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Lexicon :: Strong's H4639 - maʿăśê

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מַעֲשֶׂה
Transliteration
maʿăśê
Pronunciation
mah-as-eh'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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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 Greek Version of the LXX 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;
(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 Vulgate 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; 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

H4639

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4639 matches the Hebrew מַעֲשֶׂה (maʿăśê),
which occurs 235 times in 221 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 4 / 5 (Ecc 3:11–Jer 44:8)

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:11 - He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work H4639 that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:17 - I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. H4639
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:22 - Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; H4639 for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:3 - Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work H4639 that is done under the sun.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:4 - Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, H4639 that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:6 - Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work H4639 of thine hands?
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:13 - Consider the work H4639 of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:9 - All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work H4639 that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:11 - Because sentence against an evil work H4639 is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:14 - There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work H4639 of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work H4639 of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:17 - Then I beheld all the work H4639 of God, that a man cannot find out the work H4639 that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:7 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. H4639
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:10 - Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, H4639 nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:5 - As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works H4639 of God who maketh all.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:14 - For God shall bring every work H4639 into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:1 - How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work H4639 of the hands of a cunning workman.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:8 - Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work H4639 of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:24 - And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set H4639 hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:12 - And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation H4639 of his hands.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:19 - That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, H4639 that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:12 - Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work H4639 upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:8 - And he shall not look to the altars, the work H4639 of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:14 - The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work H4639 thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:15 - Neither shall there be any work H4639 for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:25 - Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work H4639 of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:12 - LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works H4639 in us.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:21 - For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, H4639 his strange work; H4639 and bring to pass his act, his strange act.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:15 - Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works H4639 are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:16 - Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work H4639 say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:23 - But when he seeth his children, the work H4639 of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:17 - And the work H4639 of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:19 - And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work H4639 of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:29 - Behold, they are all vanity; their works H4639 are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:16 - Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; H4639 and I have created the waster to destroy.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:12 - I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; H4639 for they shall not profit thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:6 - Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: H4639 their works H4639 are works H4639 of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:21 - Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work H4639 of my hands, that I may be glorified.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:8 - But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work H4639 of thy hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:22 - They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work H4639 of their hands.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:18 - For I know their works H4639 and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:16 - And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works H4639 of their own hands.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:13 - And now, because ye have done all these works, H4639 saith the LORD, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:3 - For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work H4639 of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:9 - Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work H4639 of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work H4639 of cunning men.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:15 - They are vanity, and the work H4639 of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:6 - And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works H4639 of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:7 - Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works H4639 of your hands to your own hurt.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:14 - For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works H4639 of their own hands.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:30 - For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done evil before me from their youth: for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work H4639 of their hands, saith the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:8 - In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works H4639 of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?

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