Lexicon :: Strong's H517 - 'ēm

אֵם

Transliteration

'ēm

Pronunciation

ame

Part of Speech

feminine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

A primitive word

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 115a

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

mother
1. of humans
2. of Deborah's relationship to the people (fig.)
3. of animals
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.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H517: Abbreviations

אֵם ₂₂₁ noun feminine mother (Phoenician אם, Arabic أُمًّ, إِمًّ Ethiopic እዎ, Sabean אם (only in proper names compare e. g. Bae^{Rel 118}) Assyrian ummu COT^Gloss; 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' RS^{K 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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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

Gesenius' Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon [?]

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

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)

Gen 2:24

Gen 2:24 - Therefore^H3651 shall a man^H376 leave^H5800 his father^H1 and his mother,^H517 and shall cleave^H1692 unto his wife:^H802 and they shall be one^H259 flesh.^H1320

Gen 3:20

Gen 3:20 - And Adam^H120 called^H7121 his wife's^H802 name^H8034 Eve;^H2332 because she was the mother^H517 of all living.^H2416

Gen 20:12

Gen 20:12 - And yet indeed^H546 she is my sister;^H269 she is the daughter^H1323 of my father,^H1 but not the daughter^H1323 of my mother;^H517 and she became my wife.^H802

Gen 21:21

Gen 21:21 - And he dwelt^H3427 in the wilderness^H4057 of Paran:^H6290 and his mother^H517 took^H3947 him a wife^H802 out of the land^H776 of Egypt.^H4714

Gen 24:28

Gen 24:28 - And the damsel^H5291 ran,^H7323 and told^H5046 them of her mother's^H517 house^H1004 these things.^H1697

Gen 24:53

Gen 24:53 - And the servant^H5650 brought forth^H3318 jewels^H3627 of silver,^H3701 and jewels^H3627 of gold,^H2091 and raiment,^H899 and gave^H5414 them to Rebekah:^H7259 he gave^H5414 also to her brother^H251 and to her mother^H517 precious things.^H4030

Gen 24:55

Gen 24:55 - And her brother^H251 and her mother^H517 said,^H559 Let the damsel^H5291 abide^H3427 with us a few days,^H3117 at the least^H176 ten;^H6218 after^H310 that she shall go.^H3212

Gen 24:67

Gen 24:67 - And Isaac^H3327 brought her^H935 into his mother^H517 Sarah's^H8283 tent,^H168 and took^H3947 Rebekah,^H7259 and she became his wife;^H802 and he loved^H157 her: and Isaac^H3327 was comforted^H5162 after^H310 his mother's^H517 death.

Gen 27:11

Gen 27:11 - And Jacob^H3290 said^H559 to Rebekah^H7259 his mother,^H517 Behold, Esau^H6215 my brother^H251 is a hairy^H8163 man,^H376 and I am a smooth^H2509 man:^H376

Gen 27:13

Gen 27:13 - And his mother^H517 said^H559 unto him, Upon me be thy curse,^H7045 my son:^H1121 only obey^H8085 my voice,^H6963 and go^H3212 fetch^H3947 me them.

Gen 27:14

Gen 27:14 - And he went,^H3212 and fetched,^H3947 and brought^H935 them to his mother:^H517 and his mother^H517 made^H6213 savoury meat,^H4303 such as his father^H1 loved.^H157

Gen 27:29

Gen 27:29 - Let people^H5971 serve^H5647 thee, and nations^H3816 bow down^H7812 to thee: be^H1933 lord^H1376 over thy brethren,^H251 and let thy mother's^H517 sons^H1121 bow down^H7812 to thee: cursed^H779 be every one that curseth^H779 thee, and blessed^H1288 be he that blesseth^H1288 thee.

Gen 28:2

Gen 28:2 - Arise,^H6965 go^H3212 to Padanaram,^H6307 to the house^H1004 of Bethuel^H1328 thy mother's^H517 father;^H1 and take^H3947 thee a wife^H802 from thence of the daughters^H1323 of Laban^H3837 thy mother's^H517 brother.^H251

Gen 28:5

Gen 28:5 - And Isaac^H3327 sent away^H7971 Jacob:^H3290 and he went^H3212 to Padanaram^H6307 unto Laban,^H3837 son^H1121 of Bethuel^H1328 the Syrian,^H761 the brother^H251 of Rebekah,^H7259 Jacob's^H3290 and Esau's^H6215 mother.^H517

Gen 28:7

Gen 28:7 - And that Jacob^H3290 obeyed^H8085 his father^H1 and his mother,^H517 and was gone^H3212 to Padanaram;^H6307

Gen 29:10

Gen 29:10 - And it came to pass, when Jacob^H3290 saw^H7200 Rachel^H7354 the daughter^H1323 of Laban^H3837 his mother's^H517 brother,^H251 and the sheep^H6629 of Laban^H3837 his mother's^H517 brother,^H251 that Jacob^H3290 went near,^H5066 and rolled^H1556 the stone^H68 from the well's^H875 mouth,^H6310 and watered^H8248 the flock^H6629 of Laban^H3837 his mother's^H517 brother.^H251

Gen 30:14

Gen 30:14 - And Reuben^H7205 went in^H3212 the days^H3117 of wheat^H2406 harvest,^H7105 and found^H4672 mandrakes^H1736 in the field,^H7704 and brought^H935 them unto his mother^H517 Leah.^H3812 Then Rachel^H7354 said^H559 to Leah,^H3812 Give me,^H5414 I pray thee, of thy son's^H1121 mandrakes.^H1736

Gen 32:11

Gen 32:11 - Deliver me,^H5337 I pray thee, from the hand^H3027 of my brother,^H251 from the hand^H3027 of Esau:^H6215 for I fear^H3373 him, lest he will come^H935 and smite me,^H5221 and the mother^H517 with^H5921 the children.^H1121

Gen 37:10

Gen 37:10 - And he told^H5608 it to his father,^H1 and to his brethren:^H251 and his father^H1 rebuked^H1605 him, and said^H559 unto him, What is this dream^H2472 that thou hast dreamed?^H2492 Shall I and thy mother^H517 and thy brethren^H251 indeed^H935 come^H935 to bow down^H7812 ourselves to thee to the earth?^H776

Gen 43:29

Gen 43:29 - And he lifted up^H5375 his eyes,^H5869 and saw^H7200 his brother^H251 Benjamin,^H1144 his mother's^H517 son,^H1121 and said,^H559 Is this your younger^H6996 brother,^H251 of whom ye spake^H559 unto me? And he said,^H559 God^H430 be gracious^H2603 unto thee, my son.^H1121

Gen 44:20

Gen 44:20 - And we said^H559 unto my lord,^H113 We have^H3426 a father,^H1 an old man,^H2205 and a child^H3206 of his old age,^H2208 a little one;^H6996 and his brother^H251 is dead,^H4191 and he alone is left^H3498 of his mother,^H517 and his father^H1 loveth^H157 him.

Exo 2:8

Exo 2:8 - And Pharaoh's^H6547 daughter^H1323 said^H559 to her, Go.^H3212 And the maid^H5959 went^H3212 and called^H7121 the child's^H3206 mother.^H517

Exo 20:12

Exo 20:12 - Honour^H3513 thy father^H1 and thy mother:^H517 that thy days^H3117 may be long^H748 upon the land^H127 which the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 giveth^H5414 thee.

Exo 21:15

Exo 21:15 - And he that smiteth^H5221 his father,^H1 or his mother,^H517 shall be surely^H4191 put to death.^H4191

Exo 21:17

Exo 21:17 - And he that curseth^H7043 his father,^H1 or his mother,^H517 shall surely^H4191 be put to death.^H4191

Exo 22:30

Exo 22:30 - Likewise^H3651 shalt thou do^H6213 with thine oxen,^H7794 and with thy sheep:^H6629 seven^H7651 days^H3117 it shall be with his dam;^H517 on the eighth^H8066 day^H3117 thou shalt give^H5414 it me.

Exo 23:19

Exo 23:19 - The first^H7225 of the firstfruits^H1061 of thy land^H127 thou shalt bring^H935 into the house^H1004 of the LORD^H3068 thy God.^H430 Thou shalt not seethe^H1310 a kid^H1423 in his mother's^H517 milk.^H2461

Exo 34:26

Exo 34:26 - The first^H7225 of the firstfruits^H1061 of thy land^H127 thou shalt bring^H935 unto the house^H1004 of the LORD^H3068 thy God.^H430 Thou shalt not seethe^H1310 a kid^H1423 in his mother's^H517 milk.^H2461

Lev 18:7

Lev 18:7 - The nakedness^H6172 of thy father,^H1 or the nakedness^H6172 of thy mother,^H517 shalt thou not uncover:^H1540 she is thy mother;^H517 thou shalt not uncover^H1540 her nakedness.^H6172

Lev 18:9

Lev 18:9 - The nakedness^H6172 of thy sister,^H269 the daughter^H1323 of thy father,^H1 or daughter^H1323 of thy mother,^H517 whether she be born^H4138 at home,^H1004 or born^H4138 abroad,^H2351 even their nakedness^H6172 thou shalt not uncover.^H1540

Lev 18:13

Lev 18:13 - Thou shalt not uncover^H1540 the nakedness^H6172 of thy mother's^H517 sister:^H269 for she is thy mother's^H517 near kinswoman.^H7607

Lev 19:3

Lev 19:3 - Ye shall fear^H3372 every man^H376 his mother,^H517 and his father,^H1 and keep^H8104 my sabbaths:^H7676 I am the LORD^H3068 your God.^H430

Lev 20:9

Lev 20:9 - For every^H376 one^H376 that curseth^H7043 his father^H1 or his mother^H517 shall be surely^H4191 put to death:^H4191 he hath cursed^H7043 his father^H1 or his mother;^H517 his blood^H1818 shall be upon him.

Lev 20:14

Lev 20:14 - And if a man^H376 take^H3947 a wife^H802 and her mother,^H517 it is wickedness:^H2154 they shall be burnt^H8313 with fire,^H784 both he and they; that there be no wickedness^H2154 among^H8432 you.

Lev 20:17

Lev 20:17 - And if a man^H376 shall take^H3947 his sister,^H269 his father's^H1 daughter,^H1323 or^H176 his mother's^H517 daughter,^H1323 and see^H7200 her nakedness,^H6172 and she see^H7200 his nakedness;^H6172 it is a wicked thing;^H2617 and they shall be cut off^H3772 in the sight^H5869 of their people:^H5971^H1121 he hath uncovered^H1540 his sister's^H269 nakedness;^H6172 he shall bear^H5375 his iniquity.^H5771

Lev 20:19

Lev 20:19 - And thou shalt not uncover^H1540 the nakedness^H6172 of thy mother's^H517 sister,^H269 nor of thy father's^H1 sister:^H269 for he uncovereth^H6168 his near kin:^H7607 they shall bear^H5375 their iniquity.^H5771

Lev 21:2

Lev 21:2 - But for his kin,^H7607 that is near^H7138 unto him, that is, for his mother,^H517 and for his father,^H1 and for his son,^H1121 and for his daughter,^H1323 and for his brother,^H251

Lev 21:11

Lev 21:11 - Neither shall he go in^H935 to any dead^H4191 body,^H5315 nor defile^H2930 himself for his father,^H1 or for his mother;^H517

Lev 22:27

Lev 22:27 - When a bullock,^H7794 or a sheep,^H3775 or a goat,^H5795 is brought forth,^H3205 then it shall be seven^H7651 days^H3117 under the dam;^H517 and from the eighth^H8066 day^H3117 and thenceforth^H1973 it shall be accepted^H7521 for an offering^H7133 made by fire^H801 unto the LORD.^H3068

Lev 24:11

Lev 24:11 - And the Israelitish^H3482 woman's^H802 son^H1121 blasphemed^H5344 the name^H8034 of the LORD, and cursed.^H7043 And they brought^H935 him unto Moses:^H4872 (and his mother's^H517 name^H8034 was Shelomith,^H8019 the daughter^H1323 of Dibri,^H1704 of the tribe^H4294 of Dan:)^H1835

Num 6:7

Num 6:7 - He shall not make himself unclean^H2930 for his father,^H1 or for his mother,^H517 for his brother,^H251 or for his sister,^H269 when they die:^H4194 because the consecration^H5145 of his God^H430 is upon his head.^H7218

Num 12:12

Num 12:12 - Let her not be as one dead,^H4994^H4191 of whom the flesh^H1320 is half^H2677 consumed^H398 when he cometh out^H3318 of his mother's^H517 womb.^H7358

Deu 5:16

Deu 5:16 - Honour^H3513 thy father^H1 and thy mother,^H517 as the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 hath commanded^H6680 thee; that thy days^H3117 may be prolonged,^H748 and that it may go well^H3190 with thee, in the land^H127 which the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 giveth^H5414 thee.

Deu 13:6

Deu 13:6 - If thy brother,^H251 the son^H1121 of thy mother,^H517 or thy son,^H1121 or thy daughter,^H1323 or the wife^H802 of thy bosom,^H2436 or thy friend,^H7453 which is as thine own soul,^H5315 entice^H5496 thee secretly,^H5643 saying,^H559 Let us go^H3212 and serve^H5647 other^H312 gods,^H430 which thou hast not known,^H3045 thou, nor thy fathers;^H1

Deu 14:21

Deu 14:21 - Ye shall not eat^H398 of any thing that dieth of itself:^H5038 thou shalt give^H5414 it unto the stranger^H1616 that is in thy gates,^H8179 that he may eat^H398 it; or thou mayest sell^H4376 it unto an alien:^H5237 for thou art an holy^H6918 people^H5971 unto the LORD^H3068 thy God.^H430 Thou shalt not seethe^H1310 a kid^H1423 in his mother's^H517 milk.^H2461

Deu 21:13

Deu 21:13 - And she shall put^H5493 the raiment^H8071 of her captivity^H7628 from off her, and shall remain^H3427 in thine house,^H1004 and bewail^H1058 her father^H1 and her mother^H517 a full^H3117 month:^H3391 and after^H310 that thou shalt go^H935 in unto her, and be her husband,^H1166 and she shall be thy wife.^H802

Deu 21:18

Deu 21:18 - If a man^H376 have a stubborn^H5637 and rebellious^H4784 son,^H1121 which will not obey^H8085 the voice^H6963 of his father,^H1 or the voice^H6963 of his mother,^H517 and that, when they have chastened^H3256 him, will not hearken^H8085 unto them:

Deu 21:19

Deu 21:19 - Then shall his father^H1 and his mother^H517 lay hold^H8610 on him, and bring him out^H3318 unto the elders^H2205 of his city,^H5892 and unto the gate^H8179 of his place;^H4725

Deu 22:6

Deu 22:6 - If a bird's^H6833 nest^H7064 chance^H7122 to be before^H6440 thee in the way^H1870 in any tree,^H6086 or on the ground,^H776 whether they be young ones,^H667 or eggs,^H1000 and the dam^H517 sitting^H7257 upon the young,^H667 or upon the eggs,^H1000 thou shalt not take^H3947 the dam^H517 with the young:^H1121

Deu 22:7

Deu 22:7 - But thou shalt in any wise^H7971 let the dam^H517 go,^H7971 and take^H3947 the young^H1121 to thee; that it may be well^H3190 with thee, and that thou mayest prolong^H748 thy days.^H3117

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