A noun meaning work, deed, act, or something made. It derives from asah (to do/make) and covers the full range of human activity and divine creative work. It appears hundreds of times in Scripture describing God's mighty deeds, human works both righteous and wicked, and the works of creation.
Maasah stands at the heart of the Bible's theology of work and deeds. God's maasah — his works — are the basis of worship in the Psalms. Creation itself is his maasah. Human deeds are weighed at judgment. Yet the tension between faith and works is resolved in the New Testament not by abolishing works but by establishing their right order: we are not saved by our works, but we are saved for good works (Ephesians 2:8-10). Works are the fruit and evidence of faith, not its root or cause. The believer's maasah flows from the grace of God at work within them.