Lexical Definition

‎מַעֲשֶׂה‎ maʻăseh (mah-as-eh') deed: work ^H:N-M
from ‎עָשָׂה‎

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.

• an action (good or bad)
• generally, a transaction
• abstractly, activity
• by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property

1) deed, work
1a) deed, thing done, act
1b) work, labour
1c) business, pursuit
1d) undertaking, enterprise
1e) achievement
1f) deeds, works (of deliverance and judgment)
1g) work, thing made
1h) work (of God)
1i) product

See Greek: ἀδικία · ἐργασία · κακός · κόσμος · ὀχύρωμα · ποίημα · ποίησις · πρᾶγμα · τέχνη

Extended Information

meaning of: מַעֲשֶׂה

• : deed

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מַעֲשֶׂה‎₂₃₃ noun masculine^{Gen 20:9} deed, work; — absolute ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Gen 44:15 +, construct ‎מַעֲשֵׂה‎ Isa 5:12 +; suffix ‎מַעֲשֵׂהוּ‎ Judg 13:12 +, etc.; plural ‎מַעֲשִׂים‎ Gen 20:9 +; construct ‎מַעֲשֵׂי‎ Jer 1:16 +; suffix ‎מַעֲשָׂיו‎ 1Sam 19:4 (or singular, so Dr) +, etc.; — often accusative of congnate meaning with verb with ‎עשׂה‎; —

1. a. (1) deed, thing done by man Num 16:28 (JE), 1Kgs 13:11; Isa 26:12 — 1Sam 20:19 is obscure; (2) implicit evil Gen 44:15 (J), Exod 23:24 (E), Neh 6:14 + 8 t., + singular collective doing(s) Mic 6:16; Lev 18:3 (twice in verse) (H), 2Chr 17:4, ‎יְדֵיהֶם‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Lam 3:64; Hag 2:14; Job 33:17 (reading ‎מִמַּעֲשֵׂהוּ‎ ᵐ5 Di Siegf Bu), Ezek 16:30 (behaviour); explicit ‎מַעֲשֵׂינוּ הָרָעִים‎ Ezra 9:13 compare Eccl 4:3; Eccl 8:11; Eccl 8:14, ‎מַעֲשֵׂיאָֿוֶן‎ Isa 59:6 specifically of idolatrous practices, ‎יְדֵיכֶם‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ singular Deut 31:29; Jer 25:6; Jer 25:7; Jer 32:30, plural Jer 44:8, compare singular 1Kgs 16:7; 2Kgs 22:17 = 2Chr 34:25 (3) implicit right, praiseworthy 1Sam 19:4; 2Kgs 23:19; Jonah 3:10; Prov 31:31 of duty in general ‎אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשׂוּן‎ ‎׳‎‎הַמּ‎ Exod 18:20 (E) = what they are to do; explicit Eccl 4:4; Eccl 8:14 (4) as basis of judgment (good or bad) Isa 66:18; Ps 33:15; Ps 62:13*; Eccl 12:14, ‎יְדֵיהֶם‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Jer 25:14.
b. (1) work, labour, husbandry Exod 23:16 (E), Gen 5:29 (J), Judg 19:16, ‎יְדֵיכֶם‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Hag 2:17 enforced labour of Israel in Egypt Exod 5:5; Exod 5:13 (J); in general Exod 23:12 (E); also of product of labour Exod 23:16, compare Isa 65:22; Eccl 5:5* ‎׳‎‎שֵׁשֶׁת יְמֵי הַמּ‎ Ezek 46:1 the six working-days; of religious work, ‎׳‎‎עֲבֹדַת בֵּית הָא‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ 1Chr 23:28, compare ‎׳‎‎מ‎ 2Chr 31:21 (2) business, pursuit, Gen 46:33; Gen 47:3 (J), Judg 13:12; 1Sam 25:2; Isa 54:16 in general, occupation Isa 29:15; Eccl 2:4; Eccl 2:11; Eccl 3:17; Eccl 3:22; Eccl 8:9; Eccl 9:7; Eccl 9:10 (3) undertaking, enterprise Isa 19:14; Isa 19:15; Deut 15:10 ‎יָדֶ֑ךָ‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Deut 2:7 + 5 t. Deuteronomy; 2Chr 32:30; Job 1:10; Ps 28:4, ‎יָדֵינוּ‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Ps 90:17 (twice in verse). (4) achievement Jer 48:7; Esth 10:2 (5) in weakened sense, ‎מַעֲשֶׂיךָ‎ Prov 16:3 thine affairs; nearly = occurrences Eccl 1:14 (plural), Eccl 2:17; Eccl 8:17 (singular).
c. deed(s), work(s) of ‎׳‎‎י‎, especially in deliverance and in judgment, Judg 2:7; Judg 2:10; Josh 24:31 (D), Ps 33:4 + 21 t., + ‎יָדָיו‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ etc. Isa 5:12; Ps 28:5; Ps 92:5* + 4 t.; ‎הָאֱלֹהִים‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ in general Eccl 7:13; Eccl 8:17; Eccl 11:5 compare Eccl 3:11.

2. a. (1) work, thing made, by man, ‎אֹפֶה‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Gen 40:17 (E) baker's work; ‎יְדֵי יוֺצֵר‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Lam 4:2 often of furnishings of tabernacle, ‎חשֵׁב‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Exod 26:1 + 7 t., ‎רֹקֵם‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Exod 26:36 + 5 t.,‎אֹרֵג‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Exod 28:32 + 2 t., ‎חָרָשׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Exod 28:11, compare ‎יְדֵי אָמָּן‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Song 7:2* of holy oil, etc, ‎רֹקֵחַ‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Exod 30:25 + 2 t. (insert ‎רֹקֵחַ‎ perhaps also 2Chr 16:14); hence ‎׳‎‎מ‎ = work of art Isa 3:24 (of coiffure), compare ‎׳‎‎כְּלִי מ‎ Num 31:51 followed by noun of material, pattern, etc., ‎עִזִּים‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ vNum 31:20 (i.e. goats' hair), see also Exod 27:4; Exod 28:14 +; in temple, ‎שְׂבָכָה‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ 1Kgs 7:17, ‎׳‎‎מ‎ ‎שׁוּשַׁן‎ v1Kgs 7:19, etc.; ‎צַעֲצֻעִים‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ 2Chr 3:10, compare ‎הַחֲבִתִּים‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ 1Chr 9:31 the work of (consisting in) bread-wafers; = materials of (prepared for) ‎הָעוֺלָה‎ 2Chr 4:6 in theoph. ‎לִבְנַת הַסַּפִּיר‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Exod 24:10 (J); ‎׳‎‎מ‎ of ships 2Chr 20:37 in general Isa 29:16; Ezek 27:16; Ezek 27:18 = thy manufactures, wares; ‎מַעֲשַׂי‎ Ps 45:2* = my verses (ποίημα, poem); (2) workmanship Ezek 1:16 (twice in verse) (Ezek 1:16 a strike out Co Toy) 1Kgs 7:8; Exod 28:8 + 11 t.; (3) ‎יְדֵי אָדָם‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ of idols (contemptuously) Deut 4:28; 2Kgs 19:18 = Isa 37:19 = 2Chr 32:19; Ps 115:4; Ps 135:15, compare Isa 2:8 (‎יָדָיו‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎), Hos 14:4*; Mic 5:12*; Jer 1:16 so ‎(יְדֵיׅ‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ ‎חָרָשׁ‎ Deut 27:15; Jer 10:3; Jer 10:9 compare Hos 13:2 ‎חֲכָמִים‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Jer 10:9 ‎תַּעְתֻּעִים‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ vJer 10:15; Jer 51:18 apparently also ‎מַעֲשֵׂהֶם‎ Isa 41:29 compare Isa 57:12; Ezek 6:6 ‎יָדָיו‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ of altars Isa 17:8.
b. work (made by) God Exod 32:16 (E); especially (poetry and late), of created things, Ps 103:22; Ps 104:24 + 4 t. Psalms; ‎אֶצְבְּעֹתֶיךָ‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Ps 8:4*, ‎יָרֶיךָ‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Ps 102:26* (both of heavens), compare Ps 19:2* (heavenly bodies), Ps 8:7* (animals); of man Job 14:15; Job 34:19, compare ‎לָדַעַת כָּלאַֿנְשֵׁי מַעֲשֵׂהוּ‎ Job 37:7 (but read probably ‎אנשׁים‎ ᵑ9 Ol Di and others); of nation Isa 19:25; Isa 60:21; Isa 64:7* of weights Prov 16:11 (but read perhaps ‎הַמֶּלֶךְ‎) for ‎׳‎‎י‎ Gr Toy).
c. product of olive-tree, ‎זַיִת‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Hab 3:17 figurative product of righteousness Isa 32:17.

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