אֵם

Genesis 2:24 אִמּ֑וֹ mother his

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

Genesis 3:20 אֵ֥ם [the] mother of

And Adam named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all the living.

Genesis 20:12 אִמִּ֑י mother my

Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father—though not the daughter of my mother—and she became my wife.

Genesis 21:21 אִמּ֛וֹ mother his

And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

Genesis 24:28 אִמָּ֑הּ mother her

The girl ran and told her mother’s household about these things.

Genesis 24:53 וּלְאִמָּֽהּ׃ and to mother her

Then he brought out jewels of silver and gold, and articles of clothing, and he gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious gifts to her brother and her mother.

Genesis 24:55 וְאִמָּ֔הּ and mother her

But her brother and mother said, “Let the girl remain with us ten days or so. After that, she may go.”

Genesis 24:67 אִמּ֔וֹ אִמּֽוֹ׃ פ mother his

And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.

Genesis 27:11 אִמּ֑וֹ mother his

Jacob answered his mother Rebekah, “Look, my brother Esau is a hairy man, but I am smooth-skinned.

Genesis 27:13 אִמּ֔וֹ mother his

His mother replied, “Your curse be on me, my son. Just obey my voice and go get them for me.”

Genesis 27:14 לְאִמּ֑וֹ אִמּוֹ֙ to mother his, mother his

So Jacob went and got two goats and brought them to his mother, who made the tasty food his father loved.

Genesis 27:29 אִמֶּ֑ךָ mother your

May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. May you be the master of your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed.”

Genesis 28:2 אִמֶּ֑ךָ אִמֶּֽךָ׃ mother your

“Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.

Genesis 28:5 אֵ֥ם [the] mother of

So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, who was the mother of Jacob and Esau.

Genesis 28:7 אִמּ֑וֹ mother his

and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and gone to Paddan-aram.

Genesis 29:10 אִמּ֔וֹ אִמּ֑וֹ אִמּֽוֹ׃ mother his

As soon as Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his mother’s brother Laban, with Laban’s sheep, he went up and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered his uncle’s sheep.

Genesis 30:14 אִמּ֑וֹ mother his

Now during the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother, Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

Genesis 32:11 אֵ֖ם mother

Please deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid that he may come and attack me and the mothers and children with me.

Genesis 37:10 וְאִמְּךָ֣ and mother your

He told his father and brothers, but his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream that you have had? Will your mother and brothers and I actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”

Genesis 43:29 אִמּוֹ֒ mother his

When Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother’s son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?” Then he declared, “May God be gracious to you, my son.”

Genesis 44:20 לְאִמּ֖וֹ to mother his

And we answered, ‘We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’

Exodus 2:8 אֵ֥ם [the] mother of

“Go ahead,” Pharaoh’s daughter told her. And the girl went and called the boy’s mother.

Exodus 20:12 אִמֶּ֑ךָ mother your

Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Exodus 21:15 וְאִמּ֖וֹ and mother his

Whoever strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death.

Exodus 21:17 וְאִמּ֖וֹ and mother his

Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.

Exodus 22:30 אִמּ֔וֹ mother its

You shall do likewise with your cattle and your sheep. Let them stay with their mothers for seven days, but on the eighth day you are to give them to Me.

Exodus 23:19 אִמּֽוֹ׃ ס mother its

Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

Exodus 34:26 אִמּֽוֹ׃ פ mother its

Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”

Leviticus 18:7 אִמְּךָ֖ אִמְּךָ֣ mother your, [is] mother your

You must not expose the nakedness of your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her.

Leviticus 18:9 אִמֶּ֔ךָ mother your

You must not have sexual relations with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere.

Leviticus 18:13 אִמְּךָ֖ אִמְּךָ֖ mother your

You must not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s close relative.

Leviticus 19:3 אִמּ֤וֹ mother his

Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus 20:9 אִמּ֖וֹ וְאִמּ֛וֹ mother his, and mother his

If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood shall be upon him.

Leviticus 20:14 אִמָּ֖הּ mother her

If a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that there will be no depravity among you.

Leviticus 20:17 אִ֠מּוֹ mother his

If a man marries his sister, whether the daughter of his father or of his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off in the sight of their people. He has uncovered the nakedness of his sister; he shall bear his iniquity.

Leviticus 20:19 אִמְּךָ֛ mother your

You must not have sexual relations with the sister of your mother or your father, for it is exposing one’s own kin; both shall bear their iniquity.

Leviticus 21:2 לְאִמּ֣וֹ for mother his

except for his immediate family—his mother, father, son, daughter, or brother,

Leviticus 21:11 וּלְאִמּ֖וֹ and for mother his

He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother.

Leviticus 22:27 אִמּ֑וֹ mother its

“When an ox, a sheep, or a goat is born, it must remain with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day on, it will be acceptable as a food offering presented to the LORD.

Leviticus 24:11 אִמּ֛וֹ mother his

The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name with a curse. So they brought him to Moses. (His mother’s name was Shelomith daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)

Numbers 6:7 וּלְאִמּ֗וֹ and for mother his

Even if his father or mother or brother or sister should die, he is not to defile himself, because the symbol of consecration to his God is upon his head.

Numbers 12:12 אִמּ֔וֹ mother his

Please do not let her be like a stillborn infant whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb.”

Deuteronomy 5:16 אִמֶּ֔ךָ mother your

Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 13:6 אִ֠מֶּךָ mother your

If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known,

Deuteronomy 14:21 אִמּֽוֹ׃ פ mother its

You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

Deuteronomy 21:13 אִמָּ֖הּ mother her

and put aside the clothing of her captivity. After she has lived in your house a full month and mourned her father and mother, you may have relations with her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.

Deuteronomy 21:18 אִמּ֑וֹ mother his

If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined,

Deuteronomy 21:19 וְאִמּ֑וֹ and mother his

his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown,

Deuteronomy 22:6 וְהָאֵ֤ם הָאֵ֖ם and the mother, the mother

If you come across a bird’s nest with chicks or eggs, either in a tree or on the ground along the road, and the mother is sitting on the chicks or eggs, you must not take the mother along with the young.

Deuteronomy 22:7 הָאֵ֔ם the mother

You may take the young, but be sure to let the mother go, so that it may be well with you and that you may prolong your days.

Deuteronomy 22:15 וְאִמָּ֑הּ and mother her

Then the young woman’s father and mother shall bring the proof of her virginity to the city elders at the gate

Deuteronomy 27:16 וְאִמּ֑וֹ and mother his

‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

Deuteronomy 27:22 אִמּ֑וֹ mother his

‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

Deuteronomy 33:9 וּלְאִמּוֹ֙ and of mother his

He said of his father and mother, ‘I do not consider them.’ He disregarded his brothers and did not know his own sons, for he kept Your word and maintained Your covenant.

Joshua 2:13 אִמִּ֗י mother my

that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them, and that you will deliver us from death.”

Joshua 2:18 אִמֵּ֜ךְ mother your

unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother and brothers and all your family into your house.

Joshua 6:23 אִמָּ֤הּ mother her

So the young spies went in and brought out Rahab, her father and mother and brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her whole family and settled them outside the camp of Israel.

Judges 5:7 אֵ֖ם a mother

Life in the villages ceased; it ended in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel.

Judges 5:28 אֵ֥ם [the] mother of

Sisera’s mother looked through the window; she peered through the lattice and lamented: ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? What has delayed the clatter of his chariots?’

Judges 8:19 אִמִּ֖י mother my

“They were my brothers,” Gideon replied, “the sons of my mother! As surely as the LORD lives, if you had let them live, I would not kill you.”

Judges 9:1 אִמּ֑וֹ אִמּ֖וֹ mother his

Now Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to his mother’s brothers at Shechem and said to them and to all the clan of his mother,

Judges 9:3 אִמּ֜וֹ mother his

And when his mother’s brothers spoke all these words about him in the presence of all the leaders of Shechem, their hearts were inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, “He is our brother.”

Judges 14:2 וּלְאִמּ֔וֹ and to mother his

So he returned and told his father and mother, “I have seen a daughter of the Philistines in Timnah. Now get her for me as a wife.”

Judges 14:3 וְאִמּ֗וֹ and mother his

But his father and mother replied, “Can’t you find a young woman among your relatives or among any of our people? Must you go to the uncircumcised Philistines to get a wife?” But Samson told his father, “Get her for me, for she is pleasing to my eyes.”

Judges 14:4 וְאִמּ֜וֹ and mother his

(Now his father and mother did not know this was from the LORD, who was seeking an occasion to move against the Philistines; for at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.)

Judges 14:5 וְאִמּ֖וֹ and mother his

Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother and came to the vineyards of Timnah. Suddenly a young lion came roaring at him,

Judges 14:6 וּלְאִמּ֔וֹ and to mother his

and the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon him, and he tore the lion apart with his bare hands as one would tear a young goat. But he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.

Judges 14:9 אִמּ֔וֹ mother his

So he scooped some honey into his hands and ate it as he went along. And when he returned to his father and mother, he gave some to them and they ate it. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey from the lion’s carcass.

Judges 14:16 וּלְאִמִּ֛י and to mother my

Then Samson’s wife came to him, weeping, and said, “You hate me! You do not really love me! You have posed to my people a riddle, but have not explained it to me.” “Look,” he said, “I have not even explained it to my father or mother, so why should I explain it to you?”

Judges 16:17 אִמִּ֑י mother my

Samson told her all that was in his heart: “My hair has never been cut, because I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become as weak as any other man.”

Judges 17:2 לְאִמּ֡וֹ אִמּ֔וֹ to mother his, mother his

said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse—I have the silver here with me; I took it.” Then his mother said, “Blessed be my son by the LORD!”

Judges 17:3 לְאִמּ֑וֹ אִמּ֡וֹ to mother his, mother his

And when he had returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, “I wholly dedicate the silver to the LORD for my son’s benefit, to make a graven image and a molten idol. Therefore I will now return it to you.”

Judges 17:4 לְאִמּ֑וֹ אִמּוֹ֩ to mother his, mother his

So he returned the silver to his mother, and she took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into a graven image and a molten idol. And they were placed in the house of Micah.

Ruth 1:8 אִמָּ֑הּ mother her

Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you to your mother’s home. May the LORD show you loving devotion, as you have shown to your dead and to me.

Ruth 2:11 וְאִמֵּ֗ךְ and mother your

Boaz replied, “I have been made fully aware of all you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, how you left your father and mother and the land of your birth, and how you came to a people you did not know before.

1 Samuel 2:19 אִמּ֔וֹ mother his

Each year his mother would make him a little robe and bring it to him when she went with her husband to offer the annual sacrifice.

1 Samuel 15:33 אִמֶּ֑ךָ mother your

But Samuel declared: “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.

1 Samuel 20:30 אִמֶּֽךָ׃ mother your

Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of the mother who bore you?

1 Samuel 22:3 וְאִמִּי֙ and mother my

From there David went to Mizpeh of Moab, where he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and mother stay with you until I learn what God will do for me.”

2 Samuel 17:25 אֵ֥ם [the] mother of

Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, the Ishmaelite who had married Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.

2 Samuel 19:37 וְאִמִּ֑י and mother my

Please let your servant return, that I may die in my own city near the tomb of my father and mother. But here is your servant Chimham. Let him cross over with my lord the king, and do for him what is good in your sight.”

2 Samuel 20:19 וְאֵם֙ and a mother

I am among the peaceable and faithful in Israel, but you are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?”

1 Kings 1:11 אֵם־ [the] mother of

Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, “Have you not heard that Adonijah son of Haggith has become king, and our lord David does not know it?

1 Kings 2:13 אֵם־ [the] mother of

Now Adonijah son of Haggith went to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, and she asked, “Do you come in peace?” “Yes, in peace,” he replied.

1 Kings 2:19 לְאֵ֣ם for [the] mother of

So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. The king stood up to greet her, bowed to her, and sat down on his throne. Then the king had a throne brought for his mother, who sat down at his right hand.

1 Kings 2:20 אִמִּ֔י O mother my

“I have just one small request of you,” she said. “Do not deny me.” “Make your request, my mother,” the king replied, “for I will not deny you.”

1 Kings 2:22 לְאִמּ֗וֹ to mother his

King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my older brother, you might as well request the kingdom for him and for Abiathar the priest and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”

1 Kings 3:27 אִמּֽוֹ׃ [is] mother his

Then the king gave his ruling: “Give the living baby to the first woman. By no means should you kill him; she is his mother.”

1 Kings 11:26 אִמּוֹ֙ mother his

Now Jeroboam son of Nebat was an Ephraimite from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah. Jeroboam was a servant of Solomon, but he rebelled against the king,

1 Kings 14:21 אִמּ֔וֹ mother his

Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.

1 Kings 14:31 אִמּ֔וֹ mother his

And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David; his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. And his son Abijam reigned in his place.

1 Kings 15:2 אִמּ֔וֹ mother his

and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.

1 Kings 15:10 אִמּ֔וֹ mother his

and he reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.

1 Kings 15:13 אִמּ֗וֹ mother his

He also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

1 Kings 17:23 לְאִמּ֑וֹ to mother his

Then Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. “Look, your son is alive,” Elijah declared.

1 Kings 19:20 וּלְאִמִּ֔י and <to> mother my

So Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and then I will follow you.” “Go on back,” Elijah replied, “for what have I done to you?”

1 Kings 22:42 אִמּ֔וֹ mother his

Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years. His mother’s name was Azubah daughter of Shilhi.

1 Kings 22:52 אִמּ֔וֹ mother his

And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the ways of his father and mother and of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin.

2 Kings 3:2 וּכְאִמּ֑וֹ and like mother his

And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as his father and mother had done. He removed the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had made.

2 Kings 3:13 אִמֶּ֑ךָ mother your

Elisha, however, said to the king of Israel, “What have we to do with each other? Go to the prophets of your father and of your mother!” “No,” replied the king of Israel, “for it is the LORD who has summoned these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”

2 Kings 4:19 אִמּֽוֹ׃ mother his

“My head! My head!” he complained to his father. So his father told a servant, “Carry him to his mother.”

2 Kings 4:20 אִמּ֑וֹ mother his

After the servant had picked him up and carried him to his mother, the boy sat on her lap until noon, and then he died.

2 Kings 4:30 אֵ֣ם [the] mother of

And the mother of the boy said, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So he got up and followed her.

2 Kings 8:26 אִמּוֹ֙ mother his

Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel.

2 Kings 9:22 אִמְּךָ֛ mother your

When Joram saw Jehu, he asked, “Have you come in peace, Jehu?” “How can there be peace,” he replied, “as long as the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound?”

2 Kings 11:1 אֵ֣ם [the] mother of

When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs.

2 Kings 12:1 אִמּ֔וֹ mother his

In the seventh year of Jehu, Joash became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba.

2 Kings 14:2 אִמּ֔וֹ mother his

He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem.

2 Kings 15:2 אִמּ֔וֹ mother his

He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother’s name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.

2 Kings 15:33 אִמּ֔וֹ mother his

He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother’s name was Jerusha daughter of Zadok.

2 Kings 18:2 אִמּ֔וֹ mother his

He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah.

2 Kings 21:1 אִמּ֖וֹ mother his

Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. His mother’s name was Hephzibah.

2 Kings 21:19 אִמּ֔וֹ mother his

Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz; she was from Jotbah.

2 Kings 22:1 אִמּ֔וֹ mother his

Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath.

2 Kings 23:31 אִמּ֔וֹ mother his

Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.

2 Kings 23:36 אִמּ֔וֹ mother his

Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Zebidah daughter of Pedaiah; she was from Rumah.

2 Kings 24:8 אִמּ֔וֹ mother his

Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan; she was from Jerusalem.

2 Kings 24:12 וְאִמּ֔וֹ and mother his

Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him captive.

2 Kings 24:15 אֵ֣ם [the] mother of

Nebuchadnezzar carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, as well as the king’s mother, his wives, his officials, and the leading men of the land. He took them into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.

2 Kings 24:18 אִמּ֔וֹ mother his

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.

1 Chronicles 2:26 אֵ֥ם [was] [the] mother of

Jerahmeel had another wife named Atarah, who was the mother of Onam.

1 Chronicles 4:9 וְאִמּ֗וֹ and mother his

Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”

2 Chronicles 12:13 אִמּ֔וֹ mother his

Thus King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem and reigned. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.

2 Chronicles 13:2 אִמּ֔וֹ mother his

and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Micaiah daughter of Uriel; she was from Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

2 Chronicles 15:16 אֵ֣ם׀ [the] mother of

King Asa also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole, crushed it, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

2 Chronicles 20:31 אִמּ֔וֹ mother his

So Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years. His mother’s name was Azubah daughter of Shilhi.

2 Chronicles 22:2 אִמּ֔וֹ mother his

Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri.

2 Chronicles 22:3 אִמּ֛וֹ mother his

Ahaziah also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in wickedness.

2 Chronicles 22:10 אֵ֣ם [the] mother of

When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs of the house of Judah.

2 Chronicles 24:1 אִמּ֔וֹ mother his

Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba.

2 Chronicles 25:1 אִמּ֔וֹ mother his

Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 26:3 אִמּ֔וֹ mother his

Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother’s name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 27:1 אִמּ֔וֹ mother his

Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother’s name was Jerushah daughter of Zadok.

2 Chronicles 29:1 אִמּ֔וֹ mother his

Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

Esther 2:7 וָאֵ֑ם וְאִמָּ֔הּ and a mother, and mother her

And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah (that is, Esther), the daughter of his uncle, because she did not have a father or mother. The young woman was lovely in form and appearance, and when her father and mother had died, Mordecai had taken her as his own daughter.

Job 1:21 אִמִּ֗י mother my

saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”

Job 17:14 אִמִּ֥י O mother my

and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’

Job 31:18 אִמִּ֣י mother my

though from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow—

Psalm 22:9 אִמִּֽי׃ mother my

Yet You brought me forth from the womb; You made me secure at my mother’s breast.

Psalm 22:10 אִ֝מִּ֗י mother my

From birth I was cast upon You; from my mother’s womb You have been my God.

Psalm 27:10 וְאִמִּ֣י and mother my

Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me.

Psalm 35:14 אֵ֝֗ם a mother

I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.

Psalm 50:20 אִ֝מְּךָ֗ mother your

You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.

Psalm 51:5 אִמִּֽי׃ mother my

Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.

Psalm 69:8 אִמִּֽי׃ mother my

I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons,

Psalm 71:6 אִ֭מִּי mother my

I have leaned on You since birth; You pulled me from my mother’s womb. My praise is always for You.

Psalm 109:14 אִ֝מּ֗וֹ mother his

May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and the sin of his mother never be blotted out.

Psalm 113:9 אֵֽם־ [the] mother of

He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!

Psalm 131:2 אִמּ֑וֹ mother his

Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.

Psalm 139:13 אִמִּֽי׃ mother my

For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.

Proverbs 1:8 אִמֶּֽךָ׃ mother your

Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.

Proverbs 4:3 אִמִּֽי׃ mother my

When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother,

Proverbs 6:20 אִמֶּֽךָ׃ mother your

My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

Proverbs 10:1 אִמּֽוֹ׃ mother his

The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.

Proverbs 15:20 אִמּֽוֹ׃ mother his

A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

Proverbs 19:26 אֵ֑ם a mother

He who assaults his father or evicts his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.

Proverbs 20:20 וְאִמּ֑וֹ and mother his

Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.

Proverbs 23:22 אִמֶּֽךָ׃ mother your

Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

Proverbs 23:25 וְאִמֶּ֑ךָ and mother your

May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice!

Proverbs 28:24 וְאִמּ֗וֹ and mother his

He who robs his father or mother, saying, “It is not wrong,” is a companion to the man who destroys.

Proverbs 29:15 אִמּֽוֹ׃ mother his

A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.

Proverbs 30:11 אִ֝מּ֗וֹ mother its

There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.

Proverbs 30:17 אֵ֥ם a mother

As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.

Proverbs 31:1 אִמּֽוֹ׃ mother his

These are the words of King Lemuel—the burden that his mother taught him:

Ecclesiastes 5:15 אִמּ֔וֹ mother his

As a man came from his mother’s womb, so he will depart again, naked as he arrived. He takes nothing for his labor to carry in his hands.

Song of Songs 1:6 אִמִּ֣י mother my

Do not stare because I am dark, for the sun has gazed upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have neglected.

Song of Songs 3:4 אִמִּ֔י mother my

I had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held him and would not let go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the chamber of the one who conceived me.

Song of Songs 3:11 אִמּוֹ֙ mother his

Come out, O daughters of Zion, and gaze at King Solomon, wearing the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding—the day of his heart’s rejoicing.

Song of Songs 6:9 לְאִמָּ֔הּ of mother her

but my dove, my perfect one, is unique, the favorite of the mother who bore her. The maidens see her and call her blessed; the queens and concubines sing her praises.

Song of Songs 8:1 אִמִּ֑י mother my

O that you were to me like a brother who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me.

Song of Songs 8:2 אִמִּ֖י mother my

I would lead you and bring you to the house of my mother who taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates.

Song of Songs 8:5 אִמֶּ֔ךָ mother your

Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? I roused you under the apple tree; there your mother conceived you; there she travailed and brought you forth.

Isaiah 8:4 וְאִמִּ֑י and O mother my

For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”

Isaiah 49:1 אִמִּ֖י mother my

Listen to Me, O islands; pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called Me from the womb; from the body of My mother He named Me.

Isaiah 50:1 אִמְּכֶם֙ אִמְּכֶֽם׃ mother your

This is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.

Isaiah 66:13 אִמּ֖וֹ mother his

As a mother comforts her son, so will I comfort you, and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.”

Jeremiah 15:8 אֵ֛ם a mother of

I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. I will bring a destroyer at noon against the mothers of young men. I will suddenly bring upon them anguish and dismay.

Jeremiah 15:10 אִמִּ֔י O mother my

Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and conflict in all the land. I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.

Jeremiah 16:3 אִמֹּתָ֞ם mothers their

For this is what the LORD says concerning the sons and daughters born in this place, and the mothers who bore them, and the fathers who fathered them in this land:

Jeremiah 16:7 אִמּֽוֹ׃ mother his

No food will be offered to comfort those who mourn the dead; not even a cup of consolation will be given for the loss of a father or mother.

Jeremiah 20:14 אִמִּ֖י mother my

Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me never be blessed.

Jeremiah 20:17 אִמִּי֙ mother my

because he did not kill me in the womb so that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb forever enlarged.

Jeremiah 22:26 אִמְּךָ֙ mother your

I will hurl you and the mother who gave you birth into another land, where neither of you were born—and there you both will die.

Jeremiah 50:12 אִמְּכֶם֙ mother your

your mother will be greatly ashamed; she who bore you will be disgraced. Behold, she will be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.

Jeremiah 52:1 אִמּ֔וֹ mother his

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.

Lamentations 2:12 לְאִמֹּתָם֙ אִמֹּתָֽם׃ ס to mothers their, mothers their

They cry out to their mothers: “Where is the grain and wine?” as they faint like the wounded in the streets of the city, as their lives fade away in the arms of their mothers.

Lamentations 5:3 אִמֹּתֵ֖ינוּ mothers our

We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows.

Ezekiel 16:3 וְאִמֵּ֥ךְ and mother your

and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.

Ezekiel 16:44 כְּאִמָּ֖ה [is] like mother her

Behold, all who speak in proverbs will quote this proverb about you: ‘Like mother, like daughter.’

Ezekiel 16:45 אִמֵּ֣ךְ אִמְּכֶ֣ן mother your

You are the daughter of your mother, who despised her husband and children. You are the sister of your sisters, who despised their husbands and children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.

Ezekiel 19:2 אִמְּךָ֙ [was] mother your

and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.

Ezekiel 19:10 אִמְּךָ֥ mother your

Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of the abundant waters.

Ezekiel 21:21 אֵ֣ם [the] mother of

For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He shakes the arrows, he consults the idols, he examines the liver.

Ezekiel 22:7 וָאֵם֙ and mother

Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.

Ezekiel 23:2 אֵם־ a mother

“Son of man, there were two women, daughters of the same mother,

Ezekiel 44:25 וּ֠לְאֵם and for a mother

A priest must not defile himself by going near a dead person. However, for a father, a mother, a son, a daughter, a brother, or an unmarried sister, he may do so,

Hosea 2:2 בְאִמְּכֶם֙ with mother your

Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not My wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adultery from her face and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts.

Hosea 2:5 אִמָּ֔ם mother their

For their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’

Hosea 4:5 אִמֶּֽךָ׃ mother your

You will stumble by day, and the prophet will stumble with you by night; so I will destroy your mother—

Hosea 10:14 אֵ֥ם mother

the roar of battle will rise against your people, so that all your fortresses will be demolished as Shalman devastated Beth-arbel in the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to pieces along with their children.

Micah 7:6 בְאִמָּ֔הּ on mother her

For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s enemies are the members of his own household.

Zechariah 13:3 וְאִמּ֤וֹ וְאִמּ֛וֹ and mother his

And if anyone still prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ‘You shall not remain alive, because you have spoken falsely in the name of the LORD.’ When he prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will pierce him through.