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Lexicon :: Strong's G4497 - roboam

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Ῥοβοάμ
Transliteration
roboam (Key)
Pronunciation
hrob-o-am'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Hebrew origin רְחַבְעָם (H7346)
mGNT
2x in 2 unique form(s) TR
2x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
50x in 1 unique form(s)
Strong’s Definitions

Ῥοβοάμ Rhoboám, hrob-o-am'; of Hebrew origin (H7346); Roboam (i.e. Rechobam), an Israelite:—Roboam.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G4497 in the following manner: Roboam (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G4497 in the following manner: Roboam (2x).

  1. Rehoboam = "enlarger of the people"

    1. the son of Solomon by an Ammonite princess Naamah

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Ῥοβοάμ Rhoboám, hrob-o-am'; of Hebrew origin (H7346); Roboam (i.e. Rechobam), an Israelite:—Roboam.
STRONGS G4497:
Ροβοαμ (רְחַבְעָם, i. e. 'enlarging the people', equivalent to Ἐυρυδημος in Grk, from רָחַב and עָם), ὁ, Roboam, Rehoboam, the son and successor of king Solomon: Matthew 1:7.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
1:7

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Strong's Number G4497 matches the Greek Ῥοβοάμ (roboam),
which occurs 50 times in 43 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:7 - David brought the gold shields of Hadadezer’s officers to Jerusalem,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:27 - He had three sons and one daughter. His daughter’s name was Tamar, and she was very beautiful.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:43 - When he died, he was buried in the City of David, named for his father. Then his son Rehoboam became the next king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:1 - Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had gathered to make him king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:3 - The leaders of Israel summoned him, and Jeroboam and the whole assembly of Israel went to speak with Rehoboam.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:12 - Three days later Jeroboam and all the people returned to hear Rehoboam’s decision, just as the king had ordered.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:13 - But Rehoboam spoke harshly to the people, for he rejected the advice of the older counselors

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:18 - King Rehoboam sent Adoniram,[fn] who was in charge of the labor force, to restore order, but the people of Israel stoned him to death. When this news reached King Rehoboam, he quickly jumped into his chariot and fled to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:21 - When Rehoboam arrived at Jerusalem, he mobilized the men of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin—180,000 select troops—to fight against the men of Israel and to restore the kingdom to himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:23 - “Say to Rehoboam son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the people of Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:27 - When these people go to Jerusalem to offer sacrifices at the Temple of the LORD, they will again give their allegiance to King Rehoboam of Judah. They will kill me and make him their king instead.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:21 - Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon was king in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from among all the tribes of Israel as the place to honor his name. Rehoboam’s mother was Naamah, an Ammonite woman.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:22 - During Rehoboam’s reign, the people of Judah did what was evil in the LORD’s sight, provoking his anger with their sin, for it was even worse than that of their ancestors.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:25 - In the fifth year of King Rehoboam’s reign, King Shishak of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:27 - King Rehoboam later replaced them with bronze shields as substitutes, and he entrusted them to the care of the commanders of the guard who protected the entrance to the royal palace.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:29 - The rest of the events in Rehoboam’s reign and everything he did are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:30 - There was constant war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:31 - When Rehoboam died, he was buried among his ancestors in the City of David. His mother was Naamah, an Ammonite woman. Then his son Abijam[fn] became the next king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:1 - Abijam[fn] began to rule over Judah in the eighteenth year of Jeroboam’s reign in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:10 - The descendants of Solomon were Rehoboam, Abijah, Asa, Jehoshaphat,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:31 - When he died, he was buried in the City of David, named for his father. Then his son Rehoboam became the next king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:1 - Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had gathered to make him king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:3 - The leaders of Israel summoned him, and Jeroboam and all Israel went to speak with Rehoboam.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:6 - Then King Rehoboam discussed the matter with the older men who had counseled his father, Solomon. “What is your advice?” he asked. “How should I answer these people?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:12 - Three days later Jeroboam and all the people returned to hear Rehoboam’s decision, just as the king had ordered.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:13 - But Rehoboam spoke harshly to them, for he rejected the advice of the older counselors

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:17 - But Rehoboam continued to rule over the Israelites who lived in the towns of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:18 - King Rehoboam sent Adoniram,[fn] who was in charge of the labor force, to restore order, but the people of Israel stoned him to death. When this news reached King Rehoboam, he quickly jumped into his chariot and fled to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:1 - When Rehoboam arrived at Jerusalem, he mobilized the men of Judah and Benjamin—180,000 select troops—to fight against Israel and to restore the kingdom to himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:3 - “Say to Rehoboam son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:5 - Rehoboam remained in Jerusalem and fortified various towns for the defense of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:17 - This strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and for three years they supported Rehoboam son of Solomon, for during those years they faithfully followed in the footsteps of David and Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:18 - Rehoboam married his cousin Mahalath, the daughter of David’s son Jerimoth and of Abihail, the daughter of Eliab son of Jesse.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:21 - Rehoboam loved Maacah more than any of his other wives and concubines. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and they gave birth to twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:22 - Rehoboam appointed Maacah’s son Abijah as leader among the princes, making it clear that he would be the next king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 12:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:1 - But when Rehoboam was firmly established and strong, he abandoned the Law of the LORD, and all Israel followed him in this sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 12:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:2 - Because they were unfaithful to the LORD, King Shishak of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem in the fifth year of King Rehoboam’s reign.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 12:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:5 - The prophet Shemaiah then met with Rehoboam and Judah’s leaders, who had all fled to Jerusalem because of Shishak. Shemaiah told them, “This is what the LORD says: You have abandoned me, so I am abandoning you to Shishak.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:10 - King Rehoboam later replaced them with bronze shields as substitutes, and he entrusted them to the care of the commanders of the guard who protected the entrance to the royal palace.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 12:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:13 - King Rehoboam firmly established himself in Jerusalem and continued to rule. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from among all the tribes of Israel as the place to honor his name. Rehoboam’s mother was Naamah, a woman from Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 12:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:15 - The rest of the events of Rehoboam’s reign, from beginning to end, are recorded in The Record of Shemaiah the Prophet and The Record of Iddo the Seer, which are part of the genealogical record. Rehoboam and Jeroboam were continually at war with each other.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 12:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:16 - When Rehoboam died, he was buried in the City of David. Then his son Abijah became the next king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:7 - Then a whole gang of scoundrels joined him, defying Solomon’s son Rehoboam when he was young and inexperienced and could not stand up to them.
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