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 26:16עָשִׂיתָ֒ · you have done
    This thing you have done is not good. As surely as the LORD lives, all of you deserve to die, since you did not protect your lord, the LORD’s anointed. Now look around. Where are the king’s spear and water jug that were by his head?”
  2. 1 Samuel 26:18עָשִׂ֔יתִי · have I done
    And he continued, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done? What evil is in my hand?
  3. 1 Samuel 26:25עָשֹׂ֣ה · You will accomplish great things; תַעֲשֶׂ֔ה
    Saul said to him, “May you be blessed, David my son. You will accomplish great things and will surely prevail.” So David went on his way, and Saul returned home.
  4. 1 Samuel 27:11עָשָׂ֤ה · did
    David did not leave a man or woman alive to be brought to Gath, for he said, “Otherwise they will report us, saying, ‘This is what David did.’” And this was David’s custom the whole time he lived in Philistine territory.
  5. 1 Samuel 28:2יַעֲשֶׂ֖ה · can do
    David replied, “Then you will come to know what your servant can do.” “Very well,” said Achish. “I will make you my bodyguard for life.”
  6. 1 Samuel 28:9עָשָׂ֣ה · has done
    But the woman replied, “Surely you know what Saul has done, how he has killed the mediums and spiritists in the land. Why have you set a trap to get me killed?”
  7. 1 Samuel 28:15אֶעֱשֶֽׂה׃ס · to do
    Then Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” “I am deeply distressed,” replied Saul. “The Philistines are fighting against me, and God has turned away from me. He no longer answers me, either by prophets or by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what to do.”
  8. 1 Samuel 28:17וַיַּ֤עַשׂ · has done
    He has done exactly what He spoke through me: The LORD has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbor David.
  9. 1 Samuel 28:18עָשִׂ֥יתָ · carry out; עָשָֽׂה־ · has done
    Because you did not obey the LORD or carry out His burning anger against Amalek, the LORD has done this to you today.
  10. 1 Samuel 29:7תַעֲשֶׂ֣ה · do anything
    Therefore turn back now and go in peace, so that you will not do anything to displease the leaders of the Philistines.”
  11. 1 Samuel 29:8עָשִׂ֙יתִי֙ · have I done
    “But what have I done?” David replied. “What have you found against your servant, from the day I came to you until today, to keep me from going along to fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”
  12. 1 Samuel 30:23תַעֲשׂ֥וּ · do
    But David said, “My brothers, you must not do this with what the LORD has given us. He has protected us and delivered into our hands the raiders who came against us.
  13. 1 Samuel 31:11עָשׂ֥וּ · had done
    When the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
  14. 2 Samuel 2:5עֲשִׂיתֶ֜ם · you showed
    So David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead to tell them, “The LORD bless you, because you showed this kindness to Saul your lord when you buried him.
  15. 2 Samuel 2:6יַֽעַשׂ־ · show; אֶעֱשֶׂ֤ה · show; עֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם · you have done
    Now may the LORD show you loving devotion and faithfulness, and I will also show you the same favor because you have done this.
  16. 2 Samuel 3:8אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־
    Abner was furious over Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends. I have not delivered you into the hand of David, but now you accuse me of wrongdoing with this woman!
  17. 2 Samuel 3:9יַעֲשֶׂ֤ה; אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־ · I do not do
    May God punish Abner, and ever so severely, if I do not do for David what the LORD has sworn to him:
  18. 2 Samuel 3:18עֲשׂ֑וּ · take action
    Now take action, because the LORD has said to David, ‘Through My servant David I will save My people Israel from the hands of the Philistines and of all their enemies.’”
  19. 2 Samuel 3:20וַיַּ֨עַשׂ · held
    When Abner and twenty of his men came to David at Hebron, David held a feast for them.
  20. 2 Samuel 3:24עָשִׂ֑יתָה · have you done
    So Joab went to the king and said, “What have you done? Look, Abner came to you. Why did you dismiss him? Now he is getting away!
  21. 2 Samuel 3:25עֹשֶֽׂה׃ · doing
    Surely you realize that Abner son of Ner came to deceive you and to track your movements and all that you are doing.”
  22. 2 Samuel 3:35יַעֲשֶׂה־
    Then all the people came and urged David to eat something while it was still day, but David took an oath, saying, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!”
  23. 2 Samuel 3:36עָשָׂ֣ה · did
    All the people took note and were pleased. In fact, everything the king did pleased them.
  24. 2 Samuel 3:39לְעֹשֵׂ֥ה · the evildoer
    And I am weak this day, though anointed as king, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too fierce for me. May the LORD repay the evildoer according to his evil!”
  25. 2 Samuel 5:25וַיַּ֤עַשׂ · did
    So David did as the LORD had commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.
  26. 2 Samuel 7:3עֲשֵׂ֑ה · and do
    And Nathan replied to the king, “Go and do all that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you.”
  27. 2 Samuel 7:9וְעָשִׂ֤תִֽי · Now I will make
    I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like that of the greatest in the land.
  28. 2 Samuel 7:11יַעֲשֶׂה־ · will establish
    …and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD declares to you that He Himself will establish a house for you.
  29. 2 Samuel 7:21עָשִׂ֕יתָ · You have accomplished
    For the sake of Your word and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished this great thing and revealed it to Your servant.
  30. 2 Samuel 7:23וְלַעֲשׂ֨וֹת · You performed
    And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself and to make a name for Himself? You performed great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before Your people, whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt.
  31. 2 Samuel 7:25וַעֲשֵׂ֖ה · Do
    And now, O LORD God, confirm forever the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house. Do as You have promised,
  32. 2 Samuel 8:13וַיַּ֤עַשׂ · made
    And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
  33. 2 Samuel 8:15עֹשֶׂ֛ה · and administered
    Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:
  34. 2 Samuel 9:1וְאֶעֱשֶׂ֤ה · I can show
    Then David asked, “Is there anyone left from the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for the sake of Jonathan?”
  35. 2 Samuel 9:3וְאֶעֱשֶׂ֥ה · I can show
    So the king asked, “Is there anyone left of the house of Saul to whom I can show the kindness of God?” Ziba answered, “There is still Jonathan’s son, who is lame in both feet.”
  36. 2 Samuel 9:7עָשֹׂה֩ · surely I will show; אֶעֱשֶׂ֨ה
    “Do not be afraid,” said David, “for surely I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table.”
  37. 2 Samuel 9:11יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה · will do
    And Ziba said to the king, “Your servant will do all that my lord the king has commanded.” So Mephibosheth ate at David’s table like one of the king’s own sons.
  38. 2 Samuel 10:2אֶעֱשֶׂה־ · I will show; עָשָׂ֨ה · showed
    And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent some of his servants to console Hanun concerning his father. But when they arrived in the land of the Ammonites,
  39. 2 Samuel 10:12יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה · do
    Be strong and let us fight bravely for our people and for the cities of our God. May the LORD do what is good in His sight.”
  40. 2 Samuel 11:11אֶעֱשֶׂ֖ה · do
    Uriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”
  41. 2 Samuel 11:27עָשָׂ֥ה · had done
    And when the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the LORD.
  42. 2 Samuel 12:4לַעֲשׂ֕וֹת · to prepare; וַֽיַּעֲשֶׂ֔הָ · and prepared it
    Now a traveler came to the rich man, who refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the poor man’s lamb and prepared it for his guest.”