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אֵם H517

H517 is the Hebrew word אֵם, transliterated ʼêm and said ame. The King James Version most often renders it mother.

Word: אֵםTransliteration: ʼêmSaid: ameLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 189 verses

What it means

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

Where it comes from

a primitive word.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 191 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

mother 108×mother's 62×or his mother 8×dam 4×mothers 2×because she was the mother 1×under the dam 1×or for his mother 1×nor my mother 1×moreover his mother 1×whose mother's 1×like his mother 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: dam, mother, [idiom] parting.

Verses using אֵם

The first 40 of 189 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 2:24 · KJV

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Genesis 3:20 · KJV

And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

Genesis 20:12 · KJV

And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

Genesis 21:21 · KJV

And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

Genesis 24:28 · KJV

And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother’s house these things.

Genesis 24:53 · KJV

And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.

Genesis 24:55 · KJV

And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.

Genesis 24:67 · KJV

And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.

Genesis 27:11 · KJV

And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:

Genesis 27:13 · KJV

And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.

Genesis 27:14 · KJV

And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.

Genesis 27:29 · KJV

Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.

Genesis 28:2 · KJV

Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother.

Genesis 28:7 · KJV

And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram;

Genesis 29:10 · KJV

And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.

Genesis 30:14 · KJV

And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son’s mandrakes.

Genesis 32:11 · KJV

Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.

Genesis 37:10 · KJV

And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?

Genesis 43:29 · KJV

And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.

Genesis 44:20 · KJV

And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.

Exodus 20:12 · KJV

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Exodus 21:15 · KJV

And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

Exodus 21:17 · KJV

And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

Exodus 22:30 · KJV

Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.

Exodus 23:19 · KJV

The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.

Exodus 34:26 · KJV

The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.

Leviticus 18:7 · KJV

The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

Leviticus 18:9 · KJV

The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.

Leviticus 18:13 · KJV

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister: for she is thy mother’s near kinswoman.

Leviticus 19:3 · KJV

Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus 20:9 · KJV

For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

Leviticus 20:14 · KJV

And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.

Leviticus 20:17 · KJV

And if a man shall take his sister, his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister’s nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.

Leviticus 20:19 · KJV

And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister, nor of thy father’s sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity.

Leviticus 21:2 · KJV

But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,

Leviticus 22:27 · KJV

When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

Leviticus 24:11 · KJV

And the Israelitish woman’s son blasphemed the name of the Lord, and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:)

Numbers 6:7 · KJV

He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head.

Numbers 12:12 · KJV

Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother’s womb.

Deuteronomy 5:16 · KJV

Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Common questions

What does Strong's H517 mean?

H517 is the Hebrew word אֵם (ʼêm), meaning a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father)).

How is H517 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it mother (108 times), mother's (62 times), or his mother (8 times), dam (4 times), mothers (2 times), among others.

How many times does H517 appear in the Bible?

אֵם (ʼêm) is tagged in 189 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H517 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive word.

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