אֵם

emNoun (Feminine)H0517

mother

From: a primitive word;

Short Definition

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

Full Lexicon Entry

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

Grammar

Part of Speech Noun (Feminine)

Morphology H:N-F

DescriptionH:N-F

Occurrences

188 times

Appears 188 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:

2 Kings
21
Genesis
20
Judges
16
1 Kings
15
Proverbs
14

Key Passages

  • 1 Chronicles 2:26
  • 2 Kings 18:2
  • Ezk 16:3
  • Judges 14:5
  • Leviticus 20:19

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Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.