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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.
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 235 times in 221 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 5 (Deu 4:28–Est 10:2)

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:28 - “There you will serve gods, the work H4639 of human hands, wood and stone, which neither see nor hear, nor eat nor smell anything.
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 the LORD which He did.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:29 - “And the Levite, because he has no portion or inheritance among you, and the stranger, the [fn]orphan, and the widow who are in your [fn]town, shall come and eat and be satisfied, in order that the LORD 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 [fn]grudging when you give to him, because for this thing the LORD your God will bless you in all your work H4639, and in all [fn]your undertakings.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:15 - “For seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the LORD your God in the place which the LORD chooses, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work H4639 of your hands, so that you will be altogether joyful.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:19 -

“When you reap your harvest in your field and forget a sheaf in the field, you are not to go back to get it; it shall belong to the stranger, the [fn]orphan, and to the widow, in order that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work H4639 of your hands.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:15 -

‘Cursed is the person who makes a carved image or cast metal image, an abomination to the LORD, the work H4639 of the hands of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret.’ And all the people shall reply and say, ‘Amen.’

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:12 - “The LORD will open for you His good storehouse, the heavens, to give rain to your land in its season and to bless every work H4639 of your hand; and you will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:9 - “Then the LORD your God will prosper you [fn]abundantly in every work H4639 of your hand, in the [fn]children of your womb, the [fn]offspring of your cattle, and in the [fn]produce of your ground, for the LORD will again 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 behave very corruptly and turn from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will confront you in the latter days, because you will do that which is evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with the work H4639 of your hands.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:31 -

Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who [fn]survived Joshua, and had known every deed H4639 of the LORD which He had done for Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:7 - The people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who [fn]survived Joshua, who had seen all the great work H4639 of the LORD which He had done for Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:10 - All that generation also were gathered to their fathers; and another generation rose up after them who did not know the LORD, nor even the work H4639 which He had done for Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:12 - Then Manoah said, “Now when your words [fn]are fulfilled, what shall be the boy’s way of life and his vocation H4639?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:16 -

Then behold, an old man was coming out of the field from his work H4639 at evening. Now the man was from the hill country of Ephraim, and he was [fn]staying in Gibeah, but the men of the place were Benjaminites.

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 abandoned Me and served other gods—so they are doing to you as well.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:4 - Then Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him, “May the king not sin against his servant David, since he has not sinned against you, and since his deeds H4639 have been very [fn]beneficial to you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:19 - “When you have stayed for three days, you shall go down quickly and come to the place where you hid yourself on that eventful H4639 day, and you shall remain beside the stone Ezel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:2 -

Now there was a man in Maon whose business H4639 was in Carmel; and the man was very [fn]rich, and he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. And it came about while he was shearing his sheep in Carmel

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:8 -

And his house where he was to live, the other courtyard inward from the hall, was of this 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 lattices of latticework H4639 and wreaths 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 - The capitals which were on the tops of the pillars in the porch were of lily design H4639, four cubits.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:22 - On the top of the pillars was the lily design H4639. So the work of the pillars was finished.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:26 - And it was a [fn]hand width thick, and its brim was made H4639 like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom; it could hold [fn]two thousand baths.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:28 - This was the design H4639 of the stands: they had borders, that is, borders between the crossbars,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:29 - and on the borders which were between the crossbars were lions, oxen, and cherubim; and on the crossbars 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 crown at the top was a [fn]cubit, and its opening was round like the design H4639 of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and on its opening also there were engravings, and their borders were square, not round.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:33 - 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 told him all the deeds H4639 which the man of God had done that day in Bethel; the words which he had spoken to the king, these also they reported to their father.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:7 - Moreover, the word of the LORD through the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came against Baasha and his household, both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with the work H4639 of his hands, by 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 he saw the altar which was at Damascus; and King Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the [fn]pattern of the altar and its model, according to all its workmanship H4639.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:18 - and have [fn]hurled their gods into the fire; for they were not gods, but only the work H4639 of human hands, wood and stone. So they have destroyed them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:17 - ‘Since they have abandoned Me and have burned incense to other gods so that they may provoke Me to anger with all the work H4639 of their hands, My wrath burns against this place, and it shall not be quenched.’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:19 - Then Josiah also removed all the houses of the high places which were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had constructed, [fn]provoking the LORD to anger; and he did to them [fn]just H4639 as he had done in Bethel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:31 - Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the [fn]responsibility for the baking H4639 of cakes in pans.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:28 - For their office is [fn]to assist the sons of Aaron with the service of the house of the LORD, in the courtyards and in the chambers, and in the purification of all holy things, and the work H4639 of the service of the house of God,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:10 -

Then he made two [fn]sculptured H4639 cherubim in the room of the Most Holy Place and overlaid them with gold.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:5 - It was a [fn]hand width thick, and its brim was made H4639 like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom; it could hold three thousand [fn]baths.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:6 - He also made ten basins in which to wash, and he set five on the right side and five on the left [fn]to rinse things H4639 for the burnt offering; but the Sea was for the priests to wash in.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:14 - They buried him in his own tomb which he had 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, [fn]followed His commandments, and did not act 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, the LORD has destroyed your works H4639.” So the ships were wrecked and could not go to Tarshish.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:21 - Every work H4639 which he began in the service of the house of God in the Law and in the commandment, seeking his God, he did with all his heart and prospered.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:19 - They spoke [fn]of the God of Jerusalem as they did against the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work H4639 of human hands.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:30 - 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 was successful in everything that he did H4639.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:25 - “Since they have abandoned Me and have burned incense to other gods, so that they may provoke Me to anger with all the works H4639 of their hands, My wrath will be poured out on this place and it will not be quenched.”’
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:13 - “And after everything that has come upon us for our evil deeds H4639 and our great guilt, since You our God have spared us by inflicting less than our wrongdoing deserves, and have given us such an escaped remnant as this,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:14 - Remember, my God, Tobiah and Sanballat in accordance with these works H4639 of theirs, and also Noadiah the prophetess and the rest of the prophets, who were trying to frighten me.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 10:2 - And every accomplishment H4639 of his authority and power, and the full account of the greatness of Mordecai with which the king honored him, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia?

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