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Lexicon :: Strong's H3379 - yārāḇʿām

Aa
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 Box1Ki 11:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:26 - And there was Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite from Zeredah, a servant of Solomon, whose mother was Zeruah, a widow; and his hand was lifted up against the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:28 - And Jeroboam was an able and responsible man; and Solomon saw that he was a good worker and made him overseer of all the work given to the sons of Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:29 - Now at that time, when Jeroboam was going out of Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite came across him on the road; now Ahijah had put on a new robe; and the two of them were by themselves in the open country.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:31 - And he said to Jeroboam, Take ten of the parts, for this is what the Lord has said: See, I will take the kingdom away from Solomon by force, and will give ten tribes to you;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:40 - And Solomon was looking for a chance to put Jeroboam to death; but he went in flight to Egypt, to Shishak, king of Egypt, and was in Egypt till the death of Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:2 - And, hearing of it, Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who was still in Egypt, where he had gone in flight from Solomon, and was living there, came back to his town Zeredah, in the hill-country of Ephraim;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:3 - And all the men of Israel came to Rehoboam and said,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:12 - So all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had given orders, saying, Come back to me the third day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:15 - So the king did not give ear to the people; and this came about by the purpose of the Lord, so that what he had said by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam, son of Nebat, might be effected.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:20 - Now when all Israel had news that Jeroboam had come back, they sent for him to come before the meeting of the people, and made him king over Israel: not one of them was joined to the family of David but only the tribe of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:25 - Then Jeroboam made the town of Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim a strong place, and was living there; and from there he went out and did the same to Penuel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:26 - And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now the kingdom will go back to the family of David:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:32 - And Jeroboam gave orders for a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast which is kept in Judah, and he went up to the altar. And in the same way, in Beth-el, he gave offerings to the oxen which he had made, placing in Beth-el the priests of the high places he had made.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:1 - Then a man of God came from Judah by the order of the Lord to Beth-el, where Jeroboam was by the altar, burning offerings.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:4 - Then the king, hearing the man of God crying out against the altar at Beth-el, put out his hand from the altar, saying, Take him prisoner. And his hand, stretched out against him, became dead, and he had no power of pulling it back.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:33 - After this Jeroboam, not turning back from his evil ways, still made priests for his altars from among all the people; he made a priest of anyone desiring it, so that there might be priests of the high places.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:34 - And this became a sin in the family of Jeroboam, causing it to be cut off and sent to destruction from the face of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:1 - At that time Abijah, the son of Jeroboam, became ill.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:2 - And Jeroboam said to his wife, Now come, put on different clothing so that you may not seem to be the wife of Jeroboam, and go to Shiloh; see, Ahijah is there, the prophet who said I would be king over this people.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:4 - So Jeroboam's wife did so, and got up and went to Shiloh and came to the house of Ahijah. Now Ahijah was unable to see, because he was very old.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:5 - And the Lord had said to Ahijah, The wife of Jeroboam is coming to get news from you about her son, who is ill; give her such and such an answer; for she will make herself seem to be another woman.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:6 - Then Ahijah, hearing the sound of her footsteps coming in at the door, said, Come in, O wife of Jeroboam; why do you make yourself seem like another? for I am sent to you with bitter news.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:7 - Go, say to Jeroboam, These are the words of the Lord, the God of Israel: Though I took you from among the people, lifting you up to be a ruler over my people Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:10 - So I will send evil on the line of Jeroboam, cutting off from his family every male child, those who are shut up and those who go free in Israel; the family of Jeroboam will be brushed away like a man brushing away waste till it is all gone.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:11 - Those of the family of Jeroboam who come to death in the town, will become food for the dogs; and those on whom death comes in the open country, will be food for the birds of the air; for the Lord has said it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:13 - And all Israel will put his body to rest, weeping over him, because he only of the family of Jeroboam will be put into his resting-place in the earth; for of all the family of Jeroboam, in him only has the Lord, the God of Israel, seen some good.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:14 - And the Lord will put up a king over Israel who will send destruction on the family of Jeroboam in that day;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:16 - And he will give Israel up because of the sins which Jeroboam has done and made Israel do.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:17 - Then Jeroboam's wife got up and went away and came to Tirzah; and when she came to the doorway of the house, death came to the child.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:19 - Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he made war and how he became king, are recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:20 - And Jeroboam was king for twenty-two years, and was put to rest with his fathers, and Nadab his son became king in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:30 - And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:1 - Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:7 - Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:9

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

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:25 - Nadab, the son of Jeroboam, became king over Israel in the second year that Asa was king of Judah; and he was king of Israel for two years.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:29 - And straight away when he became king, he sent destruction on all the offspring of Jeroboam; there was not one living person of all the family of Jeroboam whom he did not put to death, so the word of the Lord, which he said by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite, came about;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:30 - Because of the sins which Jeroboam did and made Israel do, moving the Lord, the God of Israel, to wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:34 - He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the evil ways of Jeroboam and the sin which he made Israel do.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:2 - Because I took you up out of the dust, and made you ruler over my people Israel; and you have gone in the ways of Jeroboam, and made my people Israel do evil, moving me to wrath by their sins;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:3 - Truly, I will see that Baasha and all his family are completely brushed away; I will make your family like the family of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:7 - And the Lord sent his word against Baasha and his family by the mouth of the prophet Jehu, the son of Hanani, because of all the evil he did in the eyes of the Lord, moving him to wrath by the work of his hands, because he was like the family of Jeroboam, and because he put it to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:19 - Because of his sin in doing evil in the eyes of the Lord, in going in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin which he made Israel do.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:26 - Copying all the evil ways of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, and all the sins he did and made Israel do, moving the Lord, the God of Israel, to wrath by their foolish ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:31 - And as if copying the evil ways of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, was a small thing for him, he took as his wife Jezebel, daughter of Ethbaal, king of Zidon, and became a servant and worshipper of Baal.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:22 - And I will make your family like the family of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, and like the family of Baasha, the son of Ahijah, because you have made me angry, and have made Israel do evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:52

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:52 - He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, going in the ways of his father and his mother, and in the ways of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who made Israel do evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:3 - But still he did the same sins which Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, did and made Israel do; he went on in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:9 - I will make the family of Ahab like that of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, and Baasha, the son of Ahijah.

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