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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

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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 3 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. 2 Kings 4:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “My head! My head!” he complained to his father. So his father told a servant, “Carry him to his mother.”

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  2. 2 Kings 4:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After the servant had picked him up and carried him to his mother, the boy sat on her lap until noon, and then he died.

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  3. 2 Kings 4:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the mother of the boy said, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So he got up and followed her.

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  4. 2 Kings 8:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel.

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  5. 2 Kings 9:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Joram saw Jehu, he asked, “Have you come in peace, Jehu?” “How can there be peace,” he replied, “as long as the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound?”

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  6. 2 Kings 11:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs.

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  7. 2 Kings 12:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In the seventh year of Jehu, Joash became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba.

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    Source alternate reference: 12.2

  8. 2 Kings 14:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem.

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  9. 2 Kings 15:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother’s name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.

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  10. 2 Kings 15:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother’s name was Jerusha daughter of Zadok.

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  11. 2 Kings 18:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah.

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  12. 2 Kings 21:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  13. 2 Kings 21:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  14. 2 Kings 22:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  15. 2 Kings 23:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  16. 2 Kings 23:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  17. 2 Kings 24:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  18. 2 Kings 24:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him captive.

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  19. 2 Kings 24:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Nebuchadnezzar carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, as well as the king’s mother, his wives, his officials, and the leading men of the land. He took them into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.

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  20. 2 Kings 24:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  21. 1 Chronicles 2:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jerahmeel had another wife named Atarah, who was the mother of Onam.

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  22. 1 Chronicles 4:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”

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  23. 2 Chronicles 12:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Thus King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem and reigned. 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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  24. 2 Chronicles 13:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Micaiah daughter of Uriel; she was from Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

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  25. 2 Chronicles 15:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  26. 2 Chronicles 20:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He 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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  27. 2 Chronicles 22:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri.

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  28. 2 Chronicles 22:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Ahaziah also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in wickedness.

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  29. 2 Chronicles 22:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs of the house of Judah.

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  30. 2 Chronicles 24:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  31. 2 Chronicles 25:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem.

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  32. 2 Chronicles 26:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother’s name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.

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  33. 2 Chronicles 27:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  34. 2 Chronicles 29:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  35. Esther 2:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah (that is, Esther), the daughter of his uncle, because she did not have a father or mother. The young woman was lovely in form and appearance, and when her father and mother had died, Mordecai had taken her as his own daughter.

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  36. Job 1:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”

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  37. Job 17:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’

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  38. Job 31:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    though from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow—

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  39. Psalms 22:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Yet You brought me forth from the womb; You made me secure at my mother’s breast.

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    Source alternate reference: 22.10

  40. Psalms 22:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    From birth I was cast upon You; from my mother’s womb You have been my God.

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    Source alternate reference: 22.11

  41. Psalms 27:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me.

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  42. Psalms 35:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.

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  43. Psalms 50:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.

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  44. Psalms 51:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.

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    Source alternate reference: 51.7

  45. Psalms 69:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons,

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    Source alternate reference: 69.9

  46. Psalms 71:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I have leaned on You since birth; You pulled me from my mother’s womb. My praise is always for You.

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  47. Psalms 109:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and the sin of his mother never be blotted out.

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  48. Psalms 113:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!

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  49. Psalms 131:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.

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  50. Psalms 139:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.

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