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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 2 / 5 (Deu 4:28–Est 10:2)

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:28 - “And there you will serve gods, the work H4639 of man’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:3 - and His signs and His works H4639 which He did in the midst of Egypt to Pharaoh the king of Egypt and to all his land;
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:7 - but your own eyes have seen all the great work H4639 of Yahweh which He did.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:29 - “And the Levite, because he has no portion or inheritance among you, and the sojourner, the [fn]orphan, and the widow who are within your gates, shall come and eat and be satisfied, in order that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work H4639 of your hand which you do.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:10 - “You shall generously give to him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because for this thing Yahweh your God will bless you in all your work H4639 and in all that you send forth your hand to do.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:15 - “Seven days you shall celebrate a feast to Yahweh your God in the place which Yahweh chooses, because Yahweh your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work H4639 of your hands, so that you will be altogether glad.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:19 -

“When you reap your harvest in your field and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be for the sojourner, for the [fn]orphan, and for the widow, in order that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work H4639 of your hands.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:15 -

‘Cursed is the man who makes a graven image or a molten image, an abomination to Yahweh, the work H4639 of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret.’ And all the people shall answer and say, ‘Amen.’

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:12 - “Yahweh will open for you His good storehouse, the heavens, to give rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work H4639 of your hand; and you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:9 - “Then Yahweh your God will [fn]prosper you abundantly in all the work H4639 of your hand, in the [fn]offspring of your [fn]body and in the [fn]offspring of your cattle and in the [fn]produce of your ground, for Yahweh will return to rejoice over you for good, just as He rejoiced over your fathers,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:29 - “For I know that after my death you will act corruptly and turn away from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the last days, for you will do that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh, provoking Him to anger with the work H4639 of your hands.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:31 -

And Israel served Yahweh all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who [fn]survived Joshua, who knew all the work H4639 of Yahweh which He had done for Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:7 - And the people served Yahweh all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who [fn]survived Joshua, who saw all the great work H4639 of Yahweh which He had done for Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:10 - And all that generation also were gathered to their fathers; and there arose another generation after them who did not know Yahweh or even the work H4639 which He had done for Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:12 - So Manoah said, “Now your words will come to pass. What shall be the judgment governing the boy and his work H4639?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:16 -

But behold, an old man was coming from his work H4639, from the field, at evening. Now the man was from the hill country of Ephraim, and he was sojourning in Gibeah, but the men of the place were Benjamites.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:8 - “Like all the deeds H4639 which they have done since the day that I brought them up from Egypt even to this day—in that they have forsaken Me and served other gods—so they are doing to you also.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:4 - Then Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father and said to him, “Do not let the king sin against his servant David, since he has not sinned against you, and since his works H4639 have been very good for you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:19 - “When you have stayed for three days, you shall go down quickly and come to the place [fn]where you hid yourself on that eventful H4639 day, and you shall remain by the stone Ezel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:2 -

Now there was a man in Maon whose work H4639 was in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep and one thousand goats. And it happened, while he was shearing his sheep in Carmel

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:8 -

Now his house where he was to live, the other court inward from the hall, was of the same workmanship H4639. He also made a house like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom Solomon had married.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:17 - There were nets of network and twisted threads of chainwork H4639 for the capitals which were on the top of the pillars; seven for the one capital and seven for the other capital.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:19 - Now the capitals which were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily design H4639, four cubits.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:22 - And on the top of the pillars was lily design H4639. So the work of the pillars was finished.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:26 - And it was a [fn]handbreadth thick, and its brim was made H4639 like the brim of a cup, as a lily blossom; it could hold [fn]two thousand baths.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:28 - Now this was the workmanship H4639 of the stands: they had borders, even borders between the [fn]frames,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:29 - and on the borders which were between the [fn]frames were lions, oxen, and cherubim; and on the [fn]frames there was a pedestal above, and beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work H4639.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:31 - And its opening inside the capital at the top was a cubit, and its opening was round like the workmanship H4639 of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and also on its opening there were engravings, and their borders were square, not round.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:33 - Now the workmanship H4639 of the wheels was like the workmanship H4639 of a chariot wheel. Their axles, their rims, their spokes, and their hubs were all cast.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:11 -

Now an old prophet was living in Bethel; and his [fn]sons came and recounted to him all the work H4639 which the man of God had done that day in Bethel; the words which he had spoken to the king, these also they recounted to their father.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:7 - Moreover, the word of Yahweh through the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani also came about against Baasha and his household, both because of all the evil which he did in the sight of Yahweh, provoking Him to anger with the work H4639 of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he struck [fn]it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:10 -

Now King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria and saw the altar which was at Damascus; and King Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the likeness of the altar and its pattern, according to all its workmanship H4639.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:18 - and have put their gods into the fire, for they were not gods but the work H4639 of men’s hands, wood and stone. So they have destroyed them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:17 - “Because they have forsaken Me and have burned incense to other gods that they might provoke Me to anger with all the work H4639 of their hands, therefore My wrath is set aflame against this place, and it shall not be quenched.”’
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:19 - And also all the houses of the high places which were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made provoking [fn]Yahweh to anger, Josiah removed; and he did to them [fn]just H4639 as he had done in Bethel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:31 - And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the office of trust over the things H4639 which were baked in pans.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:28 - For their station is to be on hand for the sons of Aaron with the service of the house of Yahweh, in the courts and in the chambers and in the cleansing of all holy things, even the work H4639 of the service of the house of God,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:10 -

Then in the room of the Holy of Holies he made two cherubim of fashioned H4639 work and overlaid them with gold.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:5 - And it was a [fn]handbreadth thick, and its brim was made H4639 like the brim of a cup, as a lily blossom; it could hold 3,000 baths.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:6 - He also made ten lavers and set five on the right side and five on the left, in which to wash things, that is, in which they would rinse things H4639 for the burnt offering; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:14 - And they buried him in his own tomb which he had [fn]cut out for himself in the city of David, and they laid him in the resting place which he had filled with spices of various kinds blended by the perfumers’ art H4639; and they made a very great fire for him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:4 - but sought the God of his father, walked in His commandments, and did not act H4639 as Israel did H4639.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:37 - Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat saying, “Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, Yahweh has destroyed your works H4639.” So the ships were broken and could not go to Tarshish.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:21 - And every work H4639 which he began in the service of the house of God in law and in commandment—to seek his God—he did with all his heart and succeeded.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:19 - And they spoke [fn]of the God of Jerusalem as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work H4639 of men’s hands.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:30 - And it was Hezekiah who stopped the upper outlet of the waters of Gihon and directed them to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah succeeded in all that he did H4639.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:25 - “Because they have forsaken Me and have burned incense to other gods that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works H4639 of their hands, therefore My wrath will be poured out against this place, and it shall not be quenched.”’
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:13 - “After all that has come upon us for our evil deeds H4639 and our great guilt, since You our God have requited us less than our iniquities deserve, and have given us an escaped remnant as this,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:14 - Remember, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these works H4639 of theirs, and also Noadiah the prophetess and the rest of the prophets who were trying to make me afraid.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 10:2 - And the entire work H4639 of his authority and his might, and the full account of the greatness of Mordecai, whom the king had made so great, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?

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