Deed
מַעֲשֶׂהStrong’s H4639maaseh (ma-a-seh)
Appears in 222 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Maaseh is the Hebrew word usually translated “work of”, “works your” and “work your”. It appears in 222 verses of the Old Testament.
“Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.”
Meaning
- Deed, workdeed, thing done, act · work, labour · business, pursuit · undertaking, enterprise · achievement · deeds, works (of deliverance and judgment) · work, thing made · work (of God) · product
How it's translated
- work of 68
- a work of 10
- and work of 10
- works your 8
- work your 7
- deeds their 7
- works his 7
- the work 6
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 39
- Exodus 37
- Isaiah 24
- Ecclesiastes 19
- Deuteronomy 13
- Jeremiah 13
31 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 5:29And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.
- Genesis 20:9Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.
- Genesis 40:17And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.
- Genesis 44:15And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?
- Genesis 46:33And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?
- Genesis 47:3And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.
All 222 verses, by book
- Exodus 37
- 5:45:1318:2023:1223:1623:2424:1026:126:3126:3627:427:1628:628:828:1128:1428:1528:2228:3228:3930:2530:3532:1634:1036:836:3536:3737:2938:438:1839:339:539:839:1539:2239:2739:29
- Leviticus 1
- 18:3
- Joshua 1
- 24:31
- Ezra 1
- 9:13
- Nehemiah 1
- 6:14
- Esther 1
- 10:2
- Psalms 39
- 8:38:619:128:428:533:433:1545:162:1264:966:386:890:1792:492:5102:25103:22104:13104:24104:31106:13106:35106:39107:22107:24111:2111:6111:7115:4118:17135:15138:8139:14143:5145:4145:9145:10145:13145:17
- Song of Solomon 1
- 7:1
- Isaiah 24
- 2:83:245:125:1910:1217:819:1419:1519:2526:1228:2129:1529:1629:2332:1737:1941:2954:1657:1259:660:2164:865:2266:18
- Daniel 1
- 9:14
- Amos 1
- 8:7
- Jonah 1
- 3:10
- Habakkuk 1
- 3:17
Hebrew dictionary
מַעֲשֶׂה maaseh · deed
: 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
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.