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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Hebrew - English Dictionary

H3379 - Jeroboam

Strong's No.:H3379

Hebrew:יָרׇבְעָם

Transliteration:Yârobʻâm

Phonetic:yaw-rob-awm'

Word Origin:From H7378 and H5971

Bible Usage:Jeroboam.

Part of Speech:Proper Name Masculine

Strongs
Definition:

(the) people will contend; {Jarobam} the name of two Israelite kings


Brown Driver
Biggs 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


Bible References:
Jeroboam

Translation
Occurrences:
Jeroboam ( 104 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.