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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. Genesis 50:10וַיַּ֧עַשׂ · and Joseph mourned
    When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wailed loudly, and Joseph mourned for his father seven days.
  2. Genesis 50:12וַיַּעֲשׂ֥וּ · did
    So Jacob’s sons did as he had charged them.
  3. Genesis 50:20עֲשֹׂ֛ה · accomplish
    As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.
  4. Exodus 1:17עָשׂ֔וּ · do
    The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.
  5. Exodus 1:18עֲשִׂיתֶ֖ן · have you done
    So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”
  6. Exodus 1:21וַיַּ֥עַשׂ · He gave
    And because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own.
  7. Exodus 2:4יֵּעָשֶׂ֖ה · would happen
    And his sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.
  8. Exodus 3:16הֶעָשׂ֥וּי · [have seen] what has been done
    Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me and said: I have surely attended to you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt.
  9. Exodus 3:20אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֖ה · I will perform
    So I will stretch out My hand and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders I will perform among them. And after that, he will release you.
  10. Exodus 4:15תַּעֲשֽׂוּן׃ · to do
    You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will help both of you to speak, and I will teach you what to do.
  11. Exodus 4:17תַּעֲשֶׂה־ · you can perform
    But take this staff in your hand so you can perform signs with it.”
  12. Exodus 4:21וַעֲשִׂיתָ֖ם · you perform
    The LORD instructed Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put within your power. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.
  13. Exodus 4:30וַיַּ֥עַשׂ · And [Moses] performed
    …and Aaron relayed everything the LORD had said to Moses. And Moses performed the signs before the people,
  14. Exodus 5:8עֹשִׂ֨ים
    But require of them the same quota of bricks as before; do not reduce it. For they are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’
  15. Exodus 5:9וְיַעֲשׂוּ־ · so they will be occupied
    Make the work harder on the men so they will be occupied and pay no attention to these lies.”
  16. Exodus 5:15תַעֲשֶׂ֦ה · are you treating
    So the Israelite foremen went and appealed to Pharaoh: “Why are you treating your servants this way?
  17. Exodus 5:16עֲשׂ֑וּ · Make
    No straw has been given to your servants, yet we are told, ‘Make bricks!’ Look, your servants are being beaten, but the fault is with your own people.”
  18. Exodus 6:1אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֖ה · I will do
    But the LORD said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, for because of My mighty hand he will let the people go; because of My strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”
  19. Exodus 7:6וַיַּ֥עַשׂ · did; עָשֽׂוּ׃
    So Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded them.
  20. Exodus 7:10וַיַּ֣עַשׂוּ · and did
    So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD had commanded. Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent.
  21. Exodus 7:11וַיַּֽעֲשׂ֨וּ · did
    But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic arts.
  22. Exodus 7:20וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־ · did
    Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded; in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials, Aaron raised the staff and struck the water of the Nile, and all the water was turned to blood.
  23. Exodus 7:22וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־ · did
    But the magicians of Egypt did the same things by their magic arts. So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.
  24. Exodus 8:7וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־ · did
    But the magicians did the same thing by their magic arts, and they also brought frogs up onto the land of Egypt.
  25. Exodus 8:13וַיַּ֥עַשׂ · did
    And the LORD did as Moses requested, and the frogs in the houses, the courtyards, and the fields died.
  26. Exodus 8:17וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־ · This they did
    This they did, and when Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, gnats came upon man and beast. All the dust of the earth turned into gnats throughout the land of Egypt.
  27. Exodus 8:18וַיַּעֲשׂוּ־ · tried
    The magicians tried to produce gnats using their magic arts, but they could not. And the gnats remained on man and beast.
  28. Exodus 8:24וַיַּ֤עַשׂ · did
    And the LORD did so. Thick swarms of flies poured into Pharaoh’s palace and into the houses of his officials. Throughout Egypt the land was ruined by swarms of flies.
  29. Exodus 8:26לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת · to do
    But Moses replied, “It would not be right to do that, because the sacrifices we offer to the LORD our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. If we offer sacrifices that are detestable before the Egyptians, will they not stone us?
  30. Exodus 8:31וַיַּ֤עַשׂ · did
    …and the LORD did as Moses requested. He removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh and his officials and his people; not one fly remained.
  31. Exodus 9:5יַעֲשֶׂ֧ה · will do
    The LORD set a time, saying, “Tomorrow the LORD will do this in the land.”
  32. Exodus 9:6וַיַּ֨עַשׂ · did
    And the next day the LORD did just that. All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one animal belonging to the Israelites died.
  33. Exodus 10:25וְעָשִׂ֖ינוּ · to present
    But Moses replied, “You must also provide us with sacrifices and burnt offerings to present to the LORD our God.
  34. Exodus 11:10עָשׂ֛וּ · did
    Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart so that he would not let the Israelites go out of his land.
  35. Exodus 12:12אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֥ה · and I will execute
    On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn male, both man and beast, and I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD.
  36. Exodus 12:16יֵעָשֶׂ֣ה · do; יֵעָשֶׂ֥ה · you may do
    On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly, and another on the seventh day. You must not do any work on those days, except to prepare the meals—that is all you may do.
  37. Exodus 12:28וַיַּֽעֲשׂ֖וּ · and did; עָשֽׂוּ׃ס
    And the Israelites went and did just what the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.
  38. Exodus 12:35עָשׂ֖וּ · acted
    Furthermore, the Israelites acted on Moses’ word and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold, and for clothing.
  39. Exodus 12:39עָשׂ֥וּ · prepared
    Since their dough had no leaven, the people baked what they had brought out of Egypt into unleavened loaves. For when they had been driven out of Egypt, they could not delay and had not prepared any provisions for themselves.
  40. Exodus 12:47יַעֲשׂ֥וּ · must celebrate
    The whole congregation of Israel must celebrate it.
  41. Exodus 12:48וְעָ֣שָׂה · you and wants to celebrate; לַעֲשֹׂת֔וֹ · to celebrate it
    If a foreigner resides with you and wants to celebrate the LORD’s Passover, all the males in the household must be circumcised; then he may come near to celebrate it, and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised man may eat of it.
  42. Exodus 12:50וַיַּֽעֲשׂ֖וּ · did; עָשֽׂוּ׃ס · they did
    Then all the Israelites did this—they did just as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.
  43. Exodus 13:8עָשָׂ֤ה · did
    And on that day you are to explain to your son, ‘This is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.’
  44. Exodus 14:4וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־ · the Israelites did
    And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart so that he will pursue them. But I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD.” So this is what the Israelites did.
  45. Exodus 14:5עָשִׂ֔ינוּ · have we done
    When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, “What have we done? We have released Israel from serving us.”