מַעֲשֶׂה
ma.a.sehdeed: workHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine246 occurrences31 books232 verses
Definition
from H6213; an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
Traditional renderings: act, art, bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, × well, (handy-, needle-, net-) work(ing, -manship), wrought.
Traditional renderings: act, art, bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, × well, (handy-, needle-, net-) work(ing, -manship), wrought.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders מַעֲשֶׂה:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
246 total
- Genesis 5:29מִֽמַּעֲשֵׂ֙נוּ֙ · in the laborAnd he named him Noah, saying, “May this one comfort us in the labor and toil of our hands caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed.”
- Genesis 20:9מַעֲשִׂים֙ · thingsThen Abimelech called Abraham and asked, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such tremendous guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done.”
- Genesis 40:13כַּמִּשְׁפָּט֙ · just asWithin three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer.
- Genesis 40:17מַעֲשֵׂ֣הIn the top basket were all sorts of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”
- Genesis 44:15הַמַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה · deed“What is this deed you have done?” Joseph declared. “Do you not know that a man like me can surely divine the truth?”
- Genesis 46:33מַּעֲשֵׂיכֶֽם׃ · is your occupationWhen Pharaoh summons you and asks, ‘What is your occupation?’
- Genesis 47:3מַּעֲשֵׂיכֶ֑ם · is your occupation“What is your occupation?” Pharaoh asked Joseph’s brothers. “Your servants are shepherds,” they replied, “both we and our fathers.”
- Exodus 5:4מִמַּֽעֲשָׂ֑יו · away from their workBut the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you draw the people away from their work? Get back to your labor!”
- Exodus 5:13מַעֲשֵׂיכֶם֙The taskmasters kept pressing them, saying, “Fulfill your quota each day, just as you did when straw was provided.”
- Exodus 18:20הַֽמַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה · and the workTeach them the statutes and laws, and show them the way to live and the work they must do.
- Exodus 23:12מַעֲשֶׂ֔יךָ · your workFor six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.
- Exodus 23:16מַעֲשֶׂ֔יךָ · of the produce; מַעֲשֶׂ֖יךָ · your produceYou are also to keep the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the produce from what you sow in the field. And keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your produce from the field.
- Exodus 23:24כְּמַֽעֲשֵׂיהֶ֑ם · their practicesYou must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to pieces.
- Exodus 24:10כְּמַעֲשֵׂה֙ · was a work…and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.
- Exodus 26:1מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה · worked“You are to construct the tabernacle itself with ten curtains of finely spun linen, each with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and cherubim skillfully worked into them.
- Exodus 26:31מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה · workedMake a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.
- Exodus 26:36מַעֲשֵׂ֖הFor the entrance to the tent, you are to make a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen.
- Exodus 27:4מַעֲשֵׂ֖הConstruct for it a grate of bronze mesh, and make a bronze ring at each of the four corners of the mesh.
- Exodus 27:16מַעֲשֵׂ֣הThe gate of the courtyard shall be twenty cubits long, with a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It shall have four posts and four bases.
- Exodus 28:6מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה · embroideredThey are to make the ephod of finely spun linen embroidered with gold, and with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn.
- Exodus 28:8כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֖הוּ · of the same workmanshipAnd the skillfully woven waistband of the ephod must be of one piece, of the same workmanship—with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen.
- Exodus 28:11מַעֲשֵׂ֣הEngrave the names of the sons of Israel on the two stones the way a gem cutter engraves a seal. Then mount the stones in gold filigree settings.
- Exodus 28:14מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה · work…and two chains of pure gold, made of braided cord work; and attach these chains to the settings.
- Exodus 28:15מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה · with the same workmanship; כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֥הYou are also to make a breastpiece of judgment with the same workmanship as the ephod. Construct it with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen.
- Exodus 28:22מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה · like cordsFor the breastpiece, make braided chains like cords of pure gold.
- Exodus 28:32מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה · a woven…with an opening at its top in the center. Around the opening shall be a woven collar with an opening like that of a garment, so that it will not tear.
- Exodus 28:39מַעֲשֵׂ֥הYou are to weave the tunic with fine linen, make the turban of fine linen, and fashion an embroidered sash.
- Exodus 30:25מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה · the workPrepare from these a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer; it will be a sacred anointing oil.
- Exodus 30:35מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה…and make a fragrant blend of incense, the work of a perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.
- Exodus 32:16מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה · were the workThe tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.
- Exodus 34:10מַעֲשֵׂ֤ה · workAnd 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.
- Exodus 36:8מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה · worked into themAll 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.
- Exodus 36:35מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה · worked [into it]Next, he made the veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.
- Exodus 36:37מַעֲשֵׂ֖הFor the entrance to the tent, he made a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen,
- Exodus 37:29מַעֲשֵׂ֖הHe also made the sacred anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense, the work of a perfumer.
- Exodus 38:4מַעֲשֵׂ֖הHe made a grate of bronze mesh for the altar under its ledge, halfway up from the bottom.
- Exodus 38:18מַעֲשֵׂ֣הThe curtain for the entrance to the courtyard was embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It was twenty cubits long and, like the curtains of the courtyard, five cubits high,
- Exodus 39:3מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה · the workThey hammered out thin sheets of gold and cut threads from them to interweave with the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine linen—the work of a skilled craftsman.
- Exodus 39:5כְּמַעֲשֵׂהוּ֒ · workmanshipAnd the skillfully woven waistband of the ephod was of one piece with the ephod, of the same workmanship—with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Exodus 39:8מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה · with the same workmanship; כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣הHe made the breastpiece with the same workmanship as the ephod, with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen.
- Exodus 39:15מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה · braidedFor the breastpiece they made braided chains like cords of pure gold.
- Exodus 39:22מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה · the workThey made the robe of the ephod entirely of blue cloth, the work of a weaver,
- Exodus 39:27מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה · the workFor Aaron and his sons they made tunics of fine linen, the work of a weaver,
- Exodus 39:29מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה…and the sash of finely spun linen, embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Leviticus 18:3כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֧ה · the practices; וּכְמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה · [and you must not follow] the practicesYou must not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not follow the practices of the land of Canaan, into which I am bringing you. You must not walk in their customs.
- Numbers 8:4מַעֲשֵׂ֤ה · was constructedThis is how the lampstand was constructed: it was made of hammered gold from its base to its blossoms, fashioned according to the pattern the LORD had shown Moses.