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Lexicon :: Strong's H517 - 'ēm

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

Page 3 / 5 (2Ki 4:19–Psa 139:13)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:19 - And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother. H517

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:20 - And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, H517 he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:30 - And the mother H517 of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:26 - Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's H517 name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:22 - And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother H517 Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:1 - And when Athaliah the mother H517 of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 12:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:1 - In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's H517 name was Zibiah of Beersheba.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:2 - He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's H517 name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:2 - Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's H517 name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:33 - Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's H517 name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:2 - Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's H517 name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:1 - Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's H517 name was Hephzibah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:19 - Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's H517 name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:1 - Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's H517 name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:31 - Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother's H517 name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:36 - Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's H517 name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:8 - Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's H517 name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:12 - And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, H517 and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:15 - And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's mother, H517 and the king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:18 - Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's H517 name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:26 - Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother H517 of Onam.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:9 - And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother H517 called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:13 - So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's H517 name was Naamah an Ammonitess.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:2 - He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's H517 name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 15:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:16 - And also concerning Maachah the mother H517 of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:31 - And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's H517 name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:2 - Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's H517 name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:3 - He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother H517 was his counsellor to do wickedly.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 22:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:10 - But when Athaliah the mother H517 of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:1 - Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's H517 name also was Zibiah of Beersheba.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:1 - Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's H517 name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:3 - Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother's H517 name also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:1 - Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's H517 name also was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:1 - Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's H517 name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:7 - And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, H517 and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother H517 were dead, took for his own daughter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:21 - And said, Naked came I out of my mother's H517 womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:14 - I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, H517 and my sister.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:18 - (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's H517 womb;)

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:9 - But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's H517 breasts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:10 - I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's H517 belly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:10 - When my father and my mother H517 forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:14 - I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother. H517

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:20 - Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's H517 son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:5 - Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother H517 conceive me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:8 - I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's H517 children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:6 - By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's H517 bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:14 - Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother H517 be blotted out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 113:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:9 - He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother H517 of children. Praise ye the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 131:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 131:2 - Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: H517 my soul is even as a weaned child.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:13 - For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's H517 womb.

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