Deed
מַעֲלָלStrong’s H4611maalal (ma-a-lal)
Appears in 41 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Maalal is the Hebrew word usually translated “deeds your”, “deeds their” and “deeds his”. It appears in 41 verses of the Old Testament.
“Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD.”
Meaning
- Deed, practicepractice (usually bad) · deeds · acts
How it's translated
- deeds your 10
- deeds their 10
- and deeds your 6
- deeds his 3
- deeds of 2
- by deeds their 2
- any of deeds their 1
- deeds 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 17
- Psalms 5
- Hosea 5
- Isaiah 3
- Micah 3
- Zechariah 2
12 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Zechariah 1:6In contextBut my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.
- Deuteronomy 28:20The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.
- Judges 2:19And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.
- 1 Samuel 25:3Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.
- Nehemiah 9:35For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.
- Psalms 28:4Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.
All 41 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
מַעֲלָל maalal · deed
1) deed, practice 1a) practice (usually bad) 1b) deeds 1c) acts
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “deed” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DEED, noun
- That which is done, acted or effected; an act; a fact; a word of extensive application, including whatever is done, good or bad, great or small.“We receive the due reward of our deeds” Luke 23:41
- Exploit; achievement; illustrious act.
- Power of action; agency.
- A writing containing some contract or agreement, and the evidence of its execution; particularly, an instrument on paper or parchment, conveying real estate to a purchaser or donee.
All definitions and other forms of “deed”
DEED, verb transitive
To convey or transfer by deed; a popular use of the word in America; as, he deeded all his estate to his eldest son.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.