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אֵם (em) means “mother” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

אֵם Hebrew · H517 220 tagged occurrences in 202 verses

Pronunciation guide: ame Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H0517

אֵם · em · mother

1) mother 1a) of humans 1b) of Deborah's relationship to the people (fig.) 1c) of animals 2) point of departure or division

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive word; a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))

KJV glosses: dam, mother, [idiom] parting.

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How translators render H517

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
his mothers 29
and mother 22
his mother 19
or mother 14
mother 11
your mother 10
the mother 8
of your mother 6
to his mother 6
my mother 5
from my mothers 4
of his mother 4
of my mother 4
in its mothers 3
my mothers 3
your mothers 3
a mother 2
and her mother 2
and the mother 2
and your mother 2
his grandmother 2
is your mothers 2
of his mothers 2
of the mother 2
the mothers 2
their mothers 2
against her mother 1
and from my mothers 1
and mother goodbye 1
and mother had done 1
and she 1
and the mothers 1
and when his mothers 1
as a mother 1
at my mothers 1
but be sure to let the mother 1
for his mother 1
from his mothers 1
her mothers 1
his grandmothers 1
his mothers death 1
his own mothers 1
in my mothers 1
is his mother 1
is your mother 1
its mother 1
like mother 1
of their mothers 1
of your mothers 1
one of his mothers 1
our mothers 1
she 1
so that my mother 1
that is a mother 1
the fork 1
their mother 1
then his mother 1
to a mother 1
to my mothers 1
to their mothers 1
to your mothers 1
was the mother 1
was your mother 1
when mothers 1
when my mother 1
who 1
who was the mother 1
whose mother 1
will your mother 1
with his mother 1
your mothers daughter 1
your own mothers 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
and his mothers 22
and his mother 14
his mothers 12
the mother 11
mother 10
or his mother 8
and thy mother 7
of his mother 7
of thy mother 7
and her mother 5
and my mother 5
his mother 5
of my mother 5
thy mother 4
thy mothers 4
and mother 3
in his mothers 3
of his mothers 3
of thy mothers 3
unto his mother 3
for his mother 2
from my mothers 2
him to his mother 2
my mother 2
or for his mother 2
there and his mothers 2
to his mother 2
your mother 2
a mother 1
against her mother 1
and a mother 1
and concerning their mothers 1
and let thy mothers 1
and like his mother 1
and of my mother 1
and the dam 1
and the mother 1
and to her mother 1
and to his mother 1
at the parting 1
because she was the mother 1
bringeth his mother 1
did my mother 1
for their mother 1
he and his mother 1
her from my mothers 1
her mothers 1
him into my mothers 1
him unto his mother 1
into his mother 1
into their mothers 1
is me my mother 1
is your mother 1
it and his mother 1
it shall be with his dam 1
let the dam 1
me in my mothers 1
me out of my mothers 1
moreover his mother 1
nor mother 1
nor my mother 1
not thy mother 1
of her mother 1
of my mothers 1
of your mothers 1
or for mother 1
or for their mother 1
or that my mother 1
our mothers 1
shall i and thy mother 1
so shall thy mother 1
that his mother 1
the dam 1
thee into my mothers 1
their mother 1
them unto his mother 1
there thy mother 1
thine own mothers 1
to her mothers 1
to their mothers 1
under the dam 1
unto his mothers 1
unto my mothers 1
upon me my mothers 1
upon my mothers 1
upon them against the mother 1
wherein my mother 1
wherewith his mother 1
whom his mother 1
whose mothers 1
with your mother 1

Verses containing H517

Page 2 of 5. 202 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Deuteronomy 22:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the young woman’s father and mother shall bring the proof of her virginity to the city elders at the gate

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  2. Deuteronomy 27:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    ‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

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  3. Deuteronomy 27:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    ‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

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  4. Deuteronomy 33:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He said of his father and mother, ‘I do not consider them.’ He disregarded his brothers and did not know his own sons, for he kept Your word and maintained Your covenant.

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  5. Joshua 2:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them, and that you will deliver us from death.”

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  6. Joshua 2:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother and brothers and all your family into your house.

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  7. Joshua 6:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the young spies went in and brought out Rahab, her father and mother and brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her whole family and settled them outside the camp of Israel.

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  8. Judges 5:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Life in the villages ceased; it ended in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel.

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  9. Judges 5:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Sisera’s mother looked through the window; she peered through the lattice and lamented: ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? What has delayed the clatter of his chariots?’

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  10. Judges 8:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “They were my brothers,” Gideon replied, “the sons of my mother! As surely as the LORD lives, if you had let them live, I would not kill you.”

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  11. Judges 9:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Now Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to his mother’s brothers at Shechem and said to them and to all the clan of his mother,

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  12. Judges 9:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And when his mother’s brothers spoke all these words about him in the presence of all the leaders of Shechem, their hearts were inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, “He is our brother.”

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  13. Judges 14:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So he returned and told his father and mother, “I have seen a daughter of the Philistines in Timnah. Now get her for me as a wife.”

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  14. Judges 14:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But his father and mother replied, “Can’t you find a young woman among your relatives or among any of our people? Must you go to the uncircumcised Philistines to get a wife?” But Samson told his father, “Get her for me, for she is pleasing to my eyes.”

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  15. Judges 14:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    (Now his father and mother did not know this was from the LORD, who was seeking an occasion to move against the Philistines; for at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.)

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  16. Judges 14:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother and came to the vineyards of Timnah. Suddenly a young lion came roaring at him,

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  17. Judges 14:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon him, and he tore the lion apart with his bare hands as one would tear a young goat. But he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.

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  18. Judges 14:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So he scooped some honey into his hands and ate it as he went along. And when he returned to his father and mother, he gave some to them and they ate it. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey from the lion’s carcass.

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  19. Judges 14:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Samson’s wife came to him, weeping, and said, “You hate me! You do not really love me! You have posed to my people a riddle, but have not explained it to me.” “Look,” he said, “I have not even explained it to my father or mother, so why should I explain it to you?”

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  20. Judges 16:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Samson told her all that was in his heart: “My hair has never been cut, because I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become as weak as any other man.”

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  21. Judges 17:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse—I have the silver here with me; I took it.” Then his mother said, “Blessed be my son by the LORD!”

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  22. Judges 17:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And when he had returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, “I wholly dedicate the silver to the LORD for my son’s benefit, to make a graven image and a molten idol. Therefore I will now return it to you.”

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  23. Judges 17:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    So he returned the silver to his mother, and she took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into a graven image and a molten idol. And they were placed in the house of Micah.

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  24. Ruth 1:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you to your mother’s home. May the LORD show you loving devotion, as you have shown to your dead and to me.

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  25. Ruth 2:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Boaz replied, “I have been made fully aware of all you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, how you left your father and mother and the land of your birth, and how you came to a people you did not know before.

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  26. 1 Samuel 2:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Each year his mother would make him a little robe and bring it to him when she went with her husband to offer the annual sacrifice.

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  27. 1 Samuel 15:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Samuel declared: “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.

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  28. 1 Samuel 20:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of the mother who bore you?

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  29. 1 Samuel 22:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    From there David went to Mizpeh of Moab, where he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and mother stay with you until I learn what God will do for me.”

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  30. 2 Samuel 17:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, the Ishmaelite who had married Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.

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  31. 2 Samuel 19:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Please let your servant return, that I may die in my own city near the tomb of my father and mother. But here is your servant Chimham. Let him cross over with my lord the king, and do for him what is good in your sight.”

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    Source alternate reference: 19.38

  32. 2 Samuel 20:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I am among the peaceable and faithful in Israel, but you are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?”

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  33. 1 Kings 1:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, “Have you not heard that Adonijah son of Haggith has become king, and our lord David does not know it?

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  34. 1 Kings 2:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now Adonijah son of Haggith went to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, and she asked, “Do you come in peace?” “Yes, in peace,” he replied.

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  35. 1 Kings 2:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. The king stood up to greet her, bowed to her, and sat down on his throne. Then the king had a throne brought for his mother, who sat down at his right hand.

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  36. 1 Kings 2:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “I have just one small request of you,” she said. “Do not deny me.” “Make your request, my mother,” the king replied, “for I will not deny you.”

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  37. 1 Kings 2:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my older brother, you might as well request the kingdom for him and for Abiathar the priest and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”

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  38. 1 Kings 3:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the king gave his ruling: “Give the living baby to the first woman. By no means should you kill him; she is his mother.”

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  39. 1 Kings 11:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now Jeroboam son of Nebat was an Ephraimite from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah. Jeroboam was a servant of Solomon, but he rebelled against the king,

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  40. 1 Kings 14:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.

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  41. 1 Kings 14:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David; his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. And his son Abijam reigned in his place.

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  42. 1 Kings 15:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.

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  43. 1 Kings 15:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and he reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.

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  44. 1 Kings 15:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

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  45. 1 Kings 17:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. “Look, your son is alive,” Elijah declared.

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  46. 1 Kings 19:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and then I will follow you.” “Go on back,” Elijah replied, “for what have I done to you?”

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  47. 1 Kings 22:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years. His mother’s name was Azubah daughter of Shilhi.

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  48. 1 Kings 22:52 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the ways of his father and mother and of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin.

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    Source alternate reference: 22.53

  49. 2 Kings 3:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as his father and mother had done. He removed the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had made.

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  50. 2 Kings 3:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Elisha, however, said to the king of Israel, “What have we to do with each other? Go to the prophets of your father and of your mother!” “No,” replied the king of Israel, “for it is the LORD who has summoned these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”

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