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title: יָרָבְעָם — Jeroboam · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָרָבְעָם (3379), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 104 times: Jeroboam. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. Jeroboam. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָרָבְעָם

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«יָרָבְעָם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jeroboam** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 104 times · **Key:** 3379 · **BDB:** יָֽרָבְעָם

### Glosses

Jeroboam (58); of.Jeroboam (45); O.Jeroboam (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jeroboam [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3379/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. Jeroboam [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3379/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Jeroboam, Ιεροβοαμ (prob. = יָרֹב + עַם the people increaseth Thes Kit 1 K 11:26 al.; cf. also GrayProp. N. 59; Ency. Bib. i. 139 f.; \> √ ריב the people contendeth, or (the god) ʿAmm contendeth NbrStud. Bib. i. 225, cf. CheJQ. July, 1899, 559; Ency. Bib.);— 90 (K Ch), leader of revolt of N. Isr. (10th cent.), and first king 1 K 11:26; 12:2(×2), 20, etc., ‖ 2 Ch 10:2(×2), 3, 12, etc., 1 K 13:1, 4, 33 +; (specif. יר׳ בֶּן־נְבָט 1 K 11:26 + 23 times); in later times (under Deut. infl.) as sinful and author of Isr.’s sin 1 K 15:30; 16:2, 7, 19, 26, 31 + 15 times son of Jehoash of N. Isr. (8th cent.) and 13th king 2 K 13:13; 14:16, 23, 27, 28, 29; 15:1, 8; Ho 1:1; Am 1:1; 7:9, 10, 11; prob. also 1 Ch 5:17.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 29 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָרָבְעָם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3379/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 14:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.14.1/)

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בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֔יא חָלָ֖ה אֲבִיָּ֥ה בֶן־יָרָבְעָֽם׃

*Word for word:* at the time (the) that he.became.sick Abijah the.son of.Jeroboam

*JPS 1917:* At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.

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[1 Kings 14:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.14.30/)

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וּמִלְחָמָ֨ה הָיְתָ֧ה בֵין־רְחַבְעָ֛ם וּבֵ֥ין יָרָבְעָ֖ם כָּל־הַיָּמִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and war it.was between Rehoboam and between Jeroboam all the days

*JPS 1917:* And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.

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