יָרׇבְעָם

Strong’s Definition

Jarobam, the name of two Israelite kings

Etymology & Derivation

from H7378 (רִיב) and H5971 (עַם); (the) people will contend;

KJV Usage

Jeroboam.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 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
• 2.the 8th king of the northern kingdom of israel, son of joash, and

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Yârobʻâm; Pronunciation: yaw-rob-awm'