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עָשָׂה asah

Hebrew word for “to make” · Strong’s H6213 · used 2,629 times in 2,285 verses

Old Testament39 booksMost often in Exodus (323)

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Meaning

: do/perform; 1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make;

Senses in the lexicon

to make: do (1,751)
to make (740)
to make: offer (105)
to make: [do] (30)
to press (3)

How it is translated

Glosses given for asah in context, with how often each is used:

did 340
will do 277
made 265
do 238
will make 136
have done 118
doing 89
had done 85
has done 60
will offer 51
had made 51
make 48

Where it is used

Book	Uses	Per 1,000 words
Exodus	323	19.3
Ezekiel	219	11.7
Deuteronomy	163	11.4
2 Chronicles	159	11.9
2 Kings	158	12.9
1 Kings	154	11.7
Genesis	153	7.4
Jeremiah	153	7.0
Numbers	127	7.7
Psalms	110	5.6
Isaiah	102	6.0
Leviticus	94	7.9

Also in 27 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 36 (29), Exodus 26 (19), Exodus 37 (19), Exodus 39 (19), Exodus 25 (18), Exodus 28 (18), Ezekiel 18 (18), 2 Kings 17 (17), Numbers 15 (16), Ezekiel 16 (15)

Forms

עשׂה 526
ויעשׂ 238
לעשׂות 208
עשׂו 165
יעשׂה 158
תעשׂה 138
ועשׂה 95
ועשׂית 91
ויעשׂו 83
עשׂיתי 80

Words used with it

Words that share verses with asah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

Key verses

The verses using asah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

Genesis 8:21 — And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s…
Genesis 12:2 — And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
Deuteronomy 32:15 — But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly…
Ecclesiastes 9:10 — Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
Isaiah 9:7 — Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with…
Isaiah 46:10 — Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
Jeremiah 5:31 — The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
Jeremiah 23:5 — Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and…
Ezekiel 33:31 — And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth…
Micah 2:1 — Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
Micah 6:8 — He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Malachi 4:1 — For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.