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

Proverbs 23:5יַעֲשֶׂה־
When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
Proverbs 24:6תַּעֲשֶׂה־ · should you wage
Only with sound guidance should you wage war, and victory lies in a multitude of counselors.
Proverbs 24:29עָֽשָׂה־ · I will do; אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־ · he has done
Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”
Proverbs 25:8תַּ֭עֲשֶׂה · will you do
…do not bring hastily to court. Otherwise, what will you do in the end when your neighbor puts you to shame?
Proverbs 26:28יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה · causes
A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
Proverbs 31:13וַ֝תַּ֗עַשׂ · and works
She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands.
Proverbs 31:22עָֽשְׂתָה־ · She makes
She makes coverings for her bed; her clothing is fine linen and purple.
Proverbs 31:24עָ֭שְׂתָה · She makes
She makes linen garments and sells them; she delivers sashes to the merchants.
Proverbs 31:29עָ֣שׂוּ · have done
“Many daughters have done noble things, but you surpass them all!”
Ecclesiastes 1:9שֶׁנַּֽעֲשָׂ֔ה · has been done; שֶׁיֵּעָשֶׂ֑ה · will be done again
What has been will be again, and what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 1:13נַעֲשָׂ֖ה · is done
And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a miserable task God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!
Ecclesiastes 1:14שֶֽׁנַּעֲשׂ֖וּ · that are done
I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.
Ecclesiastes 2:2עֹשָֽׂה׃ · accomplish
I said of laughter, “It is folly,” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?”
Ecclesiastes 2:3יַעֲשׂוּ֙ · to do
I sought to cheer my body with wine and to embrace folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.
Ecclesiastes 2:5עָשִׂ֣יתִי · I made
I made gardens and parks for myself, where I planted all kinds of fruit trees.
Ecclesiastes 2:6עָשִׂ֥יתִי · I built
I built reservoirs to water my groves of flourishing trees.
Ecclesiastes 2:8עָשִׂ֨יתִי · I gathered
…and I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—many concubines.
Ecclesiastes 2:11שֶֽׁעָשׂ֣וּ · had accomplished; לַעֲשׂ֑וֹת · to achieve
Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 2:12עָשֽׂוּהוּ׃ · been accomplished
Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king’s successor do than what has already been accomplished?
Ecclesiastes 2:17שֶׁנַּעֲשָׂ֖ה · that is done
So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
Ecclesiastes 3:9הָֽעוֹשֶׂ֔ה · does the worker
What does the worker gain from his toil?
Ecclesiastes 3:11עָשָׂ֖ה · He has made; עָשָׂ֥ה · has done
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.
Ecclesiastes 3:12וְלַעֲשׂ֥וֹת · and do
I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,
Ecclesiastes 3:14יַעֲשֶׂ֤ה · does; עָשָׂ֔ה · does [it]
I know that everything God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God does it so that they should fear Him.
Ecclesiastes 4:1נַעֲשִׂ֖ים · taking place
Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.
Ecclesiastes 4:3נַעֲשָׂ֖ה · is done
But better than both is he who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 5:1לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת · they do
Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.
Ecclesiastes 6:12וְיַעֲשֵׂ֣ם · he passes through
For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 7:14עָשָׂ֣ה · has made
In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider this: God has made one of these along with the other, so that a man cannot discover anything that will come after him.
Ecclesiastes 7:20יַעֲשֶׂה־ · does
Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
Ecclesiastes 7:29עָשָׂ֧ה · made
Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made mankind upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”
Ecclesiastes 8:3יַעֲשֶֽׂה׃ · he will do
Do not hasten to leave his presence, and do not persist in a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases.
Ecclesiastes 8:4תַּעֲשֶֽׂה׃ · are you doing
For the king’s word is supreme, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?”
Ecclesiastes 8:9נַעֲשָׂ֖ה · is done
All this I have seen, applying my mind to every deed that is done under the sun; there is a time when one man lords it over another to his own detriment.
Ecclesiastes 8:10עָשׂ֑וּ · they had done
Then too, I saw the burial of the wicked who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they had done so. This too is futile.
Ecclesiastes 8:11נַעֲשָׂ֣ה · executed; לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת · on doing
When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.
Ecclesiastes 8:12עֹשֶׂ֥ה · does
Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence.
Ecclesiastes 8:14נַעֲשָׂ֣ה · is done
There is a futility that is done on the earth: There are righteous men who get what the actions of the wicked deserve, and there are wicked men who get what the actions of the righteous deserve. I say that this too is futile.
Ecclesiastes 8:16נַעֲשָׂ֖ה · one performs
When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the task that one performs on the earth—though his eyes do not see sleep in the day or even in the night—
Ecclesiastes 8:17נַעֲשָׂ֣ה · is done
I saw every work of God, and that a man is unable to comprehend the work that is done under the sun. Despite his efforts to search it out, he cannot find its meaning; even if the wise man claims to know, he is unable to comprehend.
Ecclesiastes 9:3נַעֲשָׂה֙ · is done
This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.
Ecclesiastes 9:6נַעֲשָׂ֖ה · is done
Their love, their hate, and their envy have already vanished, and they will never again have a share in all that is done under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 9:10לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת · to do; עֲשֵׂ֑ה · do [it]
Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.