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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;
(2) business, pursuit, Genesis 46:33 Genesis 47:3 (J), Judges 13:12 1 Samuel 25:2 Isaiah 54:16; in general, occupation Isaiah 29:15 Ecclesiastes 2:4 Ecclesiasted 2:11 Ecclesiastes 3:17 Ecclesiastes 3:22 Ecclesiastes 8:9 Ecclesiastes 9:7 Ecclesiastes 9:10;
(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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 21 times in 19 verses in 'Ecc' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:14 - I have seen H7200 all the works H4639 that are done H6213 under the sun; H8121 and, behold, all is vanity H1892 and vexation H7469 of spirit. H7307

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:4 - I made me great H1431 works; H4639 I builded H1129 me houses; H1004 I planted H5193 me vineyards: H3754

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:11 - Then I looked H6437 on all the works H4639 that my hands H3027 had wrought, H6213 and on the labour H5999 that I had laboured H5998 to do: H6213 and, behold, all was vanity H1892 and vexation H7469 of spirit, H7307 and there was no profit H3504 under the sun. H8121

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:17 - Therefore I hated H8130 life; H2416 because the work H4639 that is wrought H6213 under the sun H8121 is grievous H7451 unto me: for all is vanity H1892 and vexation H7469 of spirit. H7307

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:11 - He hath made H6213 every thing beautiful H3303 in his time: H6256 also he hath set H5414 the world H5769 in their heart, H3820 so that H1097 no man H120 can find out H4672 the work H4639 that God H430 maketh H6213 from the beginning H7218 to the end. H5490

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:17 - I said H559 in mine heart, H3820 God H430 shall judge H8199 the righteous H6662 and the wicked: H7563 for there is a time H6256 there for every purpose H2656 and for every work. H4639

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:22 - Wherefore I perceive H7200 that there is nothing better, H2896 than that a man H120 should rejoice H8055 in his own works; H4639 for that is his portion: H2506 for who shall bring H935 him to see H7200 what shall be after H310 him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:3 - Yea, better H2896 is he than both H8147 they, which hath not yet H5728 been, who hath not seen H7200 the evil H7451 work H4639 that is done H6213 under the sun. H8121

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:4 - Again, I considered H7200 all travail, H5999 and every right H3788 work, H4639 that for this a man H376 is envied H7068 of his neighbour. H7453 This is also vanity H1892 and vexation H7469 of spirit. H7307

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:6 - Suffer H5414 not thy mouth H6310 to cause thy flesh H1320 to sin; H2398 neither say H559 thou before H6440 the angel, H4397 that it was an error: H7684 wherefore should God H430 be angry H7107 at thy voice, H6963 and destroy H2254 the work H4639 of thine hands? H3027

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:13 - Consider H7200 the work H4639 of God: H430 for who can H3201 make that straight, H8626 which he hath made crooked? H5791

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:9 - All this have I seen, H7200 and applied H5414 my heart H3820 unto every work H4639 that is done H6213 under the sun: H8121 there is a time H6256 wherein one man H120 ruleth H7980 over another to his own hurt. H7451

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:11 - Because sentence H6599 against an evil H7451 work H4639 is not executed H6213 speedily, H4120 therefore the heart H3820 of the sons H1121 of men H120 is fully set H4390 in them to do H6213 evil. H7451

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:14 - There is H3426 a vanity H1892 which is done H6213 upon the earth; H776 that there be just H6662 men, unto whom it happeneth H5060 according to the work H4639 of the wicked; H7563 again, there be H3426 wicked H7563 men, to whom it happeneth H5060 according to the work H4639 of the righteous: H6662 I said H559 that this also H1571 is vanity. H1892

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:17 - Then I beheld H7200 all the work H4639 of God, H430 that a man H120 cannot H3201 find out H4672 the work H4639 that is done H6213 under the sun: H8121 because H834 though H7945 a man H120 labour H5998 to seek it out, H1245 yet he shall not find H4672 it; yea further; though a wise H2450 man think H559 to know H3045 it, yet shall he not be able H3201 to find H4672 it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:7 - Go thy way, H3212 eat H398 thy bread H3899 with joy, H8057 and drink H8354 thy wine H3196 with a merry H2896 heart; H3820 for God H430 now H3528 accepteth H7521 thy works. H4639

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:10 - Whatsoever thy hand H3027 findeth H4672 to do, H6213 do H6213 it with thy might; H3581 for there is no work, H4639 nor device, H2808 nor knowledge, H1847 nor wisdom, H2451 in the grave, H7585 whither thou goest. H1980

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:5 - As thou knowest H3045 not what is the way H1870 of the spirit, H7307 nor how the bones H6106 do grow in the womb H990 of her that is with child: H4392 even so thou knowest H3045 not the works H4639 of God H430 who maketh H6213 all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:14 - For God H430 shall bring H935 every work H4639 into judgment, H4941 with every secret thing, H5956 whether it be good, H2896 or whether it be evil. H7451
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