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ma.a.seh H4639

מַעֲשֶׂה (ma.a.seh) means “deed: work” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

מַעֲשֶׂה Hebrew · H4639 235 tagged occurrences in 221 verses

Pronunciation guide: mah-as-eh' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H4639G

מַעֲשֶׂה · ma.a.seh · deed: work

: work/product 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

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TBESH · H4639H

מַעֲשֶׂה · ma.a.seh · deed: justice

: justice/right/righteousness 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

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TBESH · H4639I

מַעֲשֶׂה · ma.a.seh · deed: judgement

: judgement/punishment 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

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TBESH · H4639J

מַעֲשֶׂה · ma.a.seh · deed: custom

: custom/manner 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

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TBESH · H4639K

מַעֲשֶׂה · ma.a.seh · deed

: deed 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

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H6213 (עָשָׂה); an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property

KJV glosses: 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.

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How translators render H4639

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
the work	37
work	10
the works	9
his work	6
deed	4
your works	4
are your works	3
by the work	3
his works	3
made	3
the practices	3
things	3
to the work	3
a work	2
and the work	2
and your works	2
deeds	2
have done	2
is your occupation	2
justice	2
of his works	2
products	2
their deeds	2
their works	2
was fashioned	2
were shaped	2
what the actions	2
with the same workmanship	2
with the works	2
worked	2
your work	2
a woven	1
about your judgments	1
accomplishments	1
according to his deeds	1
according to the work	1
and according to the work	1
and hasten his work	1
and let her works	1
and mission	1
and works	1
and you must not follow the practices	1
are his concern	1
are the work	1
are the works	1
are your deeds	1
at the works	1
away from their work	1
baking	1
blended	1
braided	1
by their actions	1
construction	1
crop	1
embroidered	1
everything	1
fashioned	1
fit for its task	1
for its construction	1
for what they have done	1
from wrongdoing	1
has a case against me	1
has accomplished	1
has done	1
he has made	1
he made	1
his actions	1
his deeds	1
in his works	1
in the case	1
in the labor	1
in your works	1
it is shaped	1
judgment	1
just as	1
like	1
like cords	1
like the design	1
man-made	1
my case	1
my handiwork	1
my justice	1
my pursuits	1
my verses	1
of	1
of the produce	1
of the same workmanship	1
of the works	1
of their deeds	1
of work	1
she does	1
styled	1
such works	1
that he did	1
that we have accomplished	1
the acts	1
the deeds	1
the handiwork	1
the parts	1
the things	1
the work of	1
the workmanship	1
their actions	1
their customs	1
their practices	1
their workmanship	1
they do their works	1
they have fashioned	1
this trouble began	1
to destruction	1
was a work	1
was constructed	1
was the design	1
were made	1
were the work	1
what he has done	1
what is formed	1
whose business	1
with the work	1
with their works	1
worked into it	1
worked into them	1
workmanship	1
works	1
works like yours	1
you have made	1
your produce	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
the work	32
work	26
thy works	6
and the work	5
the works	5
their works	5
according to the work	4
his work	4
all the work	3
in all his works	3
needlework	3
with the work	3
with the works	3
works	3
after the art	2
all the works	2
all these works	2
and their work	2
are thy works	2
but the work	2
deeds	2
every work	2
his works	2
in every work	2
like the work	2
not the works	2
of network	2
of the wares of thy making	2
thee in all the work	2
with all the works	2
your occupation	2
according to all the works	1
according to his work	1
according to these their works	1
according to thy works	1
acts	1
after the doings	1
after the work	1
after their works	1
against thee and because his works	1
all his works	1
all of it the work	1
all our works	1
all their works	1
all thy works	1
all wrought	1
and according to the works	1
and after the doings	1
and all his works	1
and all the acts	1
and all the works	1
and all work	1
and for every work	1
and his acts	1
and in all the works	1
and in every work	1
and instead of well set	1
and let her own works	1
and not after the doings	1
and their works	1
and this work	1
and thy works	1
and your works	1
any more to the work	1
any of their works	1
art	1
because the work	1
for his work	1
for shall the work	1
from his work	1
from their works	1
handywork	1
him all the works	1
his whole work	1
in all the labours	1
in his own works	1
in his works	1
in the works	1
in them such things as they offered	1
in thy labours	1
in thy works	1
like unto thy works	1
no work	1
nor the operation	1
nor yet the works	1
of bakemeats	1
of his doing	1
of his works	1
of it according to all the workmanship	1
of it like the work	1
of needlework	1
of the same according to the work	1
of the things which i have made	1
of thy labours	1
of thy works	1
on all the works	1
on the work	1
over all his works	1
over the things that were made	1
over the works	1
purpose	1
shall we do	1
the business	1
the labour	1
the operation	1
thee in all the works	1
thee in all thy works	1
them after the work	1
themselves with their works	1
thereof was wrought	1
thou the work	1
through the work	1
thy work	1
to the work	1
to them according to all the acts	1
unto every work	1
unto them what deed	1
upon it shall be of the same according to the work	1
upon us yea the work	1
us concerning our work	1
was of the like work	1
whose possessions	1
with their own works	1
working	1
wrought	1
wrought with needlework	1
your works	1

Verses containing H4639

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Ecclesiastes 3:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.
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Ecclesiastes 3:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.”
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Ecclesiastes 3:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?
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Ecclesiastes 4:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But better than both is he who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 4:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
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Ecclesiastes 5:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not tell the messenger that your vow was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands?
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Source alternate reference: 5.5
Ecclesiastes 7:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Consider the work of God: Who can straighten what He has bent?
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Ecclesiastes 8:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All this I have seen, applying my mind to every deed that is done under the sun; there is a time when one man lords it over another to his own detriment.
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Ecclesiastes 8:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.
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Ecclesiastes 8:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences
There is a futility that is done on the earth: There are righteous men who get what the actions of the wicked deserve, and there are wicked men who get what the actions of the righteous deserve. I say that this too is futile.
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Ecclesiastes 8:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences
I saw every work of God, and that a man is unable to comprehend the work that is done under the sun. Despite his efforts to search it out, he cannot find its meaning; even if the wise man claims to know, he is unable to comprehend.
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Ecclesiastes 9:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:
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Ecclesiastes 9:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
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Ecclesiastes 11:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones are formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.
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Ecclesiastes 12:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
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Song of Solomon 7:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
How beautiful are your sandaled feet, O daughter of the prince! The curves of your thighs are like jewels, the handiwork of a master.
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Source alternate reference: 7.2
Isaiah 2:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.
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Isaiah 3:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of styled hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; instead of beauty, shame.
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Isaiah 5:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.
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Isaiah 5:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so that we may know it!”
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Isaiah 10:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.
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Isaiah 17:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They will not look to the altars they have fashioned with their hands or to the Asherahs and incense altars they have made with their fingers.
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Isaiah 19:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD has poured into her a spirit of confusion. Egypt has been led astray in all she does, as a drunkard staggers through his own vomit.
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Isaiah 19:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
There is nothing Egypt can do—head or tail, palm or reed.
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Isaiah 19:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD of Hosts will bless them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt My people, Assyria My handiwork, and Israel My inheritance.”
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Isaiah 26:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
O LORD, You will establish peace for us. For all that we have accomplished, You have done for us.
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Isaiah 28:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences
For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim. He will rouse Himself as in the Valley of Gibeon, to do His work, His strange work, and to perform His task, His disturbing task.
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Isaiah 29:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”
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Isaiah 29:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”?
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Isaiah 29:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For when he sees his children around him, the work of My hands, they will honor My name, they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and they will stand in awe of the God of Israel.
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Isaiah 32:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.
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Isaiah 37:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.
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Isaiah 41:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
See, they are all a delusion; their works amount to nothing; their images are as empty as the wind.
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Isaiah 54:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Behold, I have created the craftsman who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its task; and I have created the destroyer to wreak havoc.
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Isaiah 57:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will expose your righteousness and your works, and they will not profit you.
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Isaiah 59:6 · BSB · 3 occurrences
Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.
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Isaiah 60:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified.
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Isaiah 64:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.
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Source alternate reference: 64.7
Isaiah 65:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
No longer will they build houses for others to inhabit, nor plant for others to eat. For as is the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, and My chosen ones will fully enjoy the work of their hands.
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Isaiah 66:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory.
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Jeremiah 1:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will pronounce My judgments against them for all their wickedness, because they have forsaken Me, and they have burned incense to other gods and worshiped the works of their own hands.
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Jeremiah 7:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and because I have spoken to you again and again but you would not listen, and I have called to you but you would not answer,
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Jeremiah 10:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman.
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Jeremiah 10:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz—the work of a craftsman from the hands of a goldsmith. Their clothes are blue and purple, all fashioned by skilled workers.
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Jeremiah 10:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.
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Jeremiah 25:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not follow other gods to serve and worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.’
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Jeremiah 25:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
‘But to your own harm, you have not listened to Me,’ declares the LORD, ‘so you have provoked Me to anger with the works of your hands.’
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Jeremiah 25:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For many nations and great kings will enslave them, and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the work of their hands.’”
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Jeremiah 32:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the children of Israel and of Judah have done nothing but evil in My sight from their youth; indeed, they have done nothing but provoke Me to anger by the work of their hands, declares the LORD.
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Jeremiah 44:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Why are you provoking Me to anger by the work of your hands by burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to reside? As a result, you will be cut off and will become an object of cursing and reproach among all the nations of the earth.
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