Jeroboam
יָֽרָבְעָםStrong’s H3379yarovam (ya-rov-am)
Appears in 95 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yarovam is the Hebrew word usually translated “jeroboam” and “o jeroboam”. It appears in 95 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon’s servant, whose mother’s name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king.”
Meaning
- 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
- 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
How it's translated
- jeroboam 88
- and jeroboam 7
- of jeroboam 5
- to jeroboam 3
- o jeroboam 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Kings 48
- 2 Kings 23
- 2 Chronicles 18
- Amos 4
- 1 Chronicles 1
- Hosea 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Kings 11:28And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.
- 1 Kings 11:29And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field:
- 1 Kings 11:31And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:
- 1 Kings 11:40Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
- 1 Kings 12:2And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;)
- 1 Kings 12:3That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,
All 95 verses, by book
- 1 Kings 48
- 11:2611:2811:2911:3111:4012:212:312:1212:1512:2012:2512:2612:3213:113:413:3313:3414:114:214:414:514:614:714:1014:1114:1314:1414:1614:1714:1914:2014:3015:115:615:715:915:2515:2915:3015:3416:216:316:716:1916:2616:3121:2222:52
- 2 Kings 23
- 3:39:910:2910:3113:213:613:1113:1314:1614:2314:2414:2714:2814:2915:115:815:915:1815:2415:2817:2117:2223:15
- 1 Chronicles 1
- 5:17
- Hosea 1
- 1:1
Hebrew dictionary
יָֽרָבְעָם yarovam · Jeroboam
A king of the Kingdom of Israel, living at the time of United Monarchyand Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.11.26; son of: Nebat (H5028) and Zeruah (H6871); father of: Abijah (H0029H), Nadab (H5070H) § 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 …
יָֽרָבְעָם yarovam · Jeroboam
A king of the Kingdom of Israel, living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.13.13; son of: Joash (H3101J); father of: Zechariah (H2148P) § 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 …
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.