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
- 1 Kings 1:5וַיַּ֣עַשׂ · And he acquiredAt that time Adonijah, David’s son by Haggith, began to exalt himself, saying, “I will be king!” And he acquired chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run ahead of him.
- 1 Kings 1:6עָשִׂ֑יתָ · do you act(His father had never once reprimanded him by saying, “Why do you act this way?” Adonijah was also very handsome, born next after Absalom.)
- 1 Kings 1:30אֶעֱשֶׂ֖ה · I will carry outI will carry out this very day exactly what I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel: Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place.”
- 1 Kings 2:3תַּֽעֲשֶׂ֔ה · you doAnd keep the charge of the LORD your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and decrees, as written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you turn,
- 1 Kings 2:5עָ֨שָׂה · did; עָשָׂ֣ה · he didMoreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to avenge the blood of war. He stained with the blood of war the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.
- 1 Kings 2:6וְעָשִׂ֖יתָ · So actSo act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.
- 1 Kings 2:7תַּֽעֲשֶׂה־ · But showBut show loving devotion to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, because they stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.
- 1 Kings 2:9תַּֽעֲשֶׂה־ · you ought to doNow therefore, do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man. You know what you ought to do to him to bring his gray head down to Sheol in blood.”
- 1 Kings 2:23יַֽעֲשֶׂה־Then King Solomon swore by the LORD: “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if Adonijah has not made this request at the expense of his life.
- 1 Kings 2:24עָֽשָׂה־ · and who foundedAnd now, as surely as the LORD lives—the One who established me, who set me on the throne of my father David, and who founded for me a dynasty as He promised—surely Adonijah shall be put to death today!”
- 1 Kings 2:31עֲשֵׂה֙ · DoAnd the king replied, “Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so remove from me and from the house of my father the innocent blood that Joab shed.
- 1 Kings 2:38יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה · will do“The sentence is fair,” Shimei replied. “Your servant will do as my lord the king has spoken.” And Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time.
- 1 Kings 2:44עָשִׂ֖יתָ · you didThe king also said, “You know in your heart all the evil that you did to my father David. Therefore the LORD will bring your evil back upon your head.
- 1 Kings 3:6עָשִׂ֜יתָ · have shownSolomon replied, “You have shown much loving devotion to Your servant, my father David, because he walked before You in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart. And You have maintained this loving devotion by giving him a son to sit on his throne this very day.
- 1 Kings 3:12עָשִׂ֖יתִי · I will do…behold, I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been another like you, nor will there ever be.
- 1 Kings 3:15וַיַּ֣עַשׂ · Then he held; וַיַּ֥עַשׂThen Solomon awoke, and indeed it had been a dream. So he returned to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then he held a feast for all his servants.
- 1 Kings 3:28לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת · to administerWhen all Israel heard of the judgment the king had given, they stood in awe of him, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.
- 1 Kings 5:8אֶֽעֱשֶׂה֙ · will doThen Hiram sent a reply to Solomon, saying: “I have received your message; I will do all you desire regarding the cedar and cypress timber.
- 1 Kings 5:9תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה · can meetMy servants will haul the logs from Lebanon to the Sea, and I will float them as rafts by sea to the place you specify. There I will separate the logs, and you can take them away. And in exchange, you can meet my needs by providing my household with food.”
- 1 Kings 5:16הָעֹשִׂ֖ים…not including his 3,300 foremen who supervised the workers.
- 1 Kings 6:4וַיַּ֣עַשׂ · He also hadHe also had narrow windows framed high in the temple.
- 1 Kings 6:5וַיַּ֥עַשׂ · he constructedAgainst the walls of the temple and the inner sanctuary, Solomon built a chambered structure around the temple, in which he constructed the side rooms.
- 1 Kings 6:12תַּֽעֲשֶׂ֔ה · carry out“As for this temple you are building, if you walk in My statutes, carry out My ordinances, and keep all My commandments by walking in them, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David.
- 1 Kings 6:23וַיַּ֣עַשׂ · he madeIn the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim, each ten cubits high, out of olive wood.
- 1 Kings 6:31עָשָׂ֖ה · [Solomon] constructedFor the entrance to the inner sanctuary, Solomon constructed doors of olive wood with five-sided doorposts.
- 1 Kings 6:33עָשָׂ֛ה · he madeIn the same way he made four-sided doorposts of olive wood for the sanctuary entrance.
- 1 Kings 7:6עָשָׂ֔ה · [Solomon] madeSolomon made his colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty cubits wide, with a portico in front of it and a canopy with pillars in front of the portico.
- 1 Kings 7:7עָשָׂ֑ה · In addition, he builtIn addition, he built a hall for the throne, the Hall of Justice, where he was to judge. It was paneled with cedar from floor to ceiling.
- 1 Kings 7:8יַעֲשֶׂ֤ה · He also madeAnd the palace where Solomon would live, set further back, was of similar construction. He also made a palace like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married.
- 1 Kings 7:14לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת; וַיַּ֖עַשׂ · and carried outHe was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a craftsman in bronze. Huram had great skill, understanding, and knowledge for every kind of bronze work. So he came to King Solomon and carried out all his work.
- 1 Kings 7:16עָשָׂ֗ה · He also madeHe also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on top of the pillars, each capital five cubits high.
- 1 Kings 7:18וַיַּ֖עַשׂ · Likewise, he made; עָשָׂ֔הLikewise, he made the pillars with two rows of pomegranates around each grating to cover each capital atop the pillars.
- 1 Kings 7:23וַיַּ֥עַשׂ · He also madeHe also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.
- 1 Kings 7:27וַיַּ֧עַשׂ · In addition, he madeIn addition, he made ten movable stands of bronze, each four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high.
- 1 Kings 7:37עָשָׂ֔ה · he madeIn this way he made the ten stands, each with the same casting, dimensions, and shape.
- 1 Kings 7:38וַיַּ֛עַשׂ · He also madeHe also made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths and measuring four cubits across, one basin for each of the ten stands.
- 1 Kings 7:40וַיַּ֣עַשׂ · made; לַֽעֲשׂוֹת֙ · he had undertaken; עָשָׂ֛הAdditionally, Huram made the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished all the work that he had undertaken for King Solomon in the house of the LORD:
- 1 Kings 7:45עָשָׂ֥ה · made…and the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. All the articles that Huram made for King Solomon in the house of the LORD were made of burnished bronze.
- 1 Kings 7:48וַיַּ֣עַשׂ · also madeSolomon also made all the furnishings for the house of the LORD: the golden altar; the golden table on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;
- 1 Kings 7:51עָשָׂ֛ה · had performedSo all the work that King Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD.
- 1 Kings 8:32וְעָשִׂ֙יתָ֙ · and act…then may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his righteousness.
- 1 Kings 8:39וְעָשִׂ֔יתָ · and act…be heard by You from heaven, Your dwelling place. And may You forgive and act, and repay each man according to all his ways, since You know his heart—for You alone know the hearts of all men—
- 1 Kings 8:43וְעָשִׂ֕יתָ · and do…then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.
- 1 Kings 8:45וְעָשִׂ֖יתָ · and may You uphold…then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.