Person
Jeroboam
Yarovam
יָרָבְעָם
The people contend; or increase. First king of northern Israel.
Jeroboam son of Nebat leads the ten tribes and sets up calves at Bethel and Dan. His name becomes a byword for Israel’s sin.
Strong’s
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יָרׇבְעָם H3379
Yârobʻâm · yaw-rob-awm'
Jarobam, the name of two Israelite kings
Brown-Driver-Briggs
Francis Brown, S. R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906). Public-domain digital text.
יָָֽרָבְעָם H3379
יָָֽרָבְעָם104 proper name, masculine Jeroboam, Ιεροβοαμ (probably = יָרֹב + עַם the people increaseth Thes Kit1Kgs 11:26 and others; compare also GrayProp.N. 59; Ency. Bib. i. 139 f.; > √ ריב the people contendeth or (the god) 'Amm contendeth NbrStud. Bib. i. 225, compare CheJQ July, 1899, 559; Ency. Bib.); — 1.90 (Kings Chronicles), leader of revolt of Northern Israel (10th century), and first king 1Kgs 11:26; 1Kgs 12:2 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 12:20, etc., || 2Chr 10:2 (twice in verse); 2Chr 10:3; 2Chr 10:12 etc., 1Kgs 13:1; 1Kgs 13:4; 1Kgs 13:83 +; (specifically בֶּןנְֿבָט ׳יר 1Kgs 11:26 + 23 t.); in later times (under Deuteronomic influence) as sinful and author of Israel's sin 1Kgs 15:30; 1Kgs 16:2; 1Kgs 16:7; 1Kgs 16:19; 1Kgs 16:26; 1Kgs 16:31 + 15 t.
2. son of Jehoash of Northern Israel (8th cent.) and 13th king 2Kgs 13:13; 2Kgs 14:16; 2Kgs 14:23; 2Kgs 14:27; 2Kgs 14:28; 2Kgs 14:29; 2Kgs 15:1; 2Kgs 15:8; Hos 1:1; Amos 1:1; Amos 7:9; Amos 7:10; Amos 7:11 probably also 1Chr 5:17.
יְרֻבַּ֫עַל H3378 · H3380 · H3379
יְרֻבַּ֫עַל14 proper name, masculine name given to Gideon (according to Judg 6:32, where explanation as let Baal contend (compare Dr284, 4 Köii. 1, 467); Imperfect ירוב not elsewhere [yet תרוב Prov 3:30 Kt, and Infinitive construct רוב Judg 21:28 Kt], hence WeSm 31 explanation as = יְרוּבַעַל, √ ירח, compare יְרוּאֵל, יְרִיאֵל (p.436b), so GFMJu BuJu NowJu); — Judg 6:32; Judg 7:1; Judg 8:29; Judg 8:35; Judg 9:1 + 8 t. 9 (בָּ֑עַל- Judg 9:24; Judg 9:57), 1Sam 12:11 = יְרֻכֶּ֫שֶׁת 2Sam 11:21 (see בּשֶׁת 2, below בושׁ); Ιεροβααλ ( usually; so ᵐ5L 1Sam 12:11; 2Sam 11:21, where ᵐ5B Ιεροβοαμ). — יָרבְעָם, see רבב. p. 914.