מַעֲשֶׂה
maʻăseh · mah-as-eh'
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6213 (עָשָׂה);
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
- an action (good or bad)
- generally, a transaction
- abstractly, activity
- by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: act, art, [phrase] bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, [idiom] well, (handy-, needle-, net-) work(ing, -manship), wrought.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to see and know › to consume, to destroy › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to see and know that works to consume, to destroy that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַעֲשֶׂה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
236 occurrences · 236 OT · 0 NT · 119 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- work25 · 22%
- the work24 · 21%
- and the work6 · 5%
- the works5 · 4%
- thy works4 · 4%
- their works4 · 4%
- according to the work4 · 4%
- with the work3 · 3%
- are thy works3 · 3%
- in all his works3 · 3%
- with the works3 · 3%
- of needlework3 · 3%
- his work3 · 3%
- but the work2 · 2%
- works2 · 2%
- what is your occupation2 · 2%
- in every work2 · 2%
- all the work2 · 2%
- thee in all the work2 · 2%
- all these works2 · 2%
- after the art2 · 2%
- all the works2 · 2%
- after the work2 · 2%
- of network2 · 2%
- deeds2 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.