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Lexicon :: Strong's H517 - 'ēm

Aa
אֵם
Transliteration
'ēm
Pronunciation
ame
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive word
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TWOT Reference: 115a

Strong’s Definitions

אֵם ʼêm, ame; a primitive word; a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father]):—dam, mother, × parting.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 220x

The KJV translates Strong's H517 in the following manner: mother (214x), dam (5x), parting (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 220x
The KJV translates Strong's H517 in the following manner: mother (214x), dam (5x), parting (1x).

  1. mother

    1. of humans

    2. of Deborah's relationship to the people (fig.)

    3. of animals

  2. point of departure or division

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֵם ʼêm, ame; a primitive word; a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father]):—dam, mother, × parting.
STRONGS H517: Abbreviations
אֵם 221 noun feminine mother (Phoenician אם, Arabic أُمًّ, إِمًّ Ethiopic እዎ, Sabean אם (only in proper names compare e. g. BaeRel 118) Assyrian ummu COTGloss; Aramaic אֵם, אִימָּא, axmAe  ) — א׳ absolute Genesis 32:12 +; construct Genesis 3:20 +; suffix אִמִּי Genesis 20:12 + etc.; plural only suffix אִמֹּתֵנוּ Lamentations 5:3; אִמֹּתָם Jeremiah 16:3; Lamentations 2:12 (twice in verse); —
1. literal (human) mother, as parent Genesis 20:12; Genesis 32:12; Genesis 44:20; Exodus 2:8; Psalm 51:7; Psalm 113:9 (opposed to עֲקֶרֶת) Jeremiah 15:8 10; Jeremiah 20:14; Jeremiah 22:26; Jeremiah 50:12; 1 Chronicles 4:9; Songs 6:9; Songs 8:5 +; hence of Eve אֵם כָּל־חָ֑י Genesis 3:20; in poetry of birth, יָצָא מִבֶּטֶן אֵם Job 1:21; Ecclesiastes 5:14; יָצָא מֵרֶחֶם אֵם Numbers 12:12 compare Psalm 139:13 (Jeremiah 20:18 &) מִמְּעֵי אִמִּי גּוֺזִי Psalm 71:6 (subject י׳, compare גחה Psalm 22:10; > גּוֺזִי = my benefactor from birth Thes Ew Hup Pe); also וַתְּהִי אִמִּי קִבְרִי Jeremiah 20:17; מִבֶּטֶן אֵם = from earliest existence Judges 16:17; Job 31:18; Psalm 22:11; so מִמְּעֵי אֵם Isaiah 49:1; as giving suck Songs 8:1 (שְׁדֵי אֵם) Psalm 22:10; compare Psalm 131:2 (see Exodus 2:9 compare Exodus 2:8); as exercising authority Genesis 21:21; Genesis 24:28; Genesis 27:11), 13) 14; Judges 17:2f; Ruth 1:8; Songs 3:4; Songs 8:2 etc.; especially of queen-mother as possessing dignity & influence 1 Kings 1:11; 1 Kings 2:13) 19) 20; 2 Chronicles 22:2), 3; Songs 3:11; Proverbs 31:1; compare names of mothers of kings of Judah 1 Kings 14:21), 31; 1 Kings 15:2), 10), 13 +; as shewing love & care 1 Samuel 2:19; 1 Kings 3:27; 1 Kings 17:23; 2 Kings 4:30; Isaiah 66:13 (simile of י׳'s comforting his people; compare also Genesis 27:45); as beloved & lamented 1 Kings 19:20 (|| אָב) Genesis 24:67; Psalm 35:14; בֶּן־אִמּוֺ = own (uterine) brother Genesis 43:29; & || אָח Genesis 27:29; Deuteronomy 13:7; Judges 8:19; Psalm 50:20; Psalm 69:9; Songs 1:6; compare Songs 8:1; so בַּת־אִמּוֺ Leviticus 18:9; Leviticus 20:17; Deuteronomy 27:22 (|| בַּת־אָבִיו) Genesis 20:12; often with אָב, as parentes Jeremiah 16:3; Zechariah 13:3 (twice in verse); Isaiah 8:4; as rightfully claiming honour, authority, etc., compare above, Genesis 28:7 (P) compare Genesis 37:10 (E) Judges 14:2f, so in precept Proverbs 1:8; Proverbs 6:20; Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 15:20 etc. compare Ezekiel 22:7; laws enjoining these Exodus 20:12 = Deuteronomy 5:16; Leviticus 19:3 compare Deuteronomy 22:15; laws prohib. contrary Exodus 21:15), 17 (E) Leviticus 20:9 (twice in verse) (H) Deuteronomy 21:18), 19; Deuteronomy 27:16; laws as to mourning for Leviticus 21:2), 11 (H) Numbers 6:7 (P) compare Jeremiah 16:7; Ezekiel 44:25; left for wife Genesis 2:24; for mother-in-law Ruth 2:24; [Ruth 2:11] for husband Deuteronomy 21:13 (law for captive women); compare Deuteronomy 33:9 (of devoted service of Levites); loving, caring for children Proverbs 4:3 (on the opposite compare Psalm 27:10); loved, cared for Joshua 2:13 compare Joshua 2:18; Joshua 6:23. 1 Samuel 22:3; 1 Kings 19:20 compare 2 Samuel 19:38.
†2. figurative of Deborah as caring for her people אֵם בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל Judges 5:7 (compare אָב Isaiah 22:21; Job 29:16); so of a city 2 Samuel 20:19 ('stock, race, community' RSK 28 compare Proph. iv. n 8); of Israel Hosea 2:4; Hosea 2:7; Hosea 4:5; compare Hosea 10:14; of Judah Isaiah 50:1 (twice in verse); of Hittite as mother of Jerusalem אָבִיךְ הָאֱמֹרִי וְאִמֵּךְ חִתִּית Ezekiel 16:3), 45 compare Ezekiel 16:44; Ezekiel 16:45; also Ezekiel 19:2), 10 & see Ezekiel 23:2.
† 3. of animals, dam Exodus 22:29 (of ox & sheep) Leviticus 22:27 (of bullock, sheep, or goat); Exodus 23:19 = Exodus 34:26 = Deuteronomy 14:21 (of kid); mother-bird Deuteronomy 22:6 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 22:7; figurative Job 17:14 לַשַּׁחַת קָרָאתִי אָבִי אָ֑תָּה אִמִּי וַאֲחֹתִי לָרִמָּֽה ׃.
†4. = point of departure or division אֵם הַדֶּרֶךְ Ezekiel 21:26. (|| ראֹשׁ שְׁנֵי הַדְּרָכִים).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:24; 3:20; 3:20; 20:12; 20:12; 20:12; 21:21; 24:28; 24:67; 27:11; 27:14; 27:29; 27:45; 28:7; 32:12; 32:12; 37:10; 43:29; 44:20

Exodus

2:8; 2:8; 2:9; 20:12; 21:15; 21:17; 22:29; 23:19; 34:26

Leviticus

18:9; 19:3; 20:9; 20:17; 21:2; 21:11; 22:27

Numbers

6:7; 12:12

Deuteronomy

5:16; 13:7; 14:21; 21:13; 21:18; 21:19; 22:6; 22:7; 22:15; 27:16; 27:22; 33:9

Joshua

2:13; 2:18; 6:23

Judges

5:7; 8:19; 14:2; 16:17; 17:2

Ruth

1:8

1 Samuel

2:19; 22:3

2 Samuel

19:38; 20:19

1 Kings

1:11; 2:13; 2:19; 2:20; 3:27; 14:21; 14:31; 15:2; 15:10; 15:13; 17:23; 19:20; 19:20

2 Kings

4:30

1 Chronicles

4:9

2 Chronicles

22:2; 22:3

Job

1:21; 17:14; 29:16; 31:18

Psalms

22:10; 22:10; 22:11; 27:10; 35:14; 50:20; 51:7; 69:9; 71:6; 113:9; 131:2; 139:13

Proverbs

1:8; 4:3; 6:20; 10:1; 15:20; 31:1

Ecclesiastes

5:14

Song of Songs

1:6; 3:4; 3:11; 6:9; 8:1; 8:1; 8:2; 8:5

Isaiah

8:4; 22:21; 49:1; 50:1; 66:13

Jeremiah

15:8; 15:10; 16:3; 16:3; 16:7; 20:14; 20:17; 20:18; 22:26; 50:12

Lamentations

2:12; 5:3

Ezekiel

16:3; 16:44; 16:45; 16:45; 19:2; 19:10; 21:26; 22:7; 23:2; 44:25

Hosea

2:4; 2:7; 4:5; 10:14

Zechariah

13:3

H517

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H517 matches the Hebrew אֵם ('ēm),
which occurs 220 times in 202 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 5 (Gen 2:24–Deu 22:7)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:24 - For this cause will a man go away from his father and his mother and be joined to his wife; and they will be one flesh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:20 - And the man gave his wife the name of Eve because she was the mother of all who have life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:12 - And, in fact, she is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:21 - And while he was in the waste land of Paran, his mother got him a wife from the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:28 - So the girl went running and took the news of these things to her mother's house

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:53

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:53 - Then he took jewels of silver and jewels of gold and fair robes and gave them to Rebekah: and he gave things of value to her mother and her brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:55

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:55 - But her brother and her mother said, Let the girl be with us a week or ten days, and then she may go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:67

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:67 - And Isaac took Rebekah into his tent and she became his wife; and in his love for her, Isaac was comforted after his father's death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:11 - And Jacob said to Rebekah, his mother, But Esau my brother is covered with hair, while I am smooth:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:13 - And his mother said, Let the curse be on me, my son: only do as I say, and go and get them for me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:14 - So he went and got them and took them to his mother: and she made a meal to his father's taste.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:29 - Let peoples be your servants, and nations go down before you: be lord over your brothers, and let your mother's sons go down before you: a curse be on everyone by whom you are cursed, and a blessing on those who give you a blessing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:2 - But go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father, and there get yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:5 - So Isaac sent Jacob away: and he went to Paddan-aram, to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramaean, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:7 - And that Jacob had done as his father and mother said and had gone to Paddan-aram;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:10 - Then when Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, coming with Laban's sheep, he came near, and rolling the stone away from the mouth of the hole, he got water for Laban's flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:14 - Now at the time of the grain-cutting, Reuben saw some love-fruits in the field, and took them to his mother Leah. And Rachel said to her, Let me have some of your son's love-fruits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:11 - Be my saviour from the hand of Esau, my brother: for my fear is that he will make an attack on me, putting to death mother and child.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:10 - And he gave word of it to his father and his brothers; but his father protesting said, What sort of a dream is this? am I and your mother and your brothers to go down on our faces to the earth before you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:29 - Then, lifting up his eyes, he saw Benjamin, his brother, his mother's son, and he said, Is this your youngest brother of whom you gave me word? And he said, God be good to you, my son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:20 - And we said to my lord, We have an old father and a young child, whom he had when he was old; his brother is dead and he is the only son of his mother, and is very dear to his father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:8 - And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the girl went and got the child's mother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:12 - Give honour to your father and to your mother, so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:15 - Any man who gives a blow to his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:17 - Any man cursing his father or his mother is to be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:30 - In the same way with your oxen and your sheep: for seven days let the young one be with its mother; on the eighth day give it to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:19 - The best of the first-fruits of your land are to be taken into the house of the Lord your God. The young goat is not to be cooked in its mother's milk.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:26 - Take the first-fruits of your land as an offering to the house of the Lord your God. Let not the young goat be cooked in its mother's milk

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:7 - You may not have sex relations with your father or your mother: she is your mother, you may not take her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:9 - You may not take your sister, the daughter of your father or of your mother, wherever her birth took place, among you or in another country.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:13 - You may not have sex connection with your mother's sister, for she is your mother's near relation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:3 - Let every man give honour to his mother and to his father and keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:9 - Every man cursing his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death; because of his curse on his father or his mother, his blood will be on him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:14 - And if a man takes as wife a woman and her mother, it is an act of shame; let them be burned with fire, all three of them, so that there may be no shame among you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:17 - And if a man takes his sister, daughter of his father or his mother, and has sex relations with her and she with him, it is an act of shame: they are to be cut off before the children of their people; he has had sex relations with his sister, and his sin will be on him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:19 - And you may not have sex connection with your mother's sister or your father's sister, for they are his near relations: their sin will be on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:2 - But only for his near relations, for his mother or his father, his son or his daughter, and his brother;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:11 - He may not go near any dead body or make himself unclean for his father or his mother;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:27 - When an ox or a sheep or a goat is given birth, let it be with its mother for seven days; and after the eighth day it may be taken as an offering made by fire to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:11 - And the son of the Israelite woman said evil against the holy Name, with curses; and they took him to Moses. His mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:7 - He may not make himself unclean for his father or his mother, his sister or his brother, if death comes to them; because he is under an oath to keep himself separate for God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:12 - Let her not be as one dead, whose flesh is half wasted when he comes out from the body of his mother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:16 - Give honour to your father and your mother, as you have been ordered by the Lord your God; so that your life may be long and all may be well for you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:6 - If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or the wife of your heart, or the friend who is as dear to you as your life, working on you secretly says to you, Let us go and give worship to other gods, strange to you and to your fathers;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:21 - You may not have as food anything which has come to a natural death; the man from another country who is living with you may take it for food, or you may get a price for it from one of another nation; for you are a holy people to the Lord your God. The young goat is not to be cooked in its mother's milk.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:13 - And let her take off the dress in which she was made prisoner and go on living in your house and weeping for her father and mother for a full month: and after that you may go in to her and be her husband and she will be your wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:18 - If a man has a son who is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, who gives no attention to the voice of his father and mother, and will not be ruled by them, though they give him punishment:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:19 - Then let his father and mother take him to the responsible men of the town, to the public place;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:6 - If by chance you see a place which a bird has made for itself in a tree or on the earth, with young ones or eggs, and the mother bird seated on the young ones or on the eggs, do not take the mother bird with the young:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:7 - See that you let the mother bird go, but the young ones you may take; so it will be well for you and your life will be long.

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