King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H3379
Transliteration: Yarobam
Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-rob-awm')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "the people increase", the name of two Israelites kings
Meaning: Jeroboam -- "the people increase", the name of two Israelites kings
Word Summary
Yarobam: "the people increase", the name of two Israelites kings
Original Word: יָרָבְעָםTransliteration: Yarobam
Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-rob-awm')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "the people increase", the name of two Israelites kings
Meaning: Jeroboam -- "the people increase", the name of two Israelites kings
Strong's Concordance
Jeroboam From riyb and am; (the) people will contend; Jarobam, the name of two Israelite kings -- Jeroboam.
see HEBREW riyb
see HEBREW am
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H3379. Yarobam
יָָֽרָבְעָם104 proper name, masculine Jeroboam, Ιεροβοαμ (probably = יָרֹב + עַם the people increaseth Thes Kit1 Kings 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.); —
190 (Kings Chronicles), leader of revolt of Northern Israel (10th century), and first king 1 Kings 11:26; 12:2 (twice in verse); 12:20, etc., "" 2 Chronicles 10:2 (twice in verse); 10:3, 12 etc., 1 Kings 13:1; 13:4; 1 Kings 13:83 +; (specifically ׳יר בֶּןנְֿבָט 11:26 23t.); in later times (under Deuteronomic influence) as sinful and author of Israel's sin 15:30; 16:2, 7, 19, 26, 31 15t.
2 son of Jehoash of Northern Israel (8th cent.) and 13th king 2 Kings 13:13; 14:16, 23, 27, 28, 29; 15:1, 8; Hosea 1:1; Amos 1:1; 7:9-10, 11; probably also 1 Chronicles 5:17.