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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 has made everything [fn]beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, [fn]yet so that man will not find out the work H4639 which God has done from the beginning even to the end.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:17 - I said in my heart, “God will judge both the righteous man and the wicked man,” for a time for every [fn]matter and for every work H4639 is there.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:22 - I have seen that nothing is better than that man should be glad in his works H4639, for that is his portion. For who will bring him to see what will occur after him?
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:3 - But better off than both of them is the one who never has been, who has never seen the evil work H4639 that is done under the sun.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:4 -

I have seen that every labor and every success of the work H4639 is the result of jealousy between a man and his neighbor. This too is [fn]vanity and striving after wind.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:6 - Do not allow your mouth to cause your flesh to sin, and do not say in the presence of the messenger of God that it was a mistake. Why should God be angry on account of your voice and wreak destruction on the work H4639 of your hands?
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:13 -

See the work H4639 of God,

For who is able to straighten what He has bent?

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:9 - All this I have seen and given my heart to every work H4639 that has been done under the sun wherein a man has power over another man to his calamity.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:11 - Because the sentence against an evil work H4639 is not executed quickly, therefore the hearts of the sons of men among them are given fully to do evil.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:14 -

There is vanity which is done on the earth, that is, there are righteous men to whom it [fn]happens according to the works H4639 of the wicked. On the other hand, there are wicked men to whom it [fn]happens according to the works H4639 of the righteous. I say that this too is vanity.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:17 - and I saw every work H4639 of God, I concluded that man cannot find out the work H4639 which has been done under the sun. Even though man should seek laboriously, he will not find it out; and though the wise man should say, “I know,” he cannot find it out.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:7 -

Go then, eat your bread in gladness and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works H4639.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:10 -

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no working H4639 or explaining or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:5 - Just as you do not know [fn]the path of the wind and how bones are formed in the womb of the [fn]pregnant woman, so you do not know the work H4639 of God who works all things.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:14 - For God will bring every work H4639 to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or evil.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:1 -

[fn]How beautiful are your [fn]feet in sandals,

O noble’s daughter!

The curves of your thighs are like ornaments,

The work H4639 of the hands of an artist.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:8 -

Their land has also been filled with idols;

They worship the work H4639 of their hands,

That which their fingers have made.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:24 -

Now it will be that instead of [fn]sweet perfume there will be the smell of rot;

Instead of a belt, a rope;

Instead of well-set hair, a plucked-out scalp;

Instead of fine clothes, a donning of sackcloth;

And branding instead of beauty.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:12 -

And their banquets are accompanied by lyre and harp, by tambourine and flute, and by wine;

But they do not look upon the deeds of Yahweh,

Nor do they see the work H4639 of His hands.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:19 -

Who say, “Let Him hurry, let Him hasten His work H4639, that we may see it;

And let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near

And come to pass, that we may know it!”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:12 -

So it will be that when the Lord has completed all His work H4639 on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, He will say, “I will [fn]punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the pomp of his eyes which are raised high.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:8 -

He will not have regard for the altars, the work H4639 of his hands,

Nor will he look to that which his fingers have made,

Even the [fn]Asherim and [fn]incense stands.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:14 -

Yahweh has mixed within her a spirit of distortion;

They have led Egypt astray in all [fn]that it does H4639,

As a drunken man [fn]strays into his vomit.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:15 -

There will be no work H4639 for Egypt

Which its head or tail, its palm branch or bulrush, may do.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:25 - whom Yahweh of hosts has blessed, saying, “Blessed is Egypt My people, and Assyria the work H4639 of My hands, and Israel My inheritance.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:12 -

Yahweh, You will establish peace for us,

Since You have also performed for us all our works H4639.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:21 -

For Yahweh will rise up as at Mount Perazim;

He will be stirred up as in the valley of Gibeon,

To work His work H4639, His [fn]unusual work H4639,

And to labor in His labor, His [fn]exceptional labor.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:15 -

Woe to those who deeply hide their counsel from Yahweh,

And whose deeds H4639 are done in a dark place,

And they say, “Who sees us?” or “Who knows us?”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:16 -

You turn things around!

Shall the potter be considered [fn]as equal with the clay,

That what H4639 is made H4639 would say to its maker, “He did not make me”;

Or what is formed say to him who formed it, “He has no understanding”?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:23 -

But when [fn]he sees his children, the work H4639 of My hands, in his midst,

They will sanctify My name;

Indeed, they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob

And will stand trembling before the God of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:17 -

And the work H4639 of righteousness will be peace,

And the service of righteousness, quietness and security forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:19 - and have cast 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 BoxIsa 41:29 -

“Behold, all of them are [fn]false;

Their works H4639 are non-existent;

Their molten images are wind and utter formlessness.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:16 -

“Behold, I Myself have created the craftsman who blows the fire of coals

And brings out a weapon for its work H4639;

And I have created the bringer of ruin to wreak destruction.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:12 -

“I will declare your righteousness and your deeds H4639,

But they will not profit you.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:6 -

Their webs will not become a garment,

Nor will they cover themselves with their works H4639;

Their works H4639 are works H4639 of wickedness,

And a deed of violence is in their [fn]hands.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:21 -

“Then all your people will be righteous;

They will possess the land forever,

The branch of [fn]My planting,

The work H4639 of My hands,

That I may show forth My beautiful glory.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:8 -

But now, O Yahweh, You are our Father;

We are the clay, and You our potter;

And all of us are the work H4639 of Your hand.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:22 -

“They will not build and another inhabit;

They will not plant and another eat;

For as the [fn]lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people,

And My chosen ones will wear out the work H4639 of their hands.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:18 -

“And I [fn]know their works H4639 and their thoughts; [fn]the time is coming to gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and see My glory.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:16 - “I will speak My judgments on them concerning all their evil, whereby they have forsaken Me and have burned incense to other gods and worshiped the works H4639 of their own hands.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:13 - “And now, because you have done all these works H4639,” declares Yahweh, “and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you did not hear, and I called you but you did not answer,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:3 -

For the statutes of the peoples are vanity

Because it is wood cut from the forest,

The work H4639 of the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:9 -

Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish,

And gold from Uphaz,

The work H4639 of a craftsman and of the hands of a goldsmith;

Blue and purple are their clothing;

They are all the work H4639 of wise craftsmen.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:15 -

They are vanity, a work H4639 of mockery;

In the time of their punishment they will perish.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:6 - and do not walk after other gods to [fn]serve them and to [fn]worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the work H4639 of your hands, and I will bring no evil against you.’
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:7 - “Yet you have not listened to Me,” declares Yahweh, “in order that you might provoke Me to anger with the work H4639 of your hands to your own evil demise.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:14 - ‘—[fn]For many nations and great kings will make slaves of them, even them; and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the work H4639 of their hands—’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:30 - “Indeed the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah have been doing only evil in My sight from their youth; for the sons of Israel have been only provoking Me to anger by the work H4639 of their hands,” declares Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:8 - provoking Me to anger with the works H4639 of your hands, burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you are entering to sojourn, so that you might be cut off and become an imprecation and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?

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