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מַעֲשֶׂה

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

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מַעֲשֶׂה H4639
Pronunciation maʿăšeh

What does מַעֲשֶׂה (maʿăšeh) mean in the Bible?

מַעֲשֶׂה (maʿăšeh): Deed encompassing both moral action and its concrete result or product; work as evidence of character or effort.

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Questions this entry answers

What does מַעֲשֶׂה (maʿăšeh) mean in the Bible?

מַעֲשֶׂה (maʿăšeh): Deed encompassing both moral action and its concrete result or product; work as evidence of character or effort.

How does the BSB render H4639?

The BSB source-word alignment has 246 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include the work (37), . . . (19), work (10), the works (9), his work (6).

Where does מַעֲשֶׂה (maʿăšeh) appear in Scripture?

The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 5:29. Its strongest book concentrations include Exodus (40), Psalms (40), Isaiah (29), Ecclesiastes (21).

Source Word Evidence

BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.

How English Renders It
the work 37× Exodus 30:25, Exodus 39:3, Exodus 39:22, Exodus 39:27
. . . 19× Genesis 40:17, Exodus 5:13, Exodus 26:36, Exodus 27:4
work 10× Exodus 28:14, Exodus 34:10, Deuteronomy 11:7, 1 Kings 7:29
the works 9× Joshua 24:31, Judges 2:10, 2 Kings 22:17, 2 Chronicles 34:25
his work 6× Judges 19:16, Job 37:7, Psalms 33:4, Ecclesiastes 3:22
- 4× Exodus 28:11, Exodus 30:35, Exodus 39:29, Isaiah 19:15
deed 4× Genesis 44:15, Ecclesiastes 3:17, Ecclesiastes 8:9, Ecclesiastes 12:14
your works 4× 2 Chronicles 20:37, Psalms 145:4, Proverbs 16:3, Ecclesiastes 9:7
by the work 3× Deuteronomy 31:29, Jeremiah 32:30, Jeremiah 44:8
His works 3× Psalms 103:22, Psalms 106:13, Psalms 107:22
made 3× Numbers 31:51, Psalms 115:4, Psalms 135:15
the practices 3× Leviticus 18:3, 2 Chronicles 17:4, Micah 6:16
things 3× Genesis 20:9, Numbers 16:28, Jeremiah 7:13
to the work 3× Isaiah 2:8, Hosea 14:3, Micah 5:13
a work 2× Jeremiah 10:15, Jeremiah 51:18
and the work 2× Exodus 18:20, 1 Chronicles 23:28
and your works 2× Isaiah 57:12, Ezekiel 6:6
are Your works 2× Psalms 92:5, Psalms 104:24
deeds 2× Ezra 9:13, Isaiah 59:6
have done 2× Psalms 28:4, Psalms 28:5
is your occupation 2× Genesis 46:33, Genesis 47:3
justice 2× Proverbs 13:23, Jeremiah 22:13
of His works 2× Psalms 104:13, Psalms 111:6
products 2× Ezekiel 27:16, Ezekiel 27:18
Their deeds 2× Isaiah 59:6, Isaiah 66:18
their works 2× Psalms 33:15, Isaiah 41:29
was fashioned 2× 1 Kings 7:26, 2 Chronicles 4:5
were shaped 2× 1 Kings 7:19, 1 Kings 7:22
what the actions 2× Ecclesiastes 8:14
with the same workmanship 2× Exodus 28:15, Exodus 39:8
with the works 2× Jeremiah 25:6, Jeremiah 25:7
worked 2× Exodus 26:1, Exodus 26:31
your work 2× Exodus 23:12, Deuteronomy 15:10
[and you must not follow] the practices 1× Leviticus 18:3
[are] Your works 1× Psalms 139:14
a woven 1× Exodus 28:32
about [Your] judgments 1× Jeremiah 12:1
accomplishments 1× Esther 10:2
according to his deeds 1× Psalms 62:12
according to the work 1× Lamentations 3:64
and according to the work 1× Jeremiah 25:14
and hasten His work 1× Isaiah 5:19
and let her works 1× Proverbs 31:31
and mission 1× Judges 13:12
and works 1× Deuteronomy 11:3
are His concern 1× Proverbs 16:11
are the work 1× Psalms 102:25
are the works 1× Psalms 111:2
are Your deeds 1× Psalms 66:3
at the works 1× Psalms 92:4
away from their work 1× Exodus 5:4
baking 1× 1 Chronicles 9:31
blended 1× 2 Chronicles 16:14
braided 1× Exodus 39:15
by their actions 1× Psalms 106:39
construction 1× 1 Kings 7:8
crop 1× Habakkuk 3:17
embroidered 1× Exodus 28:6
everything 1× Numbers 31:20
fashioned 1× Jeremiah 10:9
fit for its task 1× Isaiah 54:16
for its construction 1× 2 Kings 16:10
for what they have done 1× Nehemiah 6:14
from wrongdoing 1× Job 33:17
has a case against Me 1× Isaiah 50:8
has accomplished 1× Jeremiah 51:10
has done 1× Psalms 118:17
He has made 1× Psalms 145:9
he made 1× 1 Kings 7:17
his actions 1× 1 Samuel 19:4
His deeds 1× Psalms 145:17
in His works 1× Psalms 104:31
in the case 1× Deuteronomy 17:9
in the labor 1× Genesis 5:29
in your works 1× Jeremiah 48:7
it is shaped 1× Jeremiah 10:3
judgment 1× Psalms 119:84
just as 1× Genesis 40:13
like 1× 1 Kings 7:33
like cords 1× Exodus 28:22
like the design 1× 1 Kings 7:31
man-made 1× Deuteronomy 4:28
my case 1× Job 13:18
My handiwork 1× Isaiah 19:25
My justice 1× Job 40:8
my pursuits 1× Ecclesiastes 2:4
my verses 1× Psalms 45:1
of 1× 1 Kings 7:17
of the produce 1× Exodus 23:16
of the same workmanship 1× Exodus 28:8
of the works 1× Psalms 8:6
of their deeds 1× Amos 8:7
of work 1× Ezekiel 46:1
she does 1× Isaiah 19:14
styled 1× Isaiah 3:24
such works 1× Deuteronomy 3:24
that he did 1× 2 Chronicles 32:30
that we have accomplished 1× Isaiah 26:12
the acts 1× Ezekiel 16:30
the deeds 1× 1 Kings 13:11
the handiwork 1× Song Of Solomon 7:1
The parts 1× 2 Chronicles 4:6
the things 1× Ecclesiastes 1:14
the work of 1× Deuteronomy 27:15
The workmanship 1× Ezekiel 1:16
their actions 1× Jonah 3:10
their customs 1× Psalms 106:35
their practices 1× Exodus 23:24
Their workmanship 1× Ezekiel 1:16
they do their works 1× Isaiah 29:15
they have fashioned 1× Isaiah 17:8
this trouble began 1× 1 Samuel 20:19
to destruction 1× Isaiah 34:5
was a work 1× Exodus 24:10
was constructed 1× Numbers 8:4
was the design 1× 1 Kings 7:28
were made 1× 1 Kings 7:33
were the work 1× Exodus 32:16
what He has done 1× Psalms 64:9
what is formed 1× Isaiah 29:16
whose business 1× 1 Samuel 25:2
with the work 1× 1 Kings 16:7
with their works 1× Isaiah 59:6
worked [into it] 1× Exodus 36:35
worked into them 1× Exodus 36:8
workmanship 1× Exodus 39:5
works 1× Judges 2:7
works like Yours 1× Psalms 86:8
You have made 1× Psalms 145:10
your produce 1× Exodus 23:16
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 5:29 מִֽמַּעֲשֵׂ֙נוּ֙ to in the labor Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural Genesis 20:9 מַעֲשִׂים֙ to things Noun - masculine plural Genesis 40:13 כַּמִּשְׁפָּט֙ to just as Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular Genesis 40:17 מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה to . . . Noun - masculine singular construct Genesis 44:15 הַמַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה to deed Article | Noun - masculine singular Genesis 46:33 מַּעֲשֵׂיכֶֽם׃ to is your occupation Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural Genesis 47:3 מַּעֲשֵׂיכֶ֑ם to is your occupation Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural Exodus 5:4 מִמַּֽעֲשָׂ֑יו to away from their work Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Exodus 5:13 מַעֲשֵׂיכֶם֙ to . . . Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural Exodus 18:20 הַֽמַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה to and the work Article | Noun - masculine singular
Usage map

A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.

First aligned row Genesis 5:29
Aligned rows 246
Books represented 31
Genesis 7 Exodus 40 Leviticus 2 Numbers 4 Deuteronomy 14 Joshua 1 Judges 4 1 Samuel 4 1 Kings 13 2 Kings 4 1 Chronicles 2 2 Chronicles 10 Ezra 1 Nehemiah 1 Esther 1 Job 7 Psalms 40 Proverbs 5 Ecclesiastes 21 Song Of Solomon 1 Isaiah 29 Jeremiah 16 Lamentations 2 Ezekiel 7 Daniel 1 Hosea 2 Amos 1 Jonah 1 Micah 2 Habakkuk 1 Haggai 2
Source forms
מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה 31x ma·‘ă·śêh Genesis 40:17, Exodus 27:16, Exodus 28:11, Exodus 28:14
מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה 26x ma·‘ă·śêh Exodus 26:1, Exodus 26:31, Exodus 28:6, Exodus 28:39
מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה 16x ma·‘ă·śêh Exodus 26:36, Exodus 27:4, Exodus 36:37, Exodus 37:29
כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה 5x kə·ma·‘ă·śêh Exodus 39:8, 2 Chronicles 4:5, Psalms 28:4, Ecclesiastes 8:14
מַעֲשֵׂ֤ה 5x ma·‘ă·śêh Exodus 34:10, Numbers 8:4, Judges 2:7, Esther 10:2
מַעֲשֵׂ֣י 5x ma·‘ă·śê 2 Chronicles 34:25, Psalms 8:3, Psalms 107:24, Psalms 111:2
מַעֲשֶׂ֑יךָ 5x ma·‘ă·śe·ḵā Psalms 66:3, Psalms 139:14, Psalms 145:4, Psalms 145:10
כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה 4x kə·ma·‘ă·śêh Exodus 28:15, 1 Kings 7:26, 2 Chronicles 17:4, Lamentations 3:64
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine singular construct 85x Genesis 40:17, Exodus 26:1, Exodus 26:31, Exodus 26:36
Noun - masculine singular 15x Numbers 31:51, 2 Chronicles 16:14, 2 Chronicles 31:21, Job 13:18
Article | Noun - masculine singular 13x Genesis 44:15, Exodus 18:20, Deuteronomy 17:9, Judges 2:10
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular 13x Exodus 23:12, Exodus 23:16, 2 Chronicles 20:37, Psalms 66:3
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct 12x Exodus 24:10, Exodus 28:15, Exodus 39:8, Leviticus 18:3
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular 11x Judges 19:16, 2 Kings 16:10, 2 Chronicles 32:30, Job 37:7
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct 10x 1 Kings 7:33, 1 Chronicles 23:28, Psalms 19:1, Psalms 90:17
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular 9x Deuteronomy 11:3, 1 Samuel 19:4, Psalms 103:22, Psalms 106:13
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MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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