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.
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
Occurrences
2,629 total
- Ecclesiastes 10:19עֹשִׂ֣ים · is preparedA feast is prepared for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.
- Ecclesiastes 11:5יַעֲשֶׂ֖ה · the MakerAs you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones are formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.
- Ecclesiastes 12:12עֲשׂ֨וֹת · to the makingAnd by these, my son, be further warned: There is no end to the making of many books, and much study wearies the body.
- Song of Solomon 1:11נַעֲשֶׂה־ · We will makeWe will make you ornaments of gold, studded with beads of silver.
- Song of Solomon 3:9עָ֤שָׂה · has madeKing Solomon has made his carriage out of the timber of Lebanon.
- Song of Solomon 3:10עָ֣שָׂה · He has madeHe has made its posts of silver, its base of gold, its seat of purple fabric. Its interior is inlaid with love by the daughters of Jerusalem.
- Song of Solomon 8:8נַּעֲשֶׂה֙ · shall we doWe have a little sister, and her breasts are not yet grown. What shall we do for our sister on the day she is spoken for?
- Isaiah 2:8עָשׂ֖וּ · have madeTheir land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.
- Isaiah 2:20עָֽשׂוּ־ · they madeIn that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold—the idols they made to worship.
- Isaiah 3:11יֵעָ֥שֶׂה · have doneWoe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
- Isaiah 5:2לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת · to yield; וַיַּ֥עַשׂ · but the fruit it producedHe dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour!
- Isaiah 5:4לַּעֲשׂ֥וֹת · could have been done; עָשִׂ֖יתִי · I have done; לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת; וַיַּ֥עַשׂ · did it bring forthWhat more could have been done for My vineyard than I have done for it? Why, when I expected sweet grapes, did it bring forth sour fruit?
- Isaiah 5:5עֹשֶׂ֖ה · am about to doNow I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be consumed; I will tear down its wall, and it will be trampled.
- Isaiah 5:10יַעֲשׂ֖וּ · will yield; יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה · [only]For ten acres of vineyard will yield but a bath of wine, and a homer of seed only an ephah of grain.”
- Isaiah 7:22עֲשׂ֥וֹת · they give…and from the abundance of milk they give, he will eat curds; for all who remain in the land will eat curds and honey.
- Isaiah 9:7תַּעֲשֶׂה־ · will accomplishOf the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
- Isaiah 10:3תַּעֲשׂוּ֙ · will you doWhat will you do on the day of reckoning when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
- Isaiah 10:11עָשִׂ֛יתִי · I have done to; אֶעֱשֶׂ֥ה · do…and as I have done to Samaria and its idols, will I not also do to Jerusalem and her idols?”
- Isaiah 10:13עָשִׂ֔יתִי · I have done [this]For he says: ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, for I am clever. I have removed the boundaries of nations and plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their rulers.
- Isaiah 10:23עֹשֶׂ֖ה · will carry outFor the Lord GOD of Hosts will carry out the destruction decreed upon the whole land.
- Isaiah 12:5עָשָׂ֑ה · He has doneSing to the LORD, for He has done glorious things. Let this be known in all the earth.
- Isaiah 15:7עָשָׂ֑הSo they carry their wealth and belongings over the Brook of the Willows.
- Isaiah 16:3עֲשׂ֣וּ · render“Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees.
- Isaiah 17:7עֹשֵׂ֑הוּ · their MakerIn that day men will look to their Maker and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel.
- Isaiah 17:8עָשׂ֤וּ · they have madeThey will not look to the altars they have fashioned with their hands or to the Asherahs and incense altars they have made with their fingers.
- Isaiah 19:10עֹ֥שֵׂי · workersThe workers in cloth will be dejected, and all the hired workers will be sick at heart.
- Isaiah 19:15יַעֲשֶׂ֛ה · can doThere is nothing Egypt can do—head or tail, palm or reed.
- Isaiah 20:2וַיַּ֣עַשׂ · And [Isaiah] did…the LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and the sandals from your feet.” And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot.
- Isaiah 22:11עֲשִׂיתֶ֗ם · You built; עֹשֶׂ֔יהָ · the One who made itYou built a reservoir between the walls for the waters of the ancient pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or consider Him who planned it long ago.
- Isaiah 25:1עָשִׂ֖יתָ · You have workedO LORD, You are my God! I will exalt You; I will praise Your name. For You have worked wonders—plans formed long ago—in perfect faithfulness.
- Isaiah 25:6וְעָשָׂה֩ · will prepareOn this mountain the LORD of Hosts will prepare a lavish banquet for all the peoples, a feast of aged wine, of choice meat, of finely aged wine.
- Isaiah 26:18נַ֣עֲשֶׂה · We have givenWe were with child; we writhed in pain; but we gave birth to wind. We have given no salvation to the earth, nor brought any life into the world.
- Isaiah 27:5יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה · let them make; יַֽעֲשֶׂה־ · [yes,] let them makeOr let them lay claim to My protection; let them make peace with Me—yes, let them make peace with Me.”
- Isaiah 27:11עֹשֵׂ֔הוּ · their MakerWhen its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.
- Isaiah 28:15עָשִׂ֣ינוּ · we have fashionedFor you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.”
- Isaiah 28:21לַעֲשׂ֤וֹת · to doFor the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim. He will rouse Himself as in the Valley of Gibeon, to do His work, His strange work, and to perform His task, His disturbing task.
- Isaiah 29:16לְעֹשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ · to him who formed it; עָשָׂ֔נִי · make meYou have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”?
- Isaiah 30:1לַעֲשׂ֤וֹת · to those who carry out“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.
- Isaiah 31:7עָשׂ֥וּ · madeFor on that day, every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold that your own hands have sinfully made.
- Isaiah 32:6יַעֲשֶׂה־ · plots; לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת · He practicesFor a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink.