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
- Genesis 1:7וַיַּ֣עַשׂ · madeSo God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.
- Genesis 1:11עֹ֤שֶׂה · each bearingThen God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind.” And it was so.
- Genesis 1:12עֹֽשֶׂה־ · bearingThe earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:16וַיַּ֣עַשׂ · madeGod made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.
- Genesis 1:25וַיַּ֣עַשׂ · madeGod made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:26נַֽעֲשֶׂ֥ה · Let Us makeThen God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”
- Genesis 1:31עָשָׂ֔ה · He had madeAnd God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.
- Genesis 2:2עָשָׂ֑ה · He had been doing; עָשָֽׂה׃And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.
- Genesis 2:3לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃פ · had accomplishedThen God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.
- Genesis 2:4עֲשׂ֛וֹת · madeThis is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them.
- Genesis 2:18אֶֽעֱשֶׂהּ־ · I will makeThe LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”
- Genesis 3:1עָשָׂ֖ה · had madeNow the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”
- Genesis 3:7וַיַּעֲשׂ֥וּ · and madeAnd the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.
- Genesis 3:13עָשִׂ֑ית · you have doneThen the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” “The serpent deceived me,” she replied, “and I ate.”
- Genesis 3:14עָשִׂ֣יתָ · you have doneSo the LORD God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and every beast of the field! On your belly will you go, and dust you will eat, all the days of your life.
- Genesis 3:21וַיַּעַשׂ֩ · madeAnd the LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and He clothed them.
- Genesis 4:10עָשִׂ֑יתָ · have you done“What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.
- Genesis 5:1עָשָׂ֥ה · He madeThis is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness.
- Genesis 6:6עָשָׂ֥ה · He had madeAnd the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.
- Genesis 6:7עֲשִׂיתִֽם׃ · I have made themSo the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.”
- Genesis 6:14עֲשֵׂ֤ה · Make; תַּֽעֲשֶׂ֣ה · makeMake for yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out.
- Genesis 6:15תַּֽעֲשֶׂ֖ה · you are to buildAnd this is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high.
- Genesis 6:16תַּֽעֲשֶׂ֣ה · You are to make; תַּֽעֲשֶֽׂהָ׃ · and buildYou are to make a roof for the ark, finish its walls a cubit from the top, place a door in the side of the ark, and build lower, middle, and upper decks.
- Genesis 6:22וַיַּ֖עַשׂ · did; עָשָֽׂה׃סSo Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.
- Genesis 7:4עָשִׂ֔יתִי · I have madeFor seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”
- Genesis 7:5וַיַּ֖עַשׂ · didAnd Noah did all that the LORD had commanded him.
- Genesis 8:6עָשָֽׂה׃ · he had madeAfter forty days Noah opened the window he had made in the ark
- Genesis 8:21עָשִֽׂיתִי׃ · I have doneWhen the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.
- Genesis 9:6עָשָׂ֖ה · God has madeWhoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.
- Genesis 9:24עָ֥שָׂה־ · had doneWhen Noah awoke from his drunkenness and learned what his youngest son had done to him,
- Genesis 11:4וְנַֽעֲשֶׂה־ · that we may make“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”
- Genesis 11:6לַעֲשׂ֑וֹת · to do; לַֽעֲשֽׂוֹת׃And the LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them.
- Genesis 12:2וְאֶֽעֶשְׂךָ֙ · I will makeI will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
- Genesis 12:5עָשׂ֣וּ · they had acquiredAnd Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,
- Genesis 12:18עָשִׂ֣יתָ · have you doneSo Pharaoh summoned Abram and asked, “What have you done to me? Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?
- Genesis 13:4עָ֥שָׂה · he had built…to the site where he had built the altar. And there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
- Genesis 14:2עָשׂ֣וּ · went to…went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).
- Genesis 16:6עֲשִׂי־ · Do“Here,” said Abram, “your servant is in your hands. Do whatever you want with her.” Then Sarai treated Hagar so harshly that she fled from her.
- Genesis 18:5תַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה · you may doAnd I will bring a bit of bread so that you may refresh yourselves. This is why you have passed your servant’s way. After that, you may continue on your way.” “Yes,” they replied, “you may do as you have said.”
- Genesis 18:6וַעֲשִׂ֥י · and bakeSo Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, “Quick! Prepare three seahs of fine flour, knead it, and bake some bread.”
- Genesis 18:7לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת · to prepareMeanwhile, Abraham ran to the herd, selected a tender and choice calf, and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it.
- Genesis 18:8עָשָׂ֔ה · had been preparedThen Abraham brought curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and he set them before the men and stood by them under the tree as they ate.
- Genesis 18:17עֹשֶֽׂה׃ · am about to doAnd the LORD said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?
- Genesis 18:19לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת · by doingFor I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”
- Genesis 18:21עָשׂ֣וּ׀ · if their actionsI will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that has reached Me. If not, I will find out.”