Words the Bible translates as deed
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 8 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- ergonἔργονa work: something a person does and the result it produces, whether a single deed, a life's labor, or the thing made
- ma'asehמַעֲשֶׂהwhat someone does or makes: a deed, a piece of work, or the thing produced by it
- pragmaπρᾶγμαa matter or affair: a concrete thing that is done or has to be dealt with, whether a deed, an unspecified affair, a legal case, or the reality behind an appearance
- ma'alalמַעֲלָלdeeds, practices: the things someone does, taken together as a course of conduct that reveals who they are and that they are answered for
- po'alפֹּעַלwork or deed: what someone does, along with what that doing earns or produces
- gemulגְּמוּלa dealing: what one person does to another, or the matching return that deed earns; most often a deserved recompense.
- miphalahמִפְעָלָהdeednot studied yet
- aliliyyahעֲלִילִיָּהdeednot studied yet
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