Deed

The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: deeds, deed, deeded. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.

At a glance

How often each original word is translated “deed” or one of its forms.

• ἔργον érgon50
• מַעֲלָל maălâl27
• מַעֲשֶׂה maăseh13
• עֲלִילָה ălîlâh13
• פֹּעַל pôal8
• סֵפֶר sêpher7
• יָרֵא yârê4
• דָּבָר dâbâr3
• חֶסֶד chesed3
• קוּם qûm2
• פְּעֻלָּה peullâh2
• פָּלָא pâlâ2

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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)

• מַעֲלָל maălâldeed, practicetranslated this way 27 times of its 40 uses · Strong’s H4611Noun  ·  Translated: deeds 25, works 3, actions 2

  Psalm 106:29 So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.

  Isaiah 1:16 Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!

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• מַעֲשֶׂה maăsehdeed, worktranslated this way 13 times of its 223 uses · Strong’s H4639Noun  ·  Translated: work 71, works 38, deeds 8, made 7

  Genesis 44:15 “What is this deed you have done?” Joseph declared. “Do you not know that a man like me can surely divine the truth?”

  1 Kings 13:11 Now a certain old prophet was living in Bethel, and his sons came and told him all the deeds that the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told their father the words that the man had spoken to the king.

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• עֲלִילָה ălîlâhwantonness, deedtranslated this way 13 times of its 24 uses · Strong’s H5949Noun  ·  Translated: deeds 12, actions 3, shameful conduct 2, acts 2

  1 Chronicles 16:8 “Give thanks to the LORD; call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.

  Psalm 9:11 Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.

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• פֹּעַל pôaldoing, deed, worktranslated this way 8 times of its 37 uses · Strong’s H6467Noun  ·  Translated: work 16, deeds 3, exploits 2, wages 2

  Job 34:11 For according to a man’s deeds He repays him; according to a man’s ways He brings consequences.

  Psalm 28:4 Repay them according to their deeds and for their works of evil. Repay them for what their hands have done; bring back on them what they deserve.

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• סֵפֶר sêphermissive, document, writing, booktranslated this way 7 times of its 174 uses · Strong’s H5612Noun  ·  Translated: Book 107, scroll 19, letter 14, letters 13

  Jeremiah 32:10 I signed and sealed the deed, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.

  Jeremiah 32:11 Then I took the deed of purchase— the sealed copy with its terms and conditions, as well as the open copy—

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• יָרֵא yârêfeartranslated this way 4 times of its 312 uses · Strong’s H3372Verb  ·  Translated: afraid 109, fear 98, feared 23, awesome 21

  Psalm 45:4 In your splendor ride forth in victory on behalf of truth and humility and justice; may your right hand show your awesome deeds.

  Psalm 65:5 With awesome deeds of righteousness You answer us, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.

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• דָּבָר dâbârspeech, wordtranslated this way 3 times of its 1,244 uses · Strong’s H1697Noun  ·  Translated: word 342, words 299, acts 51, Chronicles 42

  1 Samuel 2:23 “Why are you doing these things?” Eli said to his sons. “I hear about your wicked deeds from all these people.

  2 Samuel 12:14 Nevertheless, because by this deed you have shown utter contempt for the word of the LORD, the son born to you will surely die.”

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• חֶסֶד chesedgoodness, kindnesstranslated this way 3 times of its 247 uses · Strong’s H2617Noun  ·  Translated: loving devotion 175, kindness 31, according to your loving devotion 6, favor 4

  2 Chronicles 32:32 As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and his deeds of loving devotion, they are indeed written in the vision of the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.

  Nehemiah 13:14 Remember me for this, O my God, and do not blot out my deeds of loving devotion for the house of my God and for its services.

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• קוּם qûmarise, stand up, standtranslated this way 2 times of its 594 uses · Strong’s H6965Verb  ·  Translated: rise 68, got 61, set 44, Get 42

  Genesis 23:17 So Ephron’s field at Machpelah near Mamre, the cave that was in it, and all the trees within the boundaries of the field were deeded over

  Genesis 23:20 So the field and its cave were deeded by the Hittites to Abraham as a burial site.

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• פְּעֻלָּה peullâhwork, recompencetranslated this way 2 times of its 14 uses · Strong’s H6468Noun  ·  Translated: reward 3, recompense 3, work 2, deeds 2

  Psalm 17:4 As for the deeds of men — by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.

  Isaiah 65:7 both for your iniquities and for those of your fathers,” says the LORD. “Because they burned incense on the mountains and scorned Me on the hills, I will measure into their laps full payment for their former deeds.”

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• פָּלָא pâlâbe surpassing, extraordinarytranslated this way 2 times of its 70 uses · Strong’s H6381Verb  ·  Translated: wonders 31, difficult 5, wonderful 3, fulfill 2

  Psalm 71:17 O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds.

  Psalm 72:18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.

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• עָשָׂה âsâhdo, maketranslated this way 2 times of its 2,478 uses · Strong’s H6213Verb  ·  Translated: done 292, made 265, make 143, did 112Full study and all 2,206 verses →
• דֶּרֶךְ derekway, road, distance, journey, mannertranslated this way 2 times of its 653 uses · Strong’s H1870Noun  ·  Translated: way 204, ways 166, road 54, journey 35Full study and all 595 verses →

Greek words (New Testament)

• ἔργον érgonwork, labor, action, deedtranslated this way 50 times of its 163 uses · Strong’s G2041Noun  ·  Translated: works 51, deeds 44, work 32, actions 6

  Matthew 5:16 In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

  Mark 14:6 But Jesus said, “Leave her alone; why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful deed to Me.

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• πρᾶξις prâxisan action, deeds, functiontranslated this way 2 times of its 6 uses · Strong’s G4234Noun  ·  Translated: deeds 2, done 1, action 1, function 1

  Acts 19:18 Many who had believed now came forward, confessing and disclosing their deeds.

  Romans 8:13 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

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Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.