עֲבַד

ʻăbad · Hebrew · Strong's H5648 · 28 occurrences

The KJV renders 43 different Hebrew and Greek words as “make”

What it means

to do, make, prepare, keep, etc.

(Aramaic) corresponding to H5647 (עָבַד);

How the KJV renders it

execute, go on, make, move, work

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“make”

also renders kataskeuázō (G2680), procheirízomai (G4400), poiéō (G4160), synistáō (G4921), títhēmi (G5087), dídōmi (G1325), speúdō (G4692), synteléō (G4931), diatíthemai (G1303), perisseúō (G4052), kathístēmi (G2525), gennáō (G1080), ktízō (G2936), symbállō (G4820), ʼârak (H748), bûwsh (H954), bᵉnâʼ (H1124), bᵉʻâʼ (H1156), bârâʼ (H1254), gâdal (H1431), hâlal (H1984), hâphak (H2015), hârag (H2026), chûwl (H2342), yâdaʻ (H3045), yâçaph (H3254), nâthan (H5414), ʻâmaq (H6009), ʻâtsab (H6087), ʻâsâh (H6213), ʻâshar (H6238), pâlaç (H6424), pâʻal (H6466), pâqad (H6485), pᵉshar (H6590), qûwm (H6966), qâlal (H7043), râbâh (H7235), râphad (H7502), râqach (H7543), sûwm (H7761), shîyth (H7896)

“work”

also renders ergázomai (G2038), poiéō (G4160), ergasía (G2039), érgon (G2041), prâxis (G4234), katergázomai (G2716), energéō (G1754), lógos (G3056), prâgma (G4229), dâbâr (H1697), châshab (H2803), yᵉgîyaʻ (H3018), yêtser (H3336), mᵉlâʼkâh (H4399), maʻbâd (H4566), maʻbâd (H4567), maʻălâl (H4611), miphʻâl (H4659), miqshâh (H4749), ʻăbôdâh (H5656), ʻăbîydâh (H5673), ʻălîylâh (H5949), ʻâsâh (H6213), pâlâʼ (H6381), pâʻal (H6466), pôʻal (H6467), pᵉʻullâh (H6468)

“move”

also renders seíō (G4579), anaseíō (G383), phérō (G5342), saleúō (G4531), saínō (G4525), hâlak (H1980), châphêts (H2654), pûwq (H6328), qâlal (H7043), qârats (H7169), râgaz (H7264), râchaph (H7363), sherets (H8318)

“execute”

also renders poiéō (G4160), ʻâsâh (H6213)

“go on”

also renders phérō (G5342)

Where it appears

28 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 25 verses shown.

Daniel 2:5 · AVui2mp

The king answered the Chaldeans, “The thing has gone from me. If you don’t make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you will be cut in pieces, and your houses will be made a dunghill.

Daniel 3:1 · AVqp3ms

Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits and its width six cubits. He set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.

Daniel 3:15 · AVqp1cs

Now if you are ready whenever you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music to fall down and worship the image which I have made, good; but if you don’t worship, you shall be cast the same hour into the middle of a burning fiery furnace. Who is that god who will deliver you out of my hands?”

Daniel 3:29 · AVui3ms

Therefore I make a decree that every people, nation, and language which speak anything evil against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill, because there is no other god who is able to deliver like this.”

Daniel 4:2 · AVqp3ms

It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked toward me.

Daniel 4:35 · AVqp2ms

All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and no one can stop his hand, or ask him, “What are you doing?”

Daniel 5:1 AVqp3msDaniel 6:10 AVqrmsaDaniel 6:22 AVqp1csDaniel 6:27 AC/VqrmsaDaniel 7:21 AVqrfsaEzra 4:15 AVqrmsaEzra 4:19 AVusmsaEzra 4:22 AR/VqcEzra 5:8 AVurfsaEzra 6:8 AVqi2mpEzra 6:11 AVui3msEzra 6:12 AVui3msEzra 6:13 AVqp3mpEzra 6:16 AC/Vqp3mpEzra 7:18 AR/VqcEzra 7:21 AVui3msEzra 7:23 AVui3msEzra 7:26 AVqrmsaJeremiah 10:11 AVqp3mp

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.