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title: רְחַבְעָם — Rehoboam · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רְחַבְעָם (7346), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 50 times: Rehoboam. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. Rehoboam. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רְחַבְעָם

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«רְחַבְעָם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Rehoboam** — 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:** 50 times · **Key:** 7346 · **BDB:** רְחַבְעָם

### Glosses

Rehoboam (45); of.Rehoboam (4); \[was\].Rehoboam (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Rehoboam [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7346/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. Rehoboam [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7346/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Rehoboam (word-play on רחב Ecclus 47:23 c);—king of Judah, son of Solomon; Ροβοαμ: 1 K 11:43; 12:1, 3, 6 + 16 times 1 K 12, 14, + 15:6 ‖ 2 Ch 9:31; 10:1, 3, 6 + 21 times 2 Ch 10, 11, 12, + 13:7(×2); also 1 Ch 3:10.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 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 «רְחַבְעָם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7346/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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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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[1 Kings 15:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.15.6/)

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וּמִלְחָמָ֨ה הָיְתָ֧ה בֵין־רְחַבְעָ֛ם וּבֵ֥ין יָרָבְעָ֖ם כָּל־יְמֵ֥י חַיָּֽיו׃

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

*JPS 1917:* Now there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.

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