ʻâsâh — H6213

H6213 · Hebrew — עשה

Pronunciation: aw-saw'

Definition

verb

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

  1. to do, fashion, accomplish, make
    1. (Qal)
      1. to do, work, make, produce
        1. to do
        2. to work
        3. to deal (with)
        4. to act, act with effect, effect
      2. to make
        1. to make
        2. to produce
        3. to prepare
        4. to make (an offering)
        5. to attend to, put in order
        6. to observe, celebrate
        7. to acquire (property)
        8. to appoint, ordain, institute
        9. to bring about
        10. to use
        11. to spend, pass
    2. (Niphal)
      1. to be done
      2. to be made
      3. to be produced
      4. to be offered
      5. to be observed
      6. to be used
    3. (Pual) to be made
  2. (Piel) to press, squeeze

Usually translated as

do, make, offer, keep, deal, execute, work, prepare, commit, perform, dress, dressed, maintain, bring, yield, to pass, bear, observe, set, accomplish, fulfill, get, great, be meet, be occupied, procure, sacrifice, apt, become, bestow, be busy, displease, execution, exercise, furnish, govern, hinder, indeed, be industrious, pare, provide, put, requite, take, vex, advance, appoint, be at, bring forth, bruise, certainly, have the charge of, deck, fashion, feast, ing man, fighting man, finish, fit, fly, follow, gather, go about, grant, hold, journey, labour, officer, pracise, serve, shew, sin, spend, surely, thoroughly, trim, very, be, ior, workman, use

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

ʻâsâh occurs 2,620 times in 2,280 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (140), Exodus (269), Leviticus (78), Numbers (108), Deuteronomy (147), Joshua (55), Judges (74), Ruth (10), 1 Samuel (81), 2 Samuel (73), 1 Kings (133), 2 Kings (126), 1 Chronicles (37), 2 Chronicles (136), Ezra (11), Nehemiah (48), Esther (46), Job (35), Psalms (109), Proverbs (32), Ecclesiastes (37), Song of Songs (4), Isaiah (87), Jeremiah (135), Lamentations (2), Ezekiel (180), Daniel (21), Hosea (13), Joel (4), Amos (9), Obadiah (1), Jonah (6), Micah (6), Nahum (2), Habakkuk (3), Zephaniah (4), Haggai (2), Zechariah (7), Malachi (9)