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 27:2עָשָׂה֙ · had done
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done. In addition, he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people still behaved corruptly.
2 Chronicles 28:1עָשָׂ֧ה · do
Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. And unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 28:2עָשָׂ֖ה · made
Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even made cast images of the Baals.
2 Chronicles 28:24וַיַּ֨עַשׂ · and set up
Then Ahaz gathered up the articles of the house of God, cut them into pieces, shut the doors of the house of the LORD, and set up altars of his own on every street corner in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 28:25עָשָׂ֣ה · he built
In every city of Judah he built high places to offer incense to other gods, and so he provoked the LORD, the God of his fathers.
2 Chronicles 29:2וַיַּ֥עַשׂ · And he did; עָשָׂ֖ה · had done
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done.
2 Chronicles 29:6וְעָשׂ֥וּ · and did
For our fathers were unfaithful and did evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They abandoned Him, turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the LORD, and turned their backs on Him.
2 Chronicles 30:1לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת · to keep
Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel.
2 Chronicles 30:2לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת · to keep
For the king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem had decided to keep the Passover in the second month,
2 Chronicles 30:3לַעֲשֹׂת֖וֹ · to keep it
…since they had been unable to keep it at the regular time, because not enough priests had consecrated themselves and the people had not been gathered in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 30:5לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת · to keep; עָשׂ֖וּ · observed it
So they established a decree to circulate a proclamation throughout Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, that the people should come to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel, in Jerusalem. For they had not observed it in great numbers as prescribed.
2 Chronicles 30:12לַעֲשׂ֞וֹת · to obey
Moreover, the power of God was on the people in Judah to give them one heart to obey the command of the king and his officials according to the word of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 30:13לַעֲשׂ֛וֹת · to celebrate
In the second month, a very great assembly gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
2 Chronicles 30:21וַיַּעֲשׂ֣וּ · celebrated
The Israelites who were present in Jerusalem celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy, and the Levites and priests praised the LORD day after day, accompanied by loud instruments of praise to the LORD.
2 Chronicles 30:23לַעֲשׂ֕וֹת · to observe; וַיַּֽעֲשׂ֥וּ · so they observed
The whole assembly agreed to observe seven more days, so they observed seven days with joy.
2 Chronicles 31:20וַיַּ֧עַשׂ · did; וַיַּ֨עַשׂ · He did
So this is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and upright and true before the LORD his God.
2 Chronicles 31:21עָשָׂ֖ה · He acted
He acted with all his heart in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law and the commandments, in order to seek his God. And so he prospered.
2 Chronicles 32:5וַיַּ֥עַשׂ · and he produced
Then Hezekiah worked resolutely to rebuild all the broken sections of the wall and to raise up towers on it. He also built an outer wall and reinforced the supporting terraces of the City of David, and he produced an abundance of weapons and shields.
2 Chronicles 32:13עָשִׂ֙יתִי֙ · have done
Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Have the gods of these nations ever been able to deliver their land from my hand?
2 Chronicles 32:27עָֽשָׂה־ · and he made
Hezekiah had very great riches and honor, and he made treasuries for his silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields, and all kinds of valuable articles.
2 Chronicles 32:29עָ֣שָׂה · He made
He made cities for himself, and he acquired herds of sheep and cattle in abundance, for God gave him very great wealth.
2 Chronicles 32:33עָֽשׂוּ־ · paid
And Hezekiah rested with his fathers and was buried in the upper tombs of David’s descendants. All Judah and the people of Jerusalem paid him honor at his death. And his son Manasseh reigned in his place.
2 Chronicles 33:2וַיַּ֥עַשׂ · And he did
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
2 Chronicles 33:3וַיַּ֣עַשׂ · and made
For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.
2 Chronicles 33:6וְעָ֥שָׂה · and consulted; לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת · He did
He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben-hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
2 Chronicles 33:7עָשָׂ֑ה · he had made
Manasseh even took the carved image he had made and set it up in the house of God, of which God had said to David and his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will establish My Name forever.
2 Chronicles 33:8לַעֲשׂ֗וֹת · to do
I will never again cause the feet of the Israelites to leave the land that I assigned to your fathers, if only they are careful to do all that I have commanded them through Moses—all the laws, statutes, and judgments.”
2 Chronicles 33:9לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת · so that they did
So Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.
2 Chronicles 33:22וַיַּ֤עַשׂ · And he did; עָשָׂ֖ה · had done; עָשָׂה֙ · had made
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done. Amon served and sacrificed to all the idols that his father Manasseh had made,
2 Chronicles 34:2וַיַּ֥עַשׂ · And he did
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
2 Chronicles 34:10עֹשֵׂ֣ה · the work; עוֹשֵׂ֣י · to the workmen; עֹשִׂים֙
They put it into the hands of those supervising the work in the house of the LORD, who in turn gave it to the workmen restoring and repairing the house of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 34:12עֹשִׂ֨ים · did
And the men did the work faithfully. The Levites overseeing them were Jahath and Obadiah, descendants of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, descendants of Kohath. Other Levites, all skilled with musical instruments,
2 Chronicles 34:13עֹשֵׂ֣ה · who did
…were over the laborers and supervised all who did the work, task by task. Some of the Levites were secretaries, officers, and gatekeepers.
2 Chronicles 34:16עֹשִֽׂים׃ · are doing
Then Shaphan brought the book to the king and reported, “Your servants are doing all that has been placed in their hands.
2 Chronicles 34:17עוֹשֵׂ֥י
They have paid out the money that was found in the house of the LORD and have put it into the hands of the supervisors and workers.”
2 Chronicles 34:21לַעֲשׂ֕וֹת · by doing
“Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for those remaining in Israel and Judah concerning the words in the book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that has been poured out on us because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD by doing all that is written in this book.”
2 Chronicles 34:31לַעֲשׂוֹת֙ · and to carry out
So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were written in this book.
2 Chronicles 34:32וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּ֙ · carried out
Then he had everyone in Jerusalem and Benjamin take a stand in agreement to it. So all the people of Jerusalem carried out the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles 35:1וַיַּ֨עַשׂ · kept
Then Josiah kept the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and the Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month.
2 Chronicles 35:6לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת · to carry out
Slaughter the Passover lambs, consecrate yourselves, and make preparations for your fellow countrymen to carry out the word of the LORD given by Moses.”
2 Chronicles 35:16לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת · for celebrating
So on that day the entire service of the LORD was carried out for celebrating the Passover and offering burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD, according to the command of King Josiah.