מַעֲשֶׂהmaʻăseh

deed, work

Pronunciation: mah-as-eh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4639

Meanings

a. deed, thing done (Numbers 16:28; 1 Kings 13:11; Isaiah 26:12)

b. work, labour, business, pursuit, undertaking, enterprise, achievement (Exodus 23:16; Genesis 5:29; Judges 19:16)

c. deed(s), work(s), of ׳ י, especially in deliverance and in judgment (Judges 2:7; Judges 2:10; Joshua 24:31)

a. work, thing made, workmanship (Genesis 40:17; Lamentations 4:2; Exodus 26:1)

b. work, (made by) God (Exodus 32:16; Psalms 103:22; Psalms 104:24)

c. product (Habakkuk 3:17; Isaiah 32:17)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 235 times in the Bible.

Genesis 5:29 Lamech named his son Noah, for he said, “May he bring us relief from our work and the painful labor of farming this ground that the Lord has cursed.”
Genesis 20:9 Then Abimelech called for Abraham. “What have you done to us?” he demanded. “What crime have I committed that deserves treatment like this, making me and my kingdom guilty of this great sin? No one should ever do what you have done!
Genesis 40:17 The top basket contained all kinds of pastries for Pharaoh, but the birds came and ate them from the basket on my head.”
Genesis 44:15 “What have you done?” Joseph demanded. “Don’t you know that a man like me can predict the future?”
Genesis 46:33 Then he said, “When Pharaoh calls for you and asks you about your occupation,
Genesis 47:3 And Pharaoh asked the brothers, “What is your occupation?” They replied, “We, your servants, are shepherds, just like our ancestors.

See every passage

Genesis 5:29, 20:9, 40:17, 44:15, 46:33, 47:3
Exodus 5:4, 5:13, 18:20, 23:12, 23:16, 23:24, 24:10, 26:1, 26:31, 26:36, 27:4, 27:16, 28:6, 28:8, 28:11, 28:14, 28:15, 28:22, 28:32, 28:39, 30:25, 30:35, 32:16, 34:10, 36:8, 36:35, 36:37, 37:29, 38:4, 38:18, 39:3, 39:5, 39:8, 39:15, 39:22, 39:27, 39:29
Leviticus 18:3
Numbers 8:4, 16:28, 31:20, 31:51
Deuteronomy 2:7, 3:24, 4:28, 11:3, 11:7, 14:29, 15:10, 16:15, 24:19, 27:15, 28:12, 30:9, 31:29
Joshua 24:31
Judges 2:7, 2:10, 13:12, 19:16
1 Samuel 8:8, 19:4, 20:19, 25:2
1 Kings 7:8, 7:17, 7:19, 7:22, 7:26, 7:28, 7:29, 7:31, 7:33, 13:11, 16:7
2 Kings 16:10, 19:18, 22:17, 23:19
1 Chronicles 9:31, 23:28
2 Chronicles 3:10, 4:5, 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 8:3, 8:6, 19:1, 28:4, 28:5, 33:4, 33:15, 45:1, 62:12, 64:9, 66:3, 86:8, 90:17, 92:4, 92:5, 102:25, 103:22, 104:13, 104:24, 104:31, 106:13, 106:35, 106:39, 107:22, 107:24, 111:2, 111:6, 111:7, 115:4, 118:17, 135:15, 138:8, 139:14, 143:5, 145:4, 145:9, 145:10, 145:17
Proverbs 16:3, 16:11, 31:31
Ecclesiastes 1:14, 2:4, 2:11, 2:17, 3:11, 3:17, 3:22, 4:3, 4:4, 5:6, 7:13, 8:9, 8:11, 8:14, 8:17, 9:7, 9:10, 11:5, 12:14
Song of Solomon 7:1
Isaiah 2:8, 3:24, 5:12, 5:19, 10:12, 17:8, 19:14, 19:15, 19:25, 26:12, 28:21, 29:15, 29:16, 29:23, 32:17, 37:19, 41:29, 54:16, 57:12, 59:6, 60:21, 64:8, 65:22, 66:18
Jeremiah 1:16, 7:13, 10:3, 10:9, 10:15, 25:6, 25:7, 25:14, 32:30, 44:8, 48:7, 51:10, 51:18
Lamentations 3:64, 4:2
Ezekiel 1:16, 6:6, 16:30, 27:16, 27:18, 46:1
Daniel 9:14
Hosea 13:2, 14:3
Amos 8:7
Jonah 3:10
Micah 5:13, 6:16
Habakkuk 3:17
Haggai 2:14, 2:17

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).