mak, mak'-er (`asah, nathan, sum; poieo, tithemi, kathistemi):

1. As Used in the Old Testament:

"Make" is a frequently used word, meaning "to create," "construct," "cause," "constitute," etc., and represents different Hebrew words. It is very often in the King James Version

(1) the translation of `asah, "to do," "make," etc., usually' in the sense of constructing, effecting. In Genesis 1:7, 16, 25, 31, etc., it is used of the creation; of the creation of man in the likeness of God (5:1); of the ark (6:14); of a feast (21:8); of the tabernacle and all the things belonging to it (Exodus 25:8, etc.); of idols (Isaiah 2:8 Jeremiah 2:28, etc.);

(2) of nathan (literally, "to give"), chiefly in the sense of constituting, appointing, causing; of a covenant (Genesis 9:12; Genesis 17:2); of Abraham as the father of many nations, etc. (Genesis 17:5, 6); of Ishmael as a great nation (Genesis 17:20); of Moses as a god to Pharaoh (Exodus 7:1); of judges and officers (Deuteronomy 16:18); of laws (Leviticus 26:46, etc.); it has the meaning of "to cause" (Exodus 18:16; Exodus 23:27 Numbers 5:21 1 Samuel 9:22 Psalm 106:46);

(3) sum, "to set," "put," "lay," has a similar significance: of Abraham's seed (Genesis 13:16; Genesis 32:12); Joseph lord of all Egypt (Genesis 45:9; compare Exodus 2:14 Deuteronomy 1:13; Deuteronomy 10:22);

(4) shith, with same meaning, occurs (2 Samuel 22:12, "He made darkness pavilions round about him"; 1 Kings 11:34; Psalms 18:11; 21:6).

Other words are `abhadh (Aramaic); "to make," "do," (Jeremiah 10:11 Daniel 3:1); `amadh, "to set up" (2 Chronicles 11:22; 2 Chronicles 25:5 Nehemiah 10:32); `atsabh, "to labor," etc. (Job 10:8, the King James Version margin "took pains about me"); banah, "to build up" (Genesis 2:22 1 Kings 22:39); bara', "to prepare," "create" (Numbers 16:30 Psalm 89:47); yatsagh, "to set up" (Job 17:6 Jeremiah 51:34); yatsar, "to form," "constitute" (Psalm 74:17; Psalm 104:26); pa`al, "to work," "make" (Exodus 15:17 Psalm 7:15); words with special meanings are: paqadh, "to give a charge" (1 Kings 11:28 2 Kings 25:23); karath, "to cut," or "prepare", "to make a convent or league" (Genesis 15:18 Exodus 24:8 Joshua 9:16); qashar, "to bind together," "to make a conspiracy" (2 Kings 12:20; 2 Kings 14:19); parats, "to break forth," "to make a breach" (2 Samuel 6:8 1 Chronicles 13:11; 1 Chronicles 15:13); labhen, "to make brick" (Genesis 11:3); labhabh (denominative of lebhibhah), "to make cakes" (2 Samuel 13:6, 8); malakh, "to make a king" (1 Samuel 8:22; 1 Samuel 12:1); among obsolete and archaic words and phrases may be mentioned, "What makest thou in this place?" (Judges 18:3), the Revised Version (British and American) "doest"; "made" for "pretend" (2 Samuel 13:5, 6), the Revised Version (British and American) "feign," "feigned"; "made as if" (Joshua 8:15; Joshua 9:4), so the Revised Version (British and American); "make for him" (Ezekiel 17:17), the Revised Version (British and American) "help him"; "make mention" (Jeremiah 4:16); "make mention of" (Genesis 40:14 Psalm 87:4); "make account" (Psalm 144:3); "make an end" (Judges 3:18; Judges 15:17); "make an end" is also "to bring to nought," "to destroy" (Isaiah 38:12); "make riddance" (Leviticus 23:22), the Revised Version (British and American) "wholly reap." In 1 Maccabees 16:22, we have "to make him away" as translation of apolesai auton, the Revised Version (British and American) "destroy."

Maker is the translation of `asah (Job 4:17 Psalm 95:6), of yatsar (Isaiah 45:9, 11 Habakkuk 2:18 twice), of charash, "graver" (Isaiah 45:16), of pa`al (Job 36:3 Isaiah 1:31, or po`al).

2. As Used in the New Testament:

In the New Testament the chief word for "make" is poieo, "to do," "make," etc. (Matthew 3:3 John 2:16; John 5:15); of kathistemi, "to set down," "to appoint" (Matthew 24:45, 47 Romans 5:19); of tithemi, "to set," "lay" (Matthew 22:44 Mark 12:36); of diatithemi, "to set or lay throughout" (Acts 3:25 Hebrews 8:10; Hebrews 10:16); of didomi, "to give" (2 Thessalonians 3:9 Revelation 3:9); of eimi, "to be" (Mark 12:42); of epiteleo "to complete" (Hebrews 8:5 Galatians 3:3, "make perfect," the Revised Version margin "make an end"); of Kataskeuazo, "to prepare thoroughly" (Hebrews 9:2, the Revised Version (British and American) "prepared"); of ktizo, "to make" "found" (Ephesians 2:15); of plerophoreo, "to bear "on fully" (2 Timothy 4:5, "make full proof of thy ministry," the Revised Version (British and American) "fulfil"); doxazo "to make honorable or glorious" (2 Corinthians 3:10); of peritrepo (eis manian), "to turn round to raving" (Acts 26:24, "doth make thee mad," the Revised Version (British and American) "is turning thee mad," margin "Greek: turneth thee to madness"); of emporeuomai, "to traffic," "cheat" (2 Peter 2:3 "make merchandise of you"); of eirenopoieo, "to make peace" (Colossians 1:20); of sumballo, "to throw together" (Luke 14:31; "to make war," the Revised Version (British and American) "goeth to encounter"); "made" is frequently the translation of ginomai, "to become," "begin to be" (Matthew 4:3; Matthew 9:16 Mark 2:21, 27 John 1:3 (thrice), 10, "The world was made through him," 1:14, "The word was made flesh," the Revised Version (British and American) "became flesh"; 2:9, water "made wine," the Revised Version (British and American) "now become wine," margin "that it had become"; 8:33, "made free" Romans 1:3, Revised Vesion "born" Galatians 3:13, the Revised Version (British and American) "having become a curse for us"; 4:4, the Revised Version (British and American) "born of a woman," etc.; Philippians 2:7, "was made in the likeness of men," the Revised Version margin "Greek: becoming in"; 1 Peter 2:7, etc.).

In addition to the changes in the Revised Version (British and American) already noted may be mentioned, for "maketh collops" (Job 15:27) "gathered fat"; for "set us in the way of his steps" (Psalm 85:13), "make his footsteps a way to walk in"; for "did more grievously afflict her" (Isaiah 9:1), "hath made it glorious"; for "shall make him of quick understanding" (Isaiah 11:3), 'his delight shall be in"; for "make sluices and ponds for fish" (Isaiah 19:10), "they that work for hire," margin "or make dams "; for "ye that make mention of the Lord" (Isaiah 62:6), "ye that are Yahweh's remembrancers"; for "he shall confirm the covenant" (Daniel 9:27), "he shall make a firm covenant"; for "maketh my way perfect" (2 Samuel 22:33), "guideth the perfect in his way" (see margin); for "the desire of a man is his kindness" (Proverbs 19:22), "that which maketh a man to be desired"; for, "maketh intercession" (Romans 11:2), "pleadeth"; for hath made us accepted" (Ephesians 1:6), "freely bestowed on us," margin "wherewith he endued us";. for "made himself of no reputation" (Philippians 2:7), "emptied himself"; for "spoil you" (Colossians 2:8), "maketh spoil of you"; for "is the enemy of God" (James 4:4), "maketh himself"; for "worketh abomination or (maketh) a lie" (Revelation 21:27), "maketh (m" doeth") an abomination and a lie"; we have "become" for "made" (Matthew 4:3 Luke 3:5; Luke 4:3), "became" (Romans 10:20 1 Corinthians 15:45, bis); "becoming in" for "being made" (Philippians 2:7 margin).

W. L. Walker

2. (v. t.) To cause to exist; to bring into being; to form; to produce; to frame; to fashion; to create.

3. (v. t.) To form of materials; to cause to exist in a certain form; to construct; to fabricate.

4. (v. t.) To produce, as something artificial, unnatural, or false; -- often with up; as, to make up a story.

5. (v. t.) To bring about; to bring forward; to be the cause or agent of; to effect, do, perform, or execute; -- often used with a noun to form a phrase equivalent to the simple verb that corresponds to such noun; as, to make complaint, for to complain; to make record of, for to record; to make abode, for to abide, etc.

6. (v. t.) To execute with the requisite formalities; as, to make a bill, note, will, deed, etc.

7. (v. t.) To gain, as the result of one's efforts; to get, as profit; to make acquisition of; to have accrue or happen to one; as, to make a large profit; to make an error; to make a loss; to make money.

8. (v. t.) To find, as the result of calculation or computation; to ascertain by enumeration; to find the number or amount of, by reckoning, weighing, measurement, and the like; as, he made the distance of; to travel over; as, the ship makes ten knots an hour; he made the distance in one day.

9. (v. t.) To put a desired or desirable condition; to cause to thrive.

10. (v. t.) To cause to be or become; to put into a given state verb, or adjective; to constitute; as, to make known; to make public; to make fast.

11. (v. t.) To cause to appear to be; to constitute subjectively; to esteem, suppose, or represent.

12. (v. t.) To require; to constrain; to compel; to force; to cause; to occasion; -- followed by a noun or pronoun and infinitive.

13. (v. t.) To become; to be, or to be capable of being, changed or fashioned into; to do the part or office of; to furnish the material for; as, he will make a good musician; sweet cider makes sour vinegar; wool makes warm clothing.

14. (v. t.) To compose, as parts, ingredients, or materials; to constitute; to form; to amount to.

15. (v. t.) To be engaged or concerned in.

16. (v. t.) To reach; to attain; to arrive at or in sight of.

17. (v. i.) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; -- often in the phrase to meddle or make.

18. (v. i.) To proceed; to tend; to move; to go; as, he made toward home; the tiger made at the sportsmen.

19. (v. i.) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; -- with for or against; as, it makes for his advantage.

20. (v. i.) To increase; to augment; to accrue.

21. (v. i.) To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.

22. (n.) Structure, texture, constitution of parts; construction; shape; form.

6584. pashat -- to strip off, make a dash, raid
... << 6583, 6584. pashat. 6585 >>. to strip off, make a dash, raid. Transliteration:
pashat Phonetic Spelling: (paw-shat') Short Definition: strip. Word Origin a prim ...
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5648. abad -- to make, do
... << 5647, 5648. abad. 5649 >>. to make, do. Transliteration: abad Phonetic Spelling:
(ab-bad') Short Definition: done. ... cut, do, execute, go on, make, move, work. ...
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7761. sum -- to set, make
... sum or sim. 7762 >>. to set, make. Transliteration: sum or sim Phonetic Spelling:
(soom) Short Definition: issued. ... command, give, lay, make, name, regard, set. ...
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6424. palas -- to weigh, make level
... << 6423, 6424. palas. 6425 >>. to weigh, make level. Transliteration: palas Phonetic
Spelling: (paw-las') Short Definition: level. ... make, ponder, weigh. ...
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2834. chasaph -- to strip off, strip, make bare
... chasaph. 2835 >>. to strip off, strip, make bare. Transliteration: chasaph Phonetic
Spelling: (khaw-saf') Short Definition: bared. Word Origin a prim. ...
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7077. qanan -- to make a nest
... << 7076, 7077. qanan. 7078 >>. to make a nest. Transliteration: qanan Phonetic
Spelling: (kaw-nan') Short Definition: nested. Word ... 1). make. ...
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8262. shaqats -- to detest, make detestable
... << 8261, 8262. shaqats. 8263 >>. to detest, make detestable. Transliteration: shaqats
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-kats') Short Definition: detest. ...
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6213a. asah -- do, make
... << 6213, 6213a. asah. 6213b >>. do, make. Transliteration: asah Short Definition:
do. Word Origin a prim. root Definition do, make NASB ...
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3887. luts -- ambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a ...
... luts. 3888 >>. ambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a mock, mocker.
Transliteration: luts Phonetic Spelling: (loots) Short Definition: ambassador. ...
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