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Hebrew word study

אֵםʼêm — a mother (as the bond of the family)

Pronounced “ame”

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

Translated in the King James as: dam, mother, parting.

Appears 220 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive word;

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Where it appears

Genesis — 26×
Genesis 2:24Genesis 3:20Genesis 20:12Genesis 21:21Genesis 24:28Genesis 24:53Genesis 24:55Genesis 24:67Genesis 27:11Genesis 27:13Genesis 27:14Genesis 27:29Genesis 28:2Genesis 28:5Genesis 28:7Genesis 29:10Genesis 30:14Genesis 32:11Genesis 37:10Genesis 43:29Genesis 44:20+ 5 more in Genesis
Exodus — 7×
Exodus 2:8Exodus 20:12Exodus 21:15Exodus 21:17Exodus 22:30Exodus 23:19Exodus 34:26
Leviticus — 15×
Leviticus 18:7Leviticus 18:9Leviticus 18:13Leviticus 19:3Leviticus 20:9Leviticus 20:14Leviticus 20:17Leviticus 20:19Leviticus 21:2Leviticus 21:11Leviticus 22:27Leviticus 24:11+ 3 more in Leviticus
Numbers — 2×
Numbers 6:7Numbers 12:12
Deuteronomy — 13×
Deuteronomy 5:16Deuteronomy 13:6Deuteronomy 14:21Deuteronomy 21:13Deuteronomy 21:18Deuteronomy 21:19Deuteronomy 22:6Deuteronomy 22:7Deuteronomy 22:15Deuteronomy 27:16Deuteronomy 27:22Deuteronomy 33:9+ 1 more in Deuteronomy
Joshua — 3×
Joshua 2:13Joshua 2:18Joshua 6:23
Judges — 20×
Judges 5:7Judges 5:28Judges 8:19Judges 9:1Judges 9:3Judges 14:2Judges 14:3Judges 14:4Judges 14:5Judges 14:6Judges 14:9Judges 14:16Judges 16:17Judges 17:2Judges 17:3Judges 17:4+ 4 more in Judges
Ruth — 2×
Ruth 1:8Ruth 2:11
1 Samuel — 4×
1 Sam 2:191 Sam 15:331 Sam 20:301 Sam 22:3
2 Samuel — 3×
2 Sam 17:252 Sam 19:372 Sam 20:19
1 Kings — 16×
1 Ki 1:111 Ki 2:131 Ki 2:191 Ki 2:201 Ki 2:221 Ki 3:271 Ki 11:261 Ki 14:211 Ki 14:311 Ki 15:21 Ki 15:101 Ki 15:131 Ki 17:231 Ki 19:201 Ki 22:421 Ki 22:52
2 Kings — 22×
2 Ki 3:22 Ki 3:132 Ki 4:192 Ki 4:202 Ki 4:302 Ki 8:262 Ki 9:222 Ki 11:12 Ki 12:12 Ki 14:22 Ki 15:22 Ki 15:332 Ki 18:22 Ki 21:12 Ki 21:192 Ki 22:12 Ki 23:312 Ki 23:362 Ki 24:82 Ki 24:122 Ki 24:152 Ki 24:18
1 Chronicles — 2×
1 Chr 2:261 Chr 4:9
2 Chronicles — 12×
2 Chr 12:132 Chr 13:22 Chr 15:162 Chr 20:312 Chr 22:22 Chr 22:32 Chr 22:102 Chr 24:12 Chr 25:12 Chr 26:32 Chr 27:12 Chr 29:1
Esther — 2×
Esther 2:7+ 1 more in Esther
Job — 3×
Job 1:21Job 17:14Job 31:18
Psalms — 12×
Psalms 22:9Psalms 22:10Psalms 27:10Psalms 35:14Psalms 50:20Psalms 51:5Psalms 69:8Psalms 71:6Psalms 109:14Psalms 113:9Psalms 131:2Psalms 139:13
Proverbs — 14×
Proverbs 1:8Proverbs 4:3Proverbs 6:20Proverbs 10:1Proverbs 15:20Proverbs 19:26Proverbs 20:20Proverbs 23:22Proverbs 23:25Proverbs 28:24Proverbs 29:15Proverbs 30:11Proverbs 30:17Proverbs 31:1
Ecclesiastes — 1×
Eccles 5:15
Song of Solomon — 7×
Song 1:6Song 3:4Song 3:11Song 6:9Song 8:1Song 8:2Song 8:5
Isaiah — 5×
Isaiah 8:4Isaiah 49:1Isaiah 50:1Isaiah 66:13+ 1 more in Isaiah
Jeremiah — 9×
Jeremiah 15:8Jeremiah 15:10Jeremiah 16:3Jeremiah 16:7Jeremiah 20:14Jeremiah 20:17Jeremiah 22:26Jeremiah 50:12Jeremiah 52:1
Lamentations — 3×
Lam 2:12Lam 5:3+ 1 more in Lamentations
Ezekiel — 10×
Ezekiel 16:3Ezekiel 16:44Ezekiel 16:45Ezekiel 19:2Ezekiel 19:10Ezekiel 21:21Ezekiel 22:7Ezekiel 23:2Ezekiel 44:25+ 1 more in Ezekiel
Hosea — 4×
Hosea 2:2Hosea 2:5Hosea 4:5Hosea 10:14
Micah — 1×
Micah 7:6
Zechariah — 2×
Zech 13:3+ 1 more in Zechariah

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