Word Study · Strong's H4641 · Hebrew
מַעֲשֵׂיָה
Maaseah
mah-as-ay-yaw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Maʻăsêyâh
“Maasejah, the name of sixteen Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Maasejah, the name of sixteen Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Maaseiah.
- 23occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 16inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 23 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 16
- מַֽעֲשֵׂיָה֙4
- מַעֲשֵׂיָ֛ה3
- וּמַעֲשֵׂיָ֖הוּ2
- מַעֲשֵׂיָ֡ה2
- וּמַעֲשֵׂיָ֖ה1
- וּמַעֲשֵׂיָ֣ה1
- וּמַעֲשֵׂיָ֨ה1
- וּמַֽעֲשֵׂיָ֡הוּ1
- מַֽעֲשֵׂיָ֔ה1
- מַעֲשֵׂיָ֤ה1
- מַעֲשֵׂיָה֙1
- מַעֲשֵׂיָֽה׃1
and 4 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 2
- Maaseiah17
- and Maaseiah6
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)17
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)6
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 17
- HC/Npm · 6
All 23, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Nehemiah8 of 23 · 35%
- Jeremiah5 of 23 · 22%
- 2 Chronicles4 of 23 · 17%
- Ezra4 of 23 · 17%
- 1 Chronicles2 of 23 · 9%
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1 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 15:18וּמַֽעֲשֵׂיָ֡הוּumaaseyahuconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)and with them their brothers next in rank: Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel.here: and Maaseiah
- 1 Chronicles 15:20וּמַעֲשֵׂיָ֖הוּumaaseyahuconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were to play the harps according to Alamoth.here: and Maaseiah
2 Chronicles4 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 23:1מַעֲשֵׂיָ֧הוּmaaseyahuproper noun (a name)Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada strengthened himself and made a covenant with the commanders of hundreds—with Azariah son of Jeroham, Ishmael son of Jehohanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zichri.here: Maaseiah
- 2 Chronicles 26:11וּמַעֲשֵׂיָ֖הוּumaaseyahuconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Uzziah had an army ready for battle that went out to war by assigned divisions, as recorded by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer under the direction of Hananiah, one of the royal officers.here: and Maaseiah
- 2 Chronicles 28:7מַעֲשֵׂיָ֙הוּ֙maaseyahuproper noun (a name)Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the son of the king, Azrikam the governor of the palace, and Elkanah the second to the king.here: Maaseiah
- 2 Chronicles 34:8מַעֲשֵׂיָ֣הוּmaaseyahuproper noun (a name)Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, in order to cleanse the land and the temple, Josiah sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah son of Joahaz, the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.here: Maaseiah
Ezra4 occurrences
- Ezra 10:18מַֽעֲשֵׂיָה֙maaseyahproper noun (a name)Among the descendants of the priests who had married foreign women were found these descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers:here: Maaseiah
- Ezra 10:21מַעֲשֵׂיָ֤הmaaseyahproper noun (a name)From the descendants of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah.here: Maaseiah
- Ezra 10:22מַֽעֲשֵׂיָה֙maaseyahproper noun (a name)From the descendants of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.here: Maaseiah
- Ezra 10:30מַעֲשֵׂיָה֙maaseyahproper noun (a name)From the descendants of Pahath-moab: Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh.here: Maaseiah
Nehemiah8 occurrences
- Nehemiah 3:23מַעֲשֵׂיָ֛הmaaseyahproper noun (a name)Beyond them, Benjamin and Hasshub made repairs in front of their house, and next to them, Azariah son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, made repairs beside his house.here: Maaseiah
- Nehemiah 8:4וּמַעֲשֵׂיָ֖הumaaseyahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Ezra the scribe stood on a high wooden platform built for this occasion. At his right side stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, and at his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hash-baddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.here: and Maaseiah
- Nehemiah 8:7מַעֲשֵׂיָ֡הmaaseyahproper noun (a name)The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah—instructed the people in the Law as they stood in their places.here: Maaseiah
- Nehemiah 10:25מַעֲשֵׂיָֽה׃maaseyahproper noun (a name)Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,here: Maaseiah
- Nehemiah 11:5וּמַעֲשֵׂיָ֣הumaaseyahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)and Maaseiah son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, a descendant of Shelah.here: and Maaseiah
- Nehemiah 11:7מַעֲשֵׂיָ֛הmaaseyahproper noun (a name)From the descendants of Benjamin: Sallu son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah;here: Maaseiah
- Nehemiah 12:41מַעֲשֵׂיָ֡הmaaseyahproper noun (a name)as well as the priests with their trumpets—Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah—here: Maaseiah
- Nehemiah 12:42וּמַעֲשֵׂיָ֨הumaaseyahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)and also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. Then the choirs sang out under the direction of Jezrahiah.here: and Maaseiah
Jeremiah5 occurrences
- Jeremiah 21:1מַעֲשֵׂיָ֛הmaaseyahproper noun (a name)This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malchijah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah. They said,here: Maaseiah
- Jeremiah 29:21מַֽעֲשֵׂיָ֔הmaaseyahproper noun (a name)This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying to you lies in My name: “I will deliver them to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will kill them before your very eyes.here: Maaseiah
- Jeremiah 29:25מַֽעֲשֵׂיָה֙maaseyahproper noun (a name)this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “In your own name you have sent out letters to all the people of Jerusalem, to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, and to all the priests. You said to Zephaniah:here: Maaseiah
- Jeremiah 35:4מַעֲשֵׂיָ֥הוּmaaseyahuproper noun (a name)and I brought them into the house of the LORD, to a chamber occupied by the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah, a man of God. This room was near the chamber of the officials, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah son of Shallum the doorkeeper.here: Maaseiah
- Jeremiah 37:3מַֽעֲשֵׂיָה֙maaseyahproper noun (a name)Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet with the message, “Please pray to the LORD our God for us!”here: Maaseiah