עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh · aw-saw'
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, [phrase] feast, (fight-) ing man, [phrase] finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, [phrase] hinder, hold (a feast), [idiom] indeed, [phrase] be industrious, [phrase] journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, [phrase] officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, [idiom] sacrifice, serve, set, shew, [idiom] sin, spend, [idiom] surely, take, [idiom] thoroughly, trim, [idiom] very, [phrase] vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Letters
- 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)
to see and know › to consume, to destroy › to reveal, behold
To see and know that works to consume, to destroy that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָשָׂה 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
2629 occurrences · 2629 OT · 0 NT · 848 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- did98 · 12%
- made84 · 10%
- to do78 · 10%
- and do65 · 8%
- do57 · 7%
- and he made56 · 7%
- and thou shalt make45 · 6%
- and he did37 · 5%
- had done28 · 3%
- had made25 · 3%
- and made24 · 3%
- make23 · 3%
- and all that he did22 · 3%
- hath done18 · 2%
- and did18 · 2%
- shalt thou make18 · 2%
- to make15 · 2%
- he made15 · 2%
- ye shall do15 · 2%
- and make13 · 2%
- which he did12 · 1%
- so did11 · 1%
- and to do11 · 1%
- to work10 · 1%
- thou shalt make10 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
- Genesis153
- Exodus323
- Leviticus94
- Numbers127
- Deuteronomy163
- Joshua63
- Judges91
- Ruth13
- 1 Samuel87
- 2 Samuel85
- 1 Kings154
- 2 Kings158
- 1 Chronicles39
- 2 Chronicles159
- Ezra11
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.