשִׂ֑יתָה · you have done
    “Tell me what you have done,” Saul commanded him. So Jonathan told him, “I only tasted a little honey with the end of the staff that was in my hand. And now I must die?”
  18. 1 Samuel 14:44יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה · punish me
    And Saul declared, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if you, Jonathan, do not surely die!”
  19. 1 Samuel 14:45עָ֠שָׂה · accomplished; עָשָׂ֖ה · he has accomplished this
    But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die—he who accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel? Never! As surely as the LORD lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for with God’s help he has accomplished this today.” So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.
  20. 1 Samuel 14:48וַיַּ֣עַשׂ · He fought
    He fought valiantly and defeated the Amalekites, delivering Israel from the hands of its plunderers.
  21. 1 Samuel 15:2עָשָׂ֥ה · did
    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I witnessed what the Amalekites did to the Israelites when they opposed them on their way up from Egypt.
  22. 1 Samuel 15:6עָשִׂ֤יתָה · showed
    And he warned the Kenites, “Since you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt, go on and get away from the Amalekites. Otherwise I will sweep you away with them.” So the Kenites moved away from the Amalekites.
  23. 1 Samuel 15:19וַתַּ֥עַשׂ · and do
    So why did you not obey the LORD? Why did you rush upon the plunder and do evil in the sight of the LORD?”
  24. 1 Samuel 16:3תַּעֲשֶׂ֔ה · you are to do
    Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you are to do. You are to anoint for Me the one I indicate.”
  25. 1 Samuel 16:4וַיַּ֣עַשׂ · did
    So Samuel did what the LORD had said and went to Bethlehem. When the elders of the town met him, they trembled and asked, “Do you come in peace?”
  26. 1 Samuel 17:25יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה · exempt
    Now the men of Israel had been saying, “Do you see how this man keeps coming out to defy Israel? To the man who kills him the king will give great riches. And he will give him his daughter in marriage and exempt his father’s house from taxation in Israel.”
  27. 1 Samuel 17:26יֵּעָשֶׂ֗ה · will be done
    David asked the men who were standing with him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”
  28. 1 Samuel 17:27יֵעָשֶׂ֔ה · will be done
    The people told him about the offer, saying, “That is what will be done for the man who kills him.”
  29. 1 Samuel 17:29עָשִׂ֖יתִי · have I done
    “What have I done now?” said David. “Was it not just a question?”
  30. 1 Samuel 19:5וַיַּ֨עַשׂ · worked
    He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?”
  31. 1 Samuel 19:18עָֽשָׂה־ · had done
    So David ran away and escaped. And he went to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there.
  32. 1 Samuel 20:1עָשִׂ֙יתִי֙ · have I done
    Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and asked, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? How have I sinned against your father, that he wants to take my life?”
  33. 1 Samuel 20:2עָשָׂה · does nothing
    “Far from it!” Jonathan replied. “You will not die. Indeed, my father does nothing, great or small, without telling me. So why would he hide this matter from me? This cannot be true!”
  34. 1 Samuel 20:4וְאֶֽעֱשֶׂה־ · I will do
    Then Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you desire, I will do for you.”
  35. 1 Samuel 20:8וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ · Therefore show
    Therefore show kindness to your servant, for you have brought me into a covenant with you before the LORD. If there is iniquity in me, then kill me yourself; why should you bring me to your father?”
  36. 1 Samuel 20:13יַעֲשֶׂה֩
    But if my father intends to bring evil on you, then may the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if I do not tell you and send you on your way in safety. May the LORD be with you, just as He has been with my father.
  37. 1 Samuel 20:14תַעֲשֶׂ֧ה · treat
    And as long as I live, treat me with the LORD’s loving devotion, that I may not die,
  38. 1 Samuel 20:32עָשָֽׂה׃ · has he done
    “Why must he be put to death?” Jonathan replied. “What has he done?”
  39. 1 Samuel 22:3יַּֽעֲשֶׂה־ · will do
    From there David went to Mizpeh of Moab, where he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and mother stay with you until I learn what God will do for me.”
  40. 1 Samuel 24:4וְעָשִׂ֣יתָ · that you may do
    So David’s men said to him, “This is the day about which the LORD said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do with him as you wish.’” Then David crept up and stealthily cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.
  41. 1 Samuel 24:6אֶעֱשֶׂה֩ · should do
    So he said to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the LORD’s anointed. May I never lift my hand against him, since he is the LORD’s anointed.”
  42. 1 Samuel 24:18עָשִׂ֥יתָה · you have treated
    And you have declared this day how you have treated me well, for when the LORD delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me.
  43. 1 Samuel 24:19עָשִׂ֖יתָה · you have done
    When a man finds his enemy, does he let him go away unharmed? May the LORD reward you with good for what you have done for me this day.
  44. 1 Samuel 25:17תַּעֲשִׂ֔י · you must do
    Now consider carefully what you must do, because disaster looms over our master and all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that nobody can speak to him!”
  45. 1 Samuel 25:18עֲשָׂווֹת · butchered
    Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five butchered sheep, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs. She loaded them on donkeys
  46. 1 Samuel 25:22יַעֲשֶׂ֧ה
    May God punish David, and ever so severely, if I let one male belonging to Nabal survive until morning.”
  47. 1 Samuel 25:28עָשֹֽׂה־ · will surely make; יַעֲשֶׂה֩
    Please forgive your servant’s offense, for the LORD will surely make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because he fights the LORD’s battles. May no evil be found in you as long as you live.
  48. 1 Samuel 25:30יַעֲשֶׂ֤ה · has done
    When the LORD has done for my lord all the good He promised, and when He has appointed you ruler over Israel,