Strong's #517: 'em (pronounced ame)
a primitive word; a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like 1):--dam, mother, X parting.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
'êm
1) mother
1a) of humans
1b) of Deborah' s relationship to the people (figuratively)
1c) of animals
2) point of departure or division
Part of Speech: noun feminine
Relation: a primitive word
Usage:
This word is used 220 times:
1 Kings 3:27: "and in no wise slay it: she is the mother"
1 Kings 11:26: "Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman,"
1 Kings 14:21: "of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah"
1 Kings 14:31: "his fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam"
1 Kings 15:2: "years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom."
1 Kings 15:10: "years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom."
1 Kings 15:13: "And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed because"
1 Kings 17:23: "the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son"
1 Kings 19:20: "Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go"
1 Kings 22:42: "and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi."
1 Kings 22:52: "of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,"
2 Kings 3:2: "but like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal"
2 Kings 3:13: "of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay:"
2 Kings 4:19: "a lad, Carry him to his mother."
2 Kings 4:20: "And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat her knees till"
2 Kings 4:30: " And the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, liveth, I will not"
2 Kings 8:26: "one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri"
2 Kings 9:22: "peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?"
2 Kings 11:1: "And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that was dead, she arose"
2 Kings 12:1: "years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba."
2 Kings 14:2: "and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem."
2 Kings 15:2: "two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem."
2 Kings 15:33: "sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jerusha, the daughter"
2 Kings 18:2: "and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah."
2 Kings 21:1: "fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hephzibah."
2 Kings 21:19: "two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz"
2 Kings 22:1: "and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah"
2 Kings 23:31: "three months in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah"
2 Kings 23:36: "eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zebudah, the daughter"
2 Kings 24:8: "in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta, the daughter"
2 Kings 24:12: "of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king"
2 Kings 24:15: "Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty"
2 Kings 24:18: "eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter"
1 Chronicles 2:26: "whose name she was the mother of Onam."
1 Chronicles 4:9: "was more honorable than his brethren: and his mother his name Jabez,"
2 Chronicles 12:13: "of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah"
2 Chronicles 13:2: "three years in Jerusalem. His mother's also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel"
2 Chronicles 15:16: "And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, her from being queen,"
2 Chronicles 20:31: "and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi."
2 Chronicles 22:2: "one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri."
2 Chronicles 22:3: "of the house for his mother was his counselor to do wickedly."
2 Chronicles 22:10: "But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that was dead, she arose"
2 Chronicles 24:1: "forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Zibiah of Beer-sheba."
2 Chronicles 25:1: "and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem."
2 Chronicles 26:3: "fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Jecoliah of"
2 Chronicles 27:1: "sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Jerushah, the daughter"
2 Chronicles 29:1: "and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah."
Esther 2:7: "daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair"
Esther 2:7: "was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead,"
Job 1:21: "And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, of my mother's womb, and naked"
