מַעֲשֶׂה
Transliteration
maʿăśê
Pronunciation
mah-as-eh'
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From עָשָׂה (H6213)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1708a

Strong’s Definitions

מַעֲשֶׂה maʻăseh, mah-as-eh'; from H6213; an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property:—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.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 235x

The KJV translates Strong's H4639 in the following manner: work (189x), needlework (with H7551) (5x), acts (4x), labour (4x), doing (4x), art (3x), deed (3x), miscellaneous (23x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 235x
The KJV translates Strong's H4639 in the following manner: work (189x), needlework (with H7551) (5x), acts (4x), labour (4x), doing (4x), art (3x), deed (3x), miscellaneous (23x).

  1. deed, work

    1. deed, thing done, act

    2. work, labour

    3. business, pursuit

    4. undertaking, enterprise

    5. achievement

    6. deeds, works (of deliverance and judgment)

    7. work, thing made

    8. work (of God)

    9. product

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַעֲשֶׂה maʻăseh, mah-as-eh'; from H6213; an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property:—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.
STRONGS H4639: Abbreviations
מַעֲשֶׂה 233 noun masculineGenesis 20:9 deed, work; — absolute מ׳ Genesis 44:15 +, construct מַעֲשֵׂה Isaiah 5:12 +; suffix מַעֲשֵׂהוּ Judges 13:12 +, etc.; plural מַעֲשִׂים Genesis 20:9 +; construct מַעֲשֵׂי Jeremiah 1:16 +; suffix מַעֲשָׂיו 1 Samuel 19:4 (or singular, so Dr) +, etc.; — often accusative of congnate meaning with verb with עשׂה; —
1. a.
(1) deed, thing done by man Numbers 16:28 (JE), 1 Kings 13:11; Isaiah 26:12; — 1 Samuel 20:19 is obscure;
(2) implic. evil Genesis 44:15(J), Exodus 23:24 (E), Nehemiah 6:14 + 8 times, + sg. Coll. doings(s) Micah 6:16 Leveticus 18:3 (twice in verse) (H), 2 Chronicles 17:4, יְדֵיהֶם מ׳ Lamentations 3:64 Haggai 2:14 Job 33:17 (reading מִמַּעֲשֵׂהוּ Di Siegf Bu). Ezekiel 16:30 (behaviour); explic. הָרָעִים מַעֲשֵׂינוּ Ezra 9:13 compare Ecclesiastes 4:3 Ecclesiastes 8:11 Ecclesiastes 8:14, מַעֲשֵׂיאָוֶן Isaiah 59:6; specifically of idolatrous practices, יְדֵיכֶם מ׳ following Deuteronomy 31:29 Jeremiah 25:6 Jeremiah 25:7 Jeremiah 32:30, pl. Jeremiah 44:8, compare following 1 Kings 16:7 2 Kings 22:17 = 2 Chronicles 34:25;
(3) implic. right, praisworthy 1 Samuel 19:4 2 Kings 23:19 Jonah 3:10 Proverbs 31:31; of duty in general יַעֲשׂוּן אֲשֶׁר הַמּ׳ Exodus 18:20 (E) =what they are to do; explic. Ecclesiastes 4:4 Ecclesiastes 8:14
(4) as basis of judgment (good or bad) Isaiah 66:18 Psalm 33:15 Ecclesiastes 12:14, יְדֵיהֶם מ׳ Jeremiah 25:14.
b.
(1) work, labour, husbandry Exodus 23:16 (E), Genesis 5:29 (J), Judges 19:16, יְדֵיכֶם מ׳ Haggai 2:17; enforced labour of Israel in Egypt Exodus 5:5 Exodus 5:13 (J); in general Exodus 23:12 (E); also of product of labour Exodus 23:16, compare Isaiah 65:22 Ecclesiastes 5:5; הַמּ׳ יְמֵי שֵׁשֶׁת Ezekiel 46:1 the six working-says; of religious work, הָא׳ בֵּ׳ת עֲבֹדַת מ׳ 1 Chronicles 23:28, compare מ׳ 2 Chronicles 31:21;
(2) business, pursuit, Genesis 46:33 Genesis 47:3 (J), Judges 13:12 1 Samuel 25:2 Isaiah 54:16; in general, occupation Isaiah 29:15 Ecclesiastes 2:4 Ecclesiasted 2:11 Ecclesiastes 3:17 Ecclesiastes 3:22 Ecclesiastes 8:9 Ecclesiastes 9:7 Ecclesiastes 9:10;
(3) undertaking, enterprise, Isaiah 19:14 Isaiah 19:15 Deuteronomy 15:10; יָדֶ֑ךָ מ׳ Deuteronomy 2:7 + 5 times Deuteronomy, 2 Chronicles 32:30 Job 1:10 Psalm 28:4, יָדֵינוּ מ׳ Psalm 90:17 (twice in verse);
(4) achievement Jeremiah 48:7; Esther 10:2;
(5) in weakened sense, מַעֲשֶׂךָ Proverbs 16:3 thine affairs; nearly=occurrences Ecclesiastes 1:14 (plural), Ecclesiastes 2:17 Ecclesiastes 8:17 (following).
c. deed(s), work(s) of י׳, especially in deliverance and in judgment, Judges 2:7, 10; Joshua 24:31 (D), Psalm 33:4 + 21 times, + יָדָיו מ׳ etc. Isaiah 5:12; Psalm 28:5; Psalm 92:5 + 4 times; הָאֱלֹהִים מ׳ in general Ecclesiastes 7:13; Ecclesiastes 8:17; Ecclesiastes 11:5; compare Ecclesiastes 3:11.
2. a.
(1) work, thing made, by man, אֹפֶה מ׳ Genesis 40:17 (E) baker’s work; יוֹצֵר יְדֵי מ׳ Lamentations 4:2; often of furnishings of the tabernacle, חשֵׁב מ׳ Exodus 26:1 + 7 times, רֹקֵם מ׳ Exodus 26:36 + 5 times, אֹרֵג מ׳ Exodus 28:32 + 2 times, חָרָשׁ מ׳ Exodus 28:11, compare אָמּן יְדֵי מ׳ Songs 7:2; of holy oil, etc. רֹקֵחַ מ׳ Exodus 30:25 + 2 times (insert רֹקֵחַ perhaps also 2 Chronicles 16:14); hence מ׳=work of art Isaiah 3:24 (of coiffure), compare מ׳ כְּלִי Numbers 31:51; following noun of material, pattern, etc., צִזִּים מ׳ Numbers 31:20 (i.e. goats' hair), see also Exodus 27:4; Exodus 28:14 +; in temple, שְׂבָכָה מ׳ 1 Kings 7:17, מ׳ שׁוּשַׁן 1 Kings 7:19, etc., צַעֲצֻעִים מ׳ 2 Chronicles 3:10, compare הַחֲבִתִּים מ׳ 1 Chronicles 9:31 the work of (consisting in) breadwafers; =materials of (prepared for) הָעוֹלָה 2 Chronicles 4:6; in theoph. הַסַּפִּיר לִבְנַת מ׳ Exodus 24:10 (J); מ׳ of ships 2 Chronicles 20:37; in general Isaiah 29:16; Exodus 27:16, 18 = thy manufactures, wares; מַעֲשַׂי Psalm 45:2=my verses (ποίημα poem);
(2) workmanship Ezekiel 1:16 (twice in verse) (Ezekiel 1:16a del. Co Toy) I Kings 7:8 Exodus 18:8 + 11 times.
(3) אָדָם יְדֵי מ׳ of idols (contemptuously) Deuteronomy 4:28 2 Kings 19:18=Isaiah 37:19=2 Chronicles 32:19, Psalm 115:4 Psalm 135:15, compare Isaiah 2:8 (יָדָיו מ׳), Hosea 14:4 Micah 5:12 Jeremiah 1:16; so (יְדֵי) מ׳ חָרָשׁ Deuteronomy 27:15 Jeremiah 10:3 Jeremiah 10:9, compare Hosea 13:2; חֲכָמִים מ׳ Jeremiah 10:9; תַּעְתֻּעִים מ׳ Jeremiah 10:15 Jeremiah 51:18; apparently also מַעֲשֵׂהֶם Isaiah 41:29 compare Isaiah 57:12 Ezekiel 6:6; יָדָיו מ׳ of altars Isaiah 17:8.
b. work (made by) God Exodus 32:16 (E); especially (poetry and late), of created things, Psalm 103:22; Psalm 104:24 + 4 times Psalms; אֶצְבְּעֹתֶיךָ מ׳ Psalm 8:4, יָרֶיךָ מ׳ Psalm 102:26 (both of heavens), compare Psalm 19:2 (heavenly bodies), Psalm 8:7 (animals); of man Job 14:15; Job 34:19, compare לָדַעַת כָּלאַֿנְשֵׁי מַעֲשֵׂהוּ Job 37:7 (but read probably אנשׁים Ol Di and others); of nation Isaiah 19:25; Isaiah 60:21; Isaiah 64:7; of weights Proverbs 16:11 (but read perhaps הַמֶּלֶךְ) for י׳ Gr Toy).
c. product of olive-tree, זַיִת מ׳ Habakkuk 3:17; figurative product of righteousness Isaiah 32:17.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

5:29; 20:9; 20:9; 40:17; 44:15; 46:33; 47:3

Exodus

5:5; 5:13; 18:8; 18:20; 23:12; 23:16; 23:16; 23:24; 24:10; 26:1; 26:36; 27:4; 27:16; 27:18; 28:11; 28:14; 28:32; 30:25; 32:16

Numbers

16:28; 31:20; 31:51

Deuteronomy

2:7; 4:28; 15:10; 27:15; 31:29

Joshua

24:31

Judges

2:7; 2:10; 13:12; 13:12; 19:16

1 Samuel

19:4; 19:4; 20:19; 25:2

1 Kings

7:8; 7:17; 7:19; 13:11; 16:7

2 Kings

19:18; 22:17; 23:19

1 Chronicles

9:31; 23:28

2 Chronicles

3:10; 4:6; 16:14; 17:4; 20:37; 31:21; 32:19; 32:30; 34:25

Ezra

9:13

Nehemiah

6:14

Esther

10:2

Job

1:10; 14:15; 33:17; 34:19; 37:7

Psalms

8:4; 8:7; 19:2; 28:4; 28:5; 33:4; 33:15; 45:2; 90:17; 92:5; 102:26; 103:22; 104:24; 115:4; 135:15

Proverbs

16:3; 16:11; 31:31

Ecclesiastes

1:14; 2:4; 2:17; 3:11; 3:17; 3:22; 4:3; 4:4; 5:5; 7:13; 8:9; 8:11; 8:14; 8:14; 8:17; 8:17; 9:7; 9:10; 11:5; 12:14

Song of Songs

7:2

Isaiah

2:8; 3:24; 5:12; 5:12; 17:8; 19:14; 19:15; 19:25; 26:12; 29:15; 29:16; 32:17; 37:19; 41:29; 54:16; 57:12; 59:6; 60:21; 64:7; 65:22; 66:18

Jeremiah

1:16; 1:16; 10:3; 10:9; 10:9; 10:15; 25:6; 25:7; 25:14; 32:30; 44:8; 48:7; 51:18

Lamentations

3:64; 4:2

Ezekiel

1:16; 1:16; 6:6; 16:30; 46:1

Hosea

13:2; 14:4

Jonah

3:10

Micah

5:12; 6:16

Habakkuk

3:17

Haggai

2:14; 2:17