Hebrew word study
אֵם H0517
- Transliteration
- ʼêm
- Pronunciation
- ame
- KJV glosses
- dam, mother, [idiom] parting.
Lexical summary
a mother (as the bond of the family)
in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance
a mother (as the bond of the family)
in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
A word’s possible definitions do not determine its meaning in every passage. Meaning is established by grammar, syntax, literary context, and usage.
Source: Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon. Data source information