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Lexicon :: Strong's H3379 - yārāḇʿām

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יָרָבְעָם
Transliteration
yārāḇʿām
Pronunciation
yaw-rob-awm'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

יָרׇבְעָם Yârobʻâm, yaw-rob-awm'; from H7378 and H5971; (the) people will contend; Jarobam, the name of two Israelite kings:—Jeroboam.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 104x

The KJV translates Strong's H3379 in the following manner: Jeroboam (104x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 104x
The KJV translates Strong's H3379 in the following manner: Jeroboam (104x).

  1. Jeroboam = "the people will contend"

    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 4th in the dynasty of Jehu; during his reign the Syrian invaders were repelled and the kingdom restored to its former borders but the idolatry of the kingdom was maintained

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָרׇבְעָם Yârobʻâm, yaw-rob-awm'; from H7378 and H5971; (the) people will contend; Jarobam, the name of two Israelite kings:—Jeroboam.
STRONGS H3379: Abbreviations
יָֽרָבָבְעָם 104 proper name, masculine Jeroboam, Ιεροβοαμ (probably = יָרֹב + עַם the people increaseth Thes Kit 1 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.); —
1.90 (Kings Chronicles), leader of revolt of Northern Israel (10th century), and first king 1 Kings 11:26; 1 Kings 12:2 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 12:20, etc., || 2 Chronicles 10:2 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 10:3, 12 etc., 1 Kings 13:1; 1 Kings 13:4; 1 Kings 13:83 +; (specifically בֶּןנְֿבָט יר׳ 1 Kings 11:26 + 23 times); in later times (under Deuteronomic influence) as sinful and author of Israel's sin 1 Kings 15:30; 1 Kings 16:2, 7, 19, 26, 31 + 15 times
†2. son of Jehoash of Northern Israel (8th cent.) and 13th king 2 Kings 13:13; 2 Kings 14:16, 23, 27, 28, 29; 2 Kings 15:1, 8; Hosea 1:1; Amos 1:1; Amos 7:9, 10, 11; probably also 1 Chronicles 5:17.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Kings

1; 11:26; 11:26; 12:2; 12:20; 13:1; 13:4; 15:30; 16:2; 16:7; 16:19; 16:26; 16:31

2 Kings

13:13; 14:16; 14:23; 14:27; 14:28; 14:29; 15:1; 15:8

1 Chronicles

5:17

2 Chronicles

10:2; 10:3; 10:12

Hosea

1:1

Amos

1:1; 7:9; 7:10; 7:11

H3379

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3379 matches the Hebrew יָרָבְעָם (yārāḇʿām),
which occurs 104 times in 95 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (1Ki 11:26–2Ki 9:9)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:26 - Jeroboam son of Nebat, one of Solomon's servants, rebelled against the king. He was an Ephraimite from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:28 - Jeroboam was a talented man; when Solomon saw that the young man was an accomplished worker, he made him the leader of the work crew from the tribe of Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:29 - At that time, when Jeroboam had left Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met him on the road; the two of them were alone in the open country. Ahijah was wearing a brand new robe,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:31 - Then he told Jeroboam, "Take ten pieces, for this is what the LORD God of Israel says: 'Look, I am about to tear the kingdom from Solomon's hand and I will give ten tribes to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:40 - Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but Jeroboam escaped to Egypt and found refuge with King Shishak of Egypt. He stayed in Egypt until Solomon died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:2 - When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard the news, he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:3 - They sent for him, and Jeroboam and the whole Israelite assembly came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:12 - Jeroboam and all the people reported to Rehoboam on the third day, just as the king had ordered when he said, "Return to me on the third day."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:15 - The king refused to listen to the people, because the LORD was instigating this turn of events so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:20 - When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. No one except the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the Davidic dynasty.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:25 - Jeroboam built up Shechem in the Ephraimite hill country and lived there. From there he went out and built up Penuel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:26 - Jeroboam then thought to himself: "Now the Davidic dynasty could regain the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:32 - Jeroboam inaugurated a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the festival celebrated in Judah. On the altar in Bethel he offered sacrifices to the calves he had made. In Bethel he also appointed priests for the high places he had made.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:1 - Just then a prophet from Judah, sent by the LORD, arrived in Bethel, as Jeroboam was standing near the altar ready to offer a sacrifice.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:4 - When the king heard what the prophet cried out against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam, standing at the altar, extended his hand and ordered, "Seize him!" The hand he had extended shriveled up and he could not pull it back.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:33 - After this happened, Jeroboam still did not change his evil ways; he continued to appoint common people as priests at the high places. Anyone who wanted the job he consecrated as a priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:34 - This sin caused Jeroboam's dynasty to come to an end and to be destroyed from the face of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:1 - At that time Jeroboam's son Abijah became sick.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:2 - Jeroboam told his wife, "Disguise yourself so that people cannot recognize you are Jeroboam's wife. Then go to Shiloh; Ahijah the prophet, who told me I would rule over this nation, lives there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:4 - Jeroboam's wife did as she was told. She went to Shiloh and visited Ahijah. Now Ahijah could not see; he had lost his eyesight in his old age.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:5 - But the LORD had told Ahijah, "Look, Jeroboam's wife is coming to find out from you what will happen to her son, for he is sick. Tell her so-and-so. When she comes, she will be in a disguise."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:6 - When Ahijah heard the sound of her footsteps as she came through the door, he said, "Come on in, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you pretending to be someone else? I have been commissioned to give you bad news.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:7 - Go, tell Jeroboam, 'This is what the LORD God of Israel says: "I raised you up from among the people and made you ruler over my people Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:10 - So I am ready to bring disaster on the dynasty of Jeroboam. I will cut off every last male belonging to Jeroboam in Israel, including even the weak and incapacitated. I will burn up the dynasty of Jeroboam, just as one burns manure until it is completely consumed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:11 - Dogs will eat the members of your family who die in the city, and the birds of the sky will eat the ones who die in the country."' Indeed, the LORD has announced it!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:13 - All Israel will mourn him and bury him. He is the only one in Jeroboam's family who will receive a decent burial, for he is the only one in whom the LORD God of Israel found anything good.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:14 - The LORD will raise up a king over Israel who will cut off Jeroboam's dynasty. It is ready to happen!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:16 - He will hand Israel over to their enemies because of the sins which Jeroboam committed and which he made Israel commit."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:17 - So Jeroboam's wife got up and went back to Tirzah. As she crossed the threshold of the house, the boy died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:19 - The rest of the events of Jeroboam's reign, including the details of his battles and rule, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:20 - Jeroboam ruled for twenty-two years; then he passed away. His son Nadab replaced him as king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:30 - Rehoboam and Jeroboam were continually at war with each other.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:1 - In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijah became king over Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:6 - Rehoboam and Jeroboam were continually at war with each other throughout Abijah's lifetime.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:7 - The rest of the events of Abijah's reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. Abijah and Jeroboam had been at war with each other.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:9 - In the twentieth year of Jeroboam's reign over Israel, Asa became the king of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:25 - In the second year of Asa's reign over Judah, Jeroboam's son Nadab became the king of Israel; he ruled Israel for two years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:29 - When he became king, he executed Jeroboam's entire family. He wiped out everyone who breathed, just as the LORD had predicted through his servant Ahijah the Shilonite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:30 - This happened because of the sins which Jeroboam committed and which he made Israel commit. These sins angered the LORD God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:34 - He did evil in the sight of the LORD; he followed in Jeroboam's footsteps and encouraged Israel to sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:2 - "I raised you up from the dust and made you ruler over my people Israel. Yet you followed in Jeroboam's footsteps and encouraged my people Israel to sin; their sins have made me angry.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:3 - So I am ready to burn up Baasha and his family, and make your family like the family of Jeroboam son of Nebat.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:7 - The prophet Jehu son of Hanani received from the LORD the message predicting the downfall of Baasha and his family because of all the evil Baasha had done in the sight of the LORD. His actions angered the LORD (including the way he had destroyed Jeroboam's dynasty), so that his family ended up like Jeroboam's.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:19 - This happened because of the sins he committed. He did evil in the sight of the LORD and followed in Jeroboam's footsteps and encouraged Israel to continue sinning.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:26 - He followed in the footsteps of Jeroboam son of Nebat and encouraged Israel to sin; they angered the LORD God of Israel with their worthless idols.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:31 - As if following in the sinful footsteps of Jeroboam son of Nebat were not bad enough, he married Jezebel the daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians. Then he worshiped and bowed to Baal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:22 - I will make your dynasty like those of Jeroboam son of Nebat and Baasha son of Ahijah because you angered me and made Israel sin.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:52

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:52 - He did evil in the sight of the LORD and followed in the footsteps of his father and mother; like Jeroboam son of Nebat, he encouraged Israel to sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:3 - Yet he persisted in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who encouraged Israel to sin; he did not turn from them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:9 - I will make Ahab's dynasty like those of Jeroboam son of Nebat and Baasha son of Ahijah.

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