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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
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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 1 / 5 (Gen 5:29–Deu 3:24)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:29 - And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work H4639 and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:9 - Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds H4639 unto me that ought not to be done.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:17 - And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats H4639 for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:15 - And Joseph said unto them, What deed H4639 is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:33 - And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation? H4639
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:3 - And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? H4639 And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:4 - And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? H4639 get you unto your burdens.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:13 - And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, H4639 your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:20 - And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work H4639 that they must do.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:12 - Six days thou shalt do thy work, H4639 and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:16 - And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, H4639 which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours H4639 out of the field.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:24 - Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: H4639 but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:10 - And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work H4639 of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:1 - Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work H4639 shalt thou make them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:31 - And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: H4639 with cherubims shall it be made:
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:36 - And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought H4639 with needlework.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:4 - And thou shalt make for it a grate of network H4639 of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:16 - And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: H4639 and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:6 - And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work. H4639
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:8 - And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work H4639 thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:11 - With the work H4639 of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:14 - And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work H4639 shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:15 - And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; H4639 after the work H4639 of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:22 - And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen work H4639 of pure gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:32 - And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work H4639 round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:39 - And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework. H4639
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:25 - And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art H4639 of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:35 - And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art H4639 of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:16 - And the tables were the work H4639 of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:10 - And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work H4639 of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:8 - And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work H4639 made he them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:35 - And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work. H4639
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:37 - And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework; H4639
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:29 - And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work H4639 of the apothecary.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:4 - And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network H4639 under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18 - And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, H4639 of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:3 - And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work. H4639
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:5 - And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the same, according to the work H4639 thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:8 - And he made the breastplate of cunning work, H4639 like the work H4639 of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:15 - And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of wreathen work H4639 of pure gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:22 - And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, H4639 all of blue.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:27 - And they made coats of fine linen of woven work H4639 for Aaron, and for his sons,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:29 - And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needlework; H4639 as the LORD commanded Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:3 - After the doings H4639 of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings H4639 of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:4 - And this work H4639 of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according unto the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:28 - And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works; H4639 for I have not done them of mine own mind.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:20 - And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work H4639 of goats' hair, and all things made of wood.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:51 - And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought H4639 jewels.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:7 - For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works H4639 of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:24 - O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, H4639 and according to thy might?

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