Yarob`am

yaw-rob-awm'
Parts of Speech Proper Name Masculine

Yarob`am Definition

Jeroboam = "the people will contend"
  1. the first king of the northern kingdom of Israel when the kingdom split at the death of Solomon and the 10 tribes split off from Judah and Benjamin and the kingdom under Solomon's son Rehoboam; idolatry was introduced at the beginning of his reign
  2. the 8th king of the northern kingdom of Israel, son of Joash, and 4th in the dynasty of Jehu; during his reign the Syrian invaders were repelled and the kingdom restored to its former borders but the idolatry of the kingdom was maintained
Audio Pronunciation
Original Language
~[bry
Origin
from (07378) and (05971)
Strong's Number
03379
TDNT Entry
None

KJV Word Usage

Jeroboam
104
Total
104

KJV Verse Count

48
23
1
18
1
4
Total
95
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The Hebrew lexicon is Brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius Lexicon; this is keyed to the "Theological Word Book of the Old Testament." These files are considered public domain.

Brown, Driver, Briggs and Gesenius. "Hebrew Lexicon entry for Yarob`am". "The KJV Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon". . .