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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

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 3 / 5 (2Ki 4:19–Psa 139:13)

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:19 - And he said to his father, “My head, my head.” And he said to [fn]his young man, “Carry him to his mother H517.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:20 - Then he carried him and brought him to his mother H517, and he sat on her knees until noon, and then died.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:30 - But the mother H517 of the boy said, “As Yahweh lives and as your soul lives, I will not forsake you.” And he arose and followed her.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:26 - Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s H517 name was Athaliah the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:22 - Now it happened that when [fn]Joram saw Jehu, he said, “Is it peace, Jehu?” And he [fn]answered, “What peace, so long as the harlotries of your mother H517 Jezebel and her sorceries are so many?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:1 -

Now Athaliah the mother H517 of Ahaziah saw that her son had died. So she rose and caused all the royal seed to perish.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:1 -

In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash became king, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s H517 name was Zibiah of Beersheba.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:2 - He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s H517 name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:2 - He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s H517 name was [fn]Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:33 - He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s H517 name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:2 - He was twenty-five years old when he became king; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s H517 name was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:1 -

Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s H517 name was Hephzibah.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:19 -

Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s H517 name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:1 -

Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s H517 name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:31 -

Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem; and his mother’s H517 name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:36 -

Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s H517 name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:8 -

Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem; and his mother’s H517 name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:12 - Then Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he and his mother H517 and his servants and his commanders and his officials. So the king of Babylon took him captive in the eighth year of his reign.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:15 -

So he took Jehoiachin away into exile to Babylon; also the king’s mother H517 and the king’s wives and his officials and the leading men of the land, he led away into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:18 -

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s H517 name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:26 -

Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother H517 of Onam.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:9 -

Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother H517 named him Jabez saying, “Because I bore him with pain.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:13 -

So King Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem and reigned. Now Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Yahweh had chosen from all the tribes of Israel to put His name there. And his mother’s H517 name was Naamah the Ammonitess.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:2 - He reigned three years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s H517 name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah.

Now there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:16 -

He also removed Maacah, the mother H517 of King Asa, from being queen mother, because she had made a horrid image [fn]as an Asherah; and Asa cut down her horrid image, crushed it and burned it at the brook Kidron.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:31 -

Thus Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years. And his mother’s H517 name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:2 - Ahaziah was [fn]twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s H517 name was Athaliah, the [fn]granddaughter of Omri.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:3 - He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother H517 was his counselor to do wickedly.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:10 -

Now Athaliah the mother H517 of Ahaziah saw that her son had died. So she rose and destroyed all the royal seed of the house of Judah.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:1 -

Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s H517 name was Zibiah from Beersheba.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:1 -

Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s H517 name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:3 - Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s H517 name was [fn]Jechiliah of Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:1 -

Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s H517 name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:1 -

Hezekiah became king when he was twenty-five years old; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s H517 name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:7 - And he was bringing up Hadassah, that is Esther, his uncle’s daughter, for she had no father or mother H517. Now the young lady was beautiful in form and beautiful in appearance, and when her father and her mother H517 died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:21 - And he said,

“Naked I came from my mother’s H517 womb,

And naked I shall return there.

Yahweh gave, and Yahweh has taken away.

Blessed be the name of Yahweh.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:14 -

If I call to the pit, ‘You are my father’;

To the worm, ‘my mother H517 and my sister’;

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:18 -

(But from my youth he grew up with me as with a father,

And from the womb of my mother H517 I guided her),

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:9 -

Yet You are He who brought me out of the womb;

You made me trust when upon my mother’s H517 breasts.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:10 -

Upon You I was cast from [fn]birth;

You have been my God from my mother’s H517 womb.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:10 -

[fn]For my father and my mother H517 have forsaken me,

But Yahweh will take me up.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:14 -

I walked about as though it were my friend or brother;

I bowed down [fn]mourning, as one who sorrows for a mother H517.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:20 -

“You sit and speak against your brother;

You slander your own mother’s H517 son.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:5 -

Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,

And in sin my mother H517 conceived me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:8 -

I have become estranged [fn]from my brothers

And a foreigner to my mother’s H517 sons.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:6 -

[fn]By You I have been sustained from my birth;

You are He who took me from my mother’s H517 womb;

My praise is continually [fn]of You.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:14 -

Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered [fn]before Yahweh,

And let not the sin of his mother H517 be blotted out.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:9 -

He makes the barren woman of the house sit

As a glad mother H517 of children.

[fn]Praise Yah!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 131:2 -

Surely I have soothed and quieted my soul,

Like a weaned child with his mother H517,

Like a weaned child is my soul [fn]within me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:13 -

For You formed my [fn]inward parts;

You wove me in my mother’s H517 womb.


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