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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 2 / 2 (2Ki 10:29–Amo 7:11)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:29 - He did not, however, destroy the gold calves at Bethel and Dan, with which Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:31 - But Jehu did not obey the Law of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He refused to turn from the sins that Jeroboam had led Israel to commit.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:2 - But he did what was evil in the LORD’s sight. He followed the example of Jeroboam son of Nebat, continuing the sins that Jeroboam had led Israel to commit.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:6 - But they continued to sin, following the evil example of Jeroboam. They also allowed the Asherah pole in Samaria to remain standing.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:11 - But he did what was evil in the LORD’s sight. He refused to turn from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had led Israel to commit.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:13 - When Jehoash died, he was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. Then his son Jeroboam II became the next king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:16 - When Jehoash died, he was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. And his son Jeroboam II became the next king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:23 - Jeroboam II, the son of Jehoash, began to rule over Israel in the fifteenth year of King Amaziah’s reign in Judah. Jeroboam reigned in Samaria forty-one years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:24 - He did what was evil in the LORD’s sight. He refused to turn from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had led Israel to commit.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:27 - And because the LORD had not said he would blot out the name of Israel completely, he used Jeroboam II, the son of Jehoash, to save them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:28 - The rest of the events in the reign of Jeroboam II and everything he did—including the extent of his power, his wars, and how he recovered for Israel both Damascus and Hamath, which had belonged to Judah[fn]—are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:29 - When Jeroboam II died, he was buried in Samaria[fn] with the kings of Israel. Then his son Zechariah became the next king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:1 - Uzziah[fn] son of Amaziah began to rule over Judah in the twenty-seventh year of the reign of King Jeroboam II of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:8 - Zechariah son of Jeroboam II began to rule over Israel in the thirty-eighth year of King Uzziah’s reign in Judah. He reigned in Samaria six months.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:9 - Zechariah did what was evil in the LORD’s sight, as his ancestors had done. He refused to turn from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had led Israel to commit.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:18 - But Menahem did what was evil in the LORD’s sight. During his entire reign, he refused to turn from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had led Israel to commit.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:24 - But Pekahiah did what was evil in the LORD’s sight. He refused to turn from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had led Israel to commit.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:28 - But Pekah did what was evil in the LORD’s sight. He refused to turn from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had led Israel to commit.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:21 - For when the LORD[fn] tore Israel away from the kingdom of David, they chose Jeroboam son of Nebat as their king. But Jeroboam drew Israel away from following the LORD and made them commit a great sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:22 - And the people of Israel persisted in all the evil ways of Jeroboam. They did not turn from these sins

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:15 - The king also tore down the altar at Bethel—the pagan shrine that Jeroboam son of Nebat had made when he caused Israel to sin. He burned down the shrine and ground it to dust, and he burned the Asherah pole.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:17 - All of these were listed in the genealogical records during the days of King Jotham of Judah and King Jeroboam of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:29 - The rest of the events of Solomon’s reign, from beginning to end, are recorded in The Record of Nathan the Prophet, and The Prophecy of Ahijah from Shiloh, and also in The Visions of Iddo the Seer, concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:2 - When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard of this, he returned from Egypt, for he had fled to Egypt to escape from King Solomon.

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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 Box2Ch 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 Box2Ch 10:15 - So the king paid no attention to the people. This turn of events was the will of God, for it fulfilled the LORD’s message to Jeroboam son of Nebat through the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:4 - ‘This is what the LORD says: Do not fight against your relatives. Go back home, for what has happened is my doing!’” So they obeyed the message of the LORD and did not fight against Jeroboam.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:14 - The Levites even abandoned their pasturelands and property and moved to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons would not allow them to serve the LORD as priests.

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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 Box2Ch 13:1 - Abijah began to rule over Judah in the eighteenth year of Jeroboam’s reign in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:2 - He reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother was Maacah,[fn] the daughter of Uriel from Gibeah.
Then war broke out between Abijah and Jeroboam.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:3 - Judah, led by King Abijah, fielded 400,000 select warriors, while Jeroboam mustered 800,000 select troops from Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:4 - When the army of Judah arrived in the hill country of Ephraim, Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim and shouted to Jeroboam and all Israel: “Listen to me!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:6 - Yet Jeroboam son of Nebat, a mere servant of David’s son Solomon, rebelled against his master.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:8 - “Do you really think you can stand against the kingdom of the LORD that is led by the descendants of David? You may have a vast army, and you have those gold calves that Jeroboam made as your gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:13 - Meanwhile, Jeroboam had secretly sent part of his army around behind the men of Judah to ambush them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:15 - and the men of Judah began to shout. At the sound of their battle cry, God defeated Jeroboam and all Israel and routed them before Abijah and the army of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:19 - Abijah and his army pursued Jeroboam’s troops and captured some of his towns, including Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, along with their surrounding villages.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:20 - So Jeroboam of Israel never regained his power during Abijah’s lifetime, and finally the LORD struck him down and he died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:1 - The LORD gave this message to Hosea son of Beeri during the years when Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were kings of Judah, and Jeroboam son of Jehoash[fn] was king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:1 - This message was given to Amos, a shepherd from the town of Tekoa in Judah. He received this message in visions two years before the earthquake, when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam II, the son of Jehoash,[fn] was king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:9 - The pagan shrines of your ancestors[fn] will be ruined, and the temples of Israel will be destroyed; I will bring the dynasty of King Jeroboam to a sudden end.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:10 - Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent a message to Jeroboam, king of Israel: “Amos is hatching a plot against you right here on your very doorstep! What he is saying is intolerable.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:11 - He is saying, ‘Jeroboam will soon be killed, and the people of Israel will be sent away into exile.’”

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