Hebrew word study

מַעֲשֶׂהmaʻăseh — an action (good or bad)

Pronounced “mah-as-eh'”

an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property

Translated in the King James as: act, art, [phrase] bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, well, (handy-, needle-, net-) work(ing, -manship), wrought.

Appears 242 times in Scripture

Origin: from H6213 (עָשָׂה);

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Where it appears

Genesis — 7×

Genesis 5:29 Genesis 20:9 Genesis 40:13 Genesis 40:17 Genesis 44:15 Genesis 46:33 Genesis 47:3

Exodus — 37×

Exodus 5:4 Exodus 5:13 Exodus 18:20 Exodus 23:12 Exodus 23:16 Exodus 23:24 Exodus 24:10 Exodus 26:1 Exodus 26:31 Exodus 26:36 Exodus 27:4 Exodus 27:16 Exodus 28:6 Exodus 28:8 Exodus 28:14 Exodus 28:15 Exodus 28:22 Exodus 28:32 Exodus 28:39 Exodus 30:25 Exodus 32:16 Exodus 34:10 Exodus 36:8 Exodus 36:35 Exodus 36:37+ 12 more in Exodus

Leviticus — 2×

Leviticus 18:3+ 1 more in Leviticus

Numbers — 4×

Numbers 8:4 Numbers 16:28 Numbers 31:20 Numbers 31:51

Deuteronomy — 14×

Deuteronomy 2:7 Deuteronomy 3:24 Deuteronomy 4:28 Deuteronomy 11:3 Deuteronomy 11:7 Deuteronomy 14:29 Deuteronomy 15:10 Deuteronomy 16:15 Deuteronomy 17:9 Deuteronomy 24:19 Deuteronomy 27:15 Deuteronomy 28:12 Deuteronomy 30:9 Deuteronomy 31:29

Joshua — 1×

Joshua 24:31

Judges — 4×

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

1 Samuel — 4×

1 Sam 8:8 1 Sam 19:4 1 Sam 20:19 1 Sam 25:2

1 Kings — 13×

1 Ki 7:8 1 Ki 7:17 1 Ki 7:19 1 Ki 7:22 1 Ki 7:26 1 Ki 7:28 1 Ki 7:29 1 Ki 7:31 1 Ki 7:33 1 Ki 13:11 1 Ki 16:7+ 2 more in 1 Kings

2 Kings — 4×

2 Ki 16:10 2 Ki 19:18 2 Ki 22:17 2 Ki 23:19

1 Chronicles — 2×

1 Chr 9:31 1 Chr 23:28

2 Chronicles — 10×

2 Chr 3:10 2 Chr 4:5 2 Chr 4:6 2 Chr 16:14 2 Chr 17:4 2 Chr 20:37 2 Chr 31:21 2 Chr 32:19 2 Chr 32:30 2 Chr 34:25

Ezra — 1×

Ezra 9:13

Nehemiah — 1×

Nehemiah 6:14

Esther — 1×

Esther 10:2

Job — 7×

Job 1:10 Job 13:18 Job 14:15 Job 33:17 Job 34:19 Job 37:7 Job 40:8

Psalms — 40×

Psalms 8:3 Psalms 8:6 Psalms 19:1 Psalms 28:4 Psalms 28:5 Psalms 33:4 Psalms 33:15 Psalms 45:1 Psalms 62:12 Psalms 64:9 Psalms 66:3 Psalms 86:8 Psalms 90:17 Psalms 92:4 Psalms 92:5 Psalms 102:25 Psalms 103:22 Psalms 104:13 Psalms 104:24 Psalms 104:31 Psalms 106:13 Psalms 106:35 Psalms 106:39 Psalms 107:22 Psalms 107:24+ 15 more in Psalms

Proverbs — 5×

Proverbs 13:23 Proverbs 16:3 Proverbs 16:8 Proverbs 16:11 Proverbs 31:31

Ecclesiastes — 21×

Eccles 1:14 Eccles 2:4 Eccles 2:11 Eccles 2:17 Eccles 3:11 Eccles 3:17 Eccles 3:22 Eccles 4:3 Eccles 4:4 Eccles 5:6 Eccles 7:13 Eccles 8:9 Eccles 8:11 Eccles 8:14 Eccles 8:17 Eccles 9:7 Eccles 9:10 Eccles 11:5 Eccles 12:14+ 2 more in Ecclesiastes

Song of Solomon — 1×

Song 7:1

Isaiah — 28×

Isaiah 2:8 Isaiah 3:24 Isaiah 5:12 Isaiah 5:19 Isaiah 10:12 Isaiah 17:8 Isaiah 19:14 Isaiah 19:25 Isaiah 26:12 Isaiah 28:21 Isaiah 29:15 Isaiah 29:16 Isaiah 29:23 Isaiah 32:17 Isaiah 34:5 Isaiah 37:19 Isaiah 41:29 Isaiah 50:8 Isaiah 54:16 Isaiah 57:12 Isaiah 59:6 Isaiah 60:21 Isaiah 64:8 Isaiah 65:22 Isaiah 66:18+ 3 more in Isaiah

Jeremiah — 16×

Jeremiah 1:16 Jeremiah 7:13 Jeremiah 10:3 Jeremiah 10:9 Jeremiah 10:15 Jeremiah 12:1 Jeremiah 22:13 Jeremiah 25:6 Jeremiah 25:7 Jeremiah 25:14 Jeremiah 32:30 Jeremiah 44:8 Jeremiah 48:7 Jeremiah 51:10 Jeremiah 51:18+ 1 more in Jeremiah

Lamentations — 2×

Lam 3:64 Lam 4:2

Ezekiel — 7×

Ezekiel 1:16 Ezekiel 6:6 Ezekiel 16:30 Ezekiel 27:16 Ezekiel 27:18 Ezekiel 46:1+ 1 more in Ezekiel

Daniel — 1×

Daniel 9:14

Hosea — 2×

Hosea 13:2 Hosea 14:3

Amos — 1×

Amos 8:7

Jonah — 1×

Jonah 3:10

Micah — 2×

Micah 5:13 Micah 6:16

Habakkuk — 1×

Habakkuk 3:17

Haggai — 2×

Haggai 2:14 Haggai 2:17

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