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. Exodus 31:16לַעֲשׂ֧וֹת · celebrating
    The Israelites must keep the Sabbath, celebrating it as a permanent covenant for the generations to come.
  2. Exodus 31:17עָשָׂ֤ה · made
    It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’”
  3. Exodus 32:1עֲשֵׂה־ · make
    Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!”
  4. Exodus 32:4וַֽיַּעֲשֵׂ֖הוּ · he fashioned
    He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”
  5. Exodus 32:8עָשׂ֣וּ · They have made
    How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten calf and have bowed down to it. They have sacrificed to it and said, ‘These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.’”
  6. Exodus 32:10וְאֶֽעֱשֶׂ֥ה · Then I will make
    Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”
  7. Exodus 32:14לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת · to bring
    So the LORD relented from the calamity He had threatened to bring on His people.
  8. Exodus 32:20עָשׂוּ֙ · they had made
    Then he took the calf they had made, burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, and scattered the powder over the face of the water. Then he forced the Israelites to drink it.
  9. Exodus 32:21עָשָׂ֥ה · do
    “What did this people do to you,” Moses asked Aaron, “that you have led them into so great a sin?”
  10. Exodus 32:23עֲשֵׂה־ · Make
    They told me, ‘Make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!’
  11. Exodus 32:28וַיַּֽעֲשׂ֥וּ · did
    The Levites did as Moses commanded, and that day about three thousand of the people fell dead.
  12. Exodus 32:31וַיַּֽעֲשׂ֥וּ · They have made
    So Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Oh, what a great sin these people have committed! They have made gods of gold for themselves.
  13. Exodus 32:35עָשׂ֣וּ · they had done; עָשָׂ֖ה · had made
    And the LORD sent a plague on the people because of what they had done with the calf that Aaron had made.
  14. Exodus 33:5אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־ · to do
    For the LORD had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I should go with you for a single moment, I would destroy you. Now take off your jewelry, and I will decide what to do with you.’”
  15. Exodus 33:17אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֑ה · I will do
    So the LORD said to Moses, “I will do this very thing you have asked, for you have found favor in My sight, and I know you by name.”
  16. Exodus 34:10אֶעֱשֶׂ֣ה · I will perform; עֹשֶׂ֥ה · am doing
    And the LORD said, “Behold, I am making a covenant. Before all your people I will perform wonders that have never been done in any nation in all the world. All the people among whom you live will see the LORD’s work, for it is an awesome thing that I am doing with you.
  17. Exodus 34:17תַעֲשֶׂה־ · You shall make
    You shall make no molten gods for yourselves.
  18. Exodus 34:22תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה · are to celebrate
    And you are to celebrate the Feast of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year.
  19. Exodus 35:1לַעֲשֹׂ֥ת · you to do
    Then Moses assembled the whole congregation of Israel and said to them, “These are the things that the LORD has commanded you to do:
  20. Exodus 35:2תֵּעָשֶׂ֣ה · may be done; הָעֹשֶׂ֥ה · does
    For six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on that day must be put to death.
  21. Exodus 35:10וְיַעֲשׂ֔וּ · and make
    Let every skilled craftsman among you come and make everything that the LORD has commanded:
  22. Exodus 35:29לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת · to do
    So all the men and women of the Israelites whose hearts prompted them brought a freewill offering to the LORD for all the work that the LORD through Moses had commanded them to do.
  23. Exodus 35:32לַעֲשֹׂ֛ת · works
    …to design artistic works in gold, silver, and bronze,
  24. Exodus 35:33לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת · so that he may be a master
    …to cut gemstones for settings, and to carve wood, so that he may be a master of every artistic craft.
  25. Exodus 35:35לַעֲשׂוֹת֮ · to do; עֹשֵׂי֙ · as artistic designers
    He has filled them with skill to do all kinds of work as engravers, designers, embroiderers in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine linen, and as weavers—as artistic designers of every kind of craft.
  26. Exodus 36:1וְעָשָׂה֩ · are to carry out; לַעֲשֹׂ֔ת · how to perform
    “So Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person are to carry out everything commanded by the LORD, who has given them skill and ability to know how to perform all the work of constructing the sanctuary.”
  27. Exodus 36:2לַעֲשֹׂ֥ת · and do
    Then Moses summoned Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person whom the LORD had gifted—everyone whose heart stirred him to come and do the work.
  28. Exodus 36:3לַעֲשֹׂ֣ת · of constructing
    They received from Moses all the contributions that the Israelites had brought to carry out the service of constructing the sanctuary. Meanwhile, the people continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning,
  29. Exodus 36:4הָעֹשִׂ֕ים · who were doing; עֹשִֽׂים׃
    …so that all the skilled craftsmen who were doing all the work on the sanctuary left their work
  30. Exodus 36:5לַעֲשֹׂ֥ת · to do
    …and said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the LORD has commanded us to do.”
  31. Exodus 36:6יַעֲשׂוּ־ · should make
    After Moses had given an order, they sent a proclamation throughout the camp: “No man or woman should make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing more,
  32. Exodus 36:7לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת · to perform
    …since what they already had was more than enough to perform all the work.
  33. Exodus 36:8וַיַּעֲשׂ֨וּ · among the workmen; בְּעֹשֵׂ֧י · made; עָשָׂ֥ה · They were made
    All the skilled craftsmen among the workmen made the ten curtains for the tabernacle. They were made of finely spun linen, as well as blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with cherubim skillfully worked into them.
  34. Exodus 36:11וַיַּ֜עַשׂ · He made; עָשָׂה֙ · and also
    He made loops of blue material on the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and also on the end curtain in the second set.
  35. Exodus 36:12עָשָׂה֮ · He made; עָשָׂה֙
    He made fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the second set, so that the loops lined up opposite one another.
  36. Exodus 36:13וַיַּ֕עַשׂ · He also made
    He also made fifty gold clasps to join the curtains together, so that the tabernacle was a unit.
  37. Exodus 36:14וַיַּ֙עַשׂ֙ · He then made; עָשָׂ֥ה · in all
    He then made curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven curtains in all.
  38. Exodus 36:17וַיַּ֜עַשׂ · He made; עָשָׂה֙
    He made fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and fifty loops along the edge of the corresponding curtain in the second set.