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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. Nehemiah 8:17עָשׂ֡וּ · celebrated
    The whole assembly that had returned from exile made booths and lived in them. From the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day, the Israelites had not celebrated like this. And there was great rejoicing.
  2. Nehemiah 8:18וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־ · The Israelites kept
    Day after day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read from the Book of the Law of God. The Israelites kept the feast for seven days, and on the eighth day they held an assembly, according to the ordinance.
  3. Nehemiah 9:6עָשִׂ֡יתָ · You created
    You alone are the LORD. You created the heavens, the highest heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all things, and the host of heaven worships You.
  4. Nehemiah 9:10וַתַּֽעַשׂ־ · You made
    You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew they had acted with arrogance against our fathers. You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day.
  5. Nehemiah 9:17עָשִׂ֣יתָ · You performed
    They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.
  6. Nehemiah 9:18עָשׂ֤וּ · they cast; וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֔וּ · and when they committed
    Even when they cast for themselves an image of a calf and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,’ and when they committed terrible blasphemies,
  7. Nehemiah 9:24לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת · to do
    So their descendants went in and possessed the land; You subdued before them the Canaanites dwelling in the land. You delivered into their hands the kings and peoples of the land, to do with them as they wished.
  8. Nehemiah 9:26וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֔וּ · They committed
    But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.
  9. Nehemiah 9:28לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת · did
    But as soon as they had rest, they again did evil in Your sight. So You abandoned them to the hands of their enemies, who had dominion over them. When they cried out to You again, You heard from heaven, and You delivered them many times in Your compassion.
  10. Nehemiah 9:29יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה · if he practices
    You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They turned a stubborn shoulder; they stiffened their necks and would not obey.
  11. Nehemiah 9:31עֲשִׂיתָ֥ם · put an end to them
    But in Your great compassion, You did not put an end to them; nor did You forsake them, for You are a gracious and compassionate God.
  12. Nehemiah 9:33עָשִׂ֖יתָ · You have acted
    You are just in all that has befallen us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.
  13. Nehemiah 9:34עָשׂ֖וּ · obey
    Our kings and leaders and priests and fathers did not obey Your law or listen to Your commandments and warnings that You gave them.
  14. Nehemiah 10:29וְלַעֲשׂ֗וֹת · and to obey
    …hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to obey carefully all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord.
  15. Nehemiah 11:12עֹשֵׂ֤י · who did
    …and their associates who did the work at the temple—822 men; Adaiah son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah;
  16. Nehemiah 12:27לַעֲשֹׂ֨ת · to celebrate
    At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from all their homes and brought to Jerusalem to celebrate the joyous dedication with thanksgiving and singing, accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.
  17. Nehemiah 13:5וַיַּ֨עַשׂ · and had prepared
    …and had prepared for Tobiah a large room where they had previously stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the temple articles, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and oil prescribed for the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, along with the contributions for the priests.
  18. Nehemiah 13:7עָשָׂ֤ה · had done; לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת · by providing
    …to return to Jerusalem. Then I discovered the evil that Eliashib had done on behalf of Tobiah by providing him a room in the courts of the house of God.
  19. Nehemiah 13:10עֹשֵׂ֥י · responsible for performing
    I also learned that because the portions for the Levites had not been given to them, all the Levites and singers responsible for performing the service had gone back to their own fields.
  20. Nehemiah 13:14עָשִׂ֛יתִי
    Remember me for this, O my God, and do not blot out my deeds of loving devotion for the house of my God and for its services.
  21. Nehemiah 13:17עֹשִׂ֔ים · are doing
    Then I rebuked the nobles of Judah and asked, “What is this evil you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day?
  22. Nehemiah 13:18עָשׂוּ֙ · do
    Did not your forefathers do the same things, so that our God brought all this disaster on us and on this city? And now you are rekindling His wrath against Israel by profaning the Sabbath!”
  23. Nehemiah 13:27לַעֲשֹׂת֙ · that you too are doing
    Must we now hear that you too are doing all this terrible evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?”
  24. Esther 1:3עָשָׂ֣ה · [Xerxes] held
    In the third year of his reign, Xerxes held a feast for all his officials and servants. The military leaders of Persia and Media were there, along with the nobles and princes of the provinces.
  25. Esther 1:5עָשָׂ֣ה · held
    At the end of this time, in the garden court of the royal palace, the king held a seven-day feast for all the people in the citadel of Susa, from the least to the greatest.
  26. Esther 1:8לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת · was to serve
    By order of the king, no limit was placed on the drinking, and every official of his household was to serve each man whatever he desired.
  27. Esther 1:9עָשְׂתָ֖ה · gave
    Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in the royal palace of King Xerxes.
  28. Esther 1:15לַּעֲשׂ֔וֹת · should be done; עָשְׂתָ֗ה
    “According to law,” he asked, “what should be done with Queen Vashti, since she refused to obey the command of King Xerxes delivered by the eunuchs?”
  29. Esther 1:20יַעֲשֶׂה֙ · issues
    The edict the king issues will be heard throughout his vast kingdom—and so all women, from the least to the greatest, will honor their husbands.”
  30. Esther 1:21וַיַּ֥עַשׂ · did
    The king and his princes were pleased with this counsel; so the king did as Memucan advised.
  31. Esther 2:1עָשָׂ֔תָה · she had done
    Some time later, when the anger of King Xerxes had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done, and what had been decreed against her.
  32. Esther 2:4וַיַּ֥עַשׂ · and he acted
    Then let the young woman who pleases the king become queen in place of Vashti.” This suggestion pleased the king, and he acted accordingly.
  33. Esther 2:11יֵּעָשֶׂ֖ה · was happening
    And every day Mordecai would walk back and forth in front of the court of the harem to learn about Esther’s welfare and what was happening to her.
  34. Esther 2:18וַיַּ֨עַשׂ · held; עָשָׂ֔ה · He proclaimed
    Then the king held a great banquet, Esther’s banquet, for all his officials and servants. He proclaimed a tax holiday in the provinces and gave gifts worthy of the king’s bounty.
  35. Esther 2:20עֹשָׂ֔ה · obeyed
    Esther still had not revealed her lineage or her people, just as Mordecai had instructed. She obeyed Mordecai’s command, as she had done under his care.
  36. Esther 3:8עֹשִׂ֔ים · obey
    Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.
  37. Esther 3:9עֹשֵׂ֣י · those who carry it out
    If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I will deposit ten thousand talents of silver into the royal treasury to pay those who carry it out.”
  38. Esther 3:11לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת · to do
    “Keep your money,” said the king to Haman. “These people are given to you to do with them as you please.”
  39. Esther 4:1נַעֲשָׂ֔ה · had happened
    When Mordecai learned of all that had happened, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, wailing loudly and bitterly.
  40. Esther 4:17וַיַּ֕עַשׂ · and did
    So Mordecai went and did all that Esther had instructed him.
  41. Esther 5:4עָשִׂ֥יתִי · I have prepared
    “If it pleases the king,” Esther replied, “may the king and Haman come today to the banquet I have prepared for the king.”
  42. Esther 5:5לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת · so we can do; עָשְׂתָ֥ה · had prepared
    “Hurry,” commanded the king, “and bring Haman, so we can do as Esther has requested.” So the king and Haman went to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
  43. Esther 5:6וְתֵעָֽשׂ׃ · it will be fulfilled
    And as they drank their wine, the king said to Esther, “What is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled.”
  44. Esther 5:8וְלַעֲשׂ֖וֹת · and fulfill; אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֣ה · I will prepare
    If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, may the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the king’s question.”