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

2 Chronicles 1:3עָשָׂ֛ה · had made
And Solomon and the whole assembly went to the high place at Gibeon because it was the location of God’s Tent of Meeting, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.
2 Chronicles 1:5עָשָׂה֙ · made by
But the bronze altar made by Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, was in Gibeon before the tabernacle of the LORD. So Solomon and the assembly inquired of Him there.
2 Chronicles 1:8עָשִׂ֛יתָ · have shown
Solomon replied to God: “You have shown much loving devotion to my father David, and You have made me king in his place.
2 Chronicles 2:3עָשִׂ֙יתָ֙ · you did
Then Solomon sent word to Hiram king of Tyre: “Do for me as you did for my father David when you sent him cedars to build himself a house to live in.
2 Chronicles 2:7לַעֲשׂוֹת֩ · to work
Send me, therefore, a craftsman skilled in engraving to work with gold and silver, with bronze and iron, and with purple, crimson, and blue yarn. He will work with my craftsmen in Judah and Jerusalem, whom my father David provided.
2 Chronicles 2:12עָשָׂ֔ה · made
And Hiram added: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth! He has given King David a wise son with insight and understanding, who will build a temple for the LORD and a royal palace for himself.
2 Chronicles 2:14לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת · in work
He is the son of a woman from the daughters of Dan, and his father is a man of Tyre. He is skilled in work with gold and silver, bronze and iron, stone and wood, purple, blue, and crimson yarn, and fine linen. He is experienced in every kind of engraving and can execute any design that is given him. He will work with your craftsmen and with those of my lord, your father David.
2 Chronicles 2:18וַיַּ֨עַשׂ · Solomon made
Solomon made 70,000 of them porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.
2 Chronicles 3:8וַיַּ֙עַשׂ֙ · Then he made
Then he made the Most Holy Place; its length corresponded to the width of the temple—twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he overlaid the inside with six hundred talents of fine gold.
2 Chronicles 3:10וַיַּ֜עַשׂ · he made
In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim of sculptured work, and he overlaid them with gold.
2 Chronicles 3:14וַיַּ֙עַשׂ֙ · He made
He made the veil of blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim woven into it.
2 Chronicles 3:15וַיַּ֜עַשׂ · he made
In front of the temple he made two pillars, which together were thirty-five cubits high, each with a capital on top measuring five cubits.
2 Chronicles 3:16וַיַּ֤עַשׂ · He made; וַיַּ֤עַשׂ · He made
He made interwoven chains and put them on top of the pillars. He made a hundred pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork.
2 Chronicles 4:1וַיַּ֙עַשׂ֙ · He made
He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.
2 Chronicles 4:2וַיַּ֥עַשׂ · He also made
He 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.
2 Chronicles 4:6וַיַּ֣עַשׂ · He also made
He also made ten basins for washing and placed five on the south side and five on the north. The parts of the burnt offering were rinsed in them, but the priests used the Sea for washing.
2 Chronicles 4:7וַ֠יַּעַשׂ · He made
He made ten gold lampstands according to their specifications and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north.
2 Chronicles 4:8וַיַּ֣עַשׂ · Additionally, he made; וַיַּ֛עַשׂ · He also made
Additionally, he made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. He also made a hundred gold bowls.
2 Chronicles 4:9וַיַּ֙עַשׂ֙ · He made
He made the courtyard of the priests and the large court with its doors, and he overlaid the doors with bronze.
2 Chronicles 4:11וַיַּ֣עַשׂ · made; לַעֲשׂוֹת֙; עָשָׂ֛ה · he had undertaken
Additionally, Huram made the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished the work that he had undertaken for King Solomon in the house of God:
2 Chronicles 4:14עָשָׂ֑ה; עָשָׂ֖ה
…the stands; the basins on the stands;
2 Chronicles 4:16עָשָׂ֞ה · made
…and the pots, shovels, meat forks, and all the other articles. All these objects that Huram-abi made for King Solomon for the house of the LORD were of polished bronze.
2 Chronicles 4:18וַיַּ֧עַשׂ · made
Solomon made all these articles in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze could not be determined.
2 Chronicles 4:19וַיַּ֣עַשׂ · also made
Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of God: the golden altar; the tables on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;
2 Chronicles 5:1עָשָׂ֥ה · had performed
So all the work that 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 all the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of God.
2 Chronicles 6:13עָשָׂ֨ה · had made
Now Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high and had placed it in the middle of the courtyard. He stood on it, knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,
2 Chronicles 6:23וְעָשִׂ֙יתָ֙ · 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.
2 Chronicles 6:33וְעָשִׂ֕יתָ · 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.
2 Chronicles 6:35וְעָשִׂ֖יתָ · and may You uphold
…then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.
2 Chronicles 6:39וְעָשִׂ֖יתָ · and may You uphold
…then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and pleas, and may You uphold their cause. May You forgive Your people who sinned against You.
2 Chronicles 7:6עָשָׂ֜ה · had made
The priests stood at their posts, as did the Levites with the musical instruments of the LORD, which King David had made for giving thanks to the LORD and with which David had offered praise, saying, “For His loving devotion endures forever.” Across from the Levites, the priests sounded trumpets, and all the Israelites were standing.
2 Chronicles 7:7עָ֤שָׂה · he offered; עָשָׂ֣ה · had made
Then Solomon consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar he had made could not hold all these offerings.
2 Chronicles 7:8וַיַּ֣עַשׂ · kept
So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a very great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast for seven days.
2 Chronicles 7:9וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֛וּ · they held; עָשׂוּ֙
On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for the dedication of the altar had lasted seven days, and the feast seven days more.
2 Chronicles 7:10עָשָׂ֤ה · had done
On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon sent the people away to their homes, joyful and glad of heart for the good things that the LORD had done for David, for Solomon, and for His people Israel.
2 Chronicles 7:11לַעֲשׂ֧וֹת · to do
When Solomon had finished the house of the LORD and the royal palace, successfully carrying out all that was in his heart to do for the house of the LORD and for his own palace,
2 Chronicles 7:17וְלַעֲשׂ֕וֹת · doing
And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,
2 Chronicles 7:21עָשָׂ֤ה · done
And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’
2 Chronicles 9:8לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת · to carry out
Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on His throne to be king for the LORD your God. Because your God loved Israel enough to establish them forever, He has made you king over them to carry out justice and righteousness.”
2 Chronicles 9:11וַיַּ֣עַשׂ · made
The king made the algum wood into steps for the house of the LORD and for the king’s palace, and into lyres and harps for the singers. Never before had anything like them been seen in the land of Judah.)
2 Chronicles 9:15וַיַּ֨עַשׂ · made
King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of hammered gold went into each shield.
2 Chronicles 9:17וַיַּ֧עַשׂ · made
Additionally, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.
2 Chronicles 9:19נַעֲשָׂ֥ה · had ever been made
Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like this had ever been made for any kingdom.