יָרׇבְעָם
Yârobʻâm · yaw-rob-awm'
Jarobam, the name of two Israelite kings
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7378 (רִיב) and H5971 (עַם); (the) people will contend;
Jarobam, the name of two Israelite kings
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Jeroboam.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › the head, the highest › the house, what is within › to see and know › water, chaos, the mighty deep
The hand that works of the head, the highest of the house, what is within that works to see and know of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָרׇבְעָם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
104 occurrences · 104 OT · 0 NT · 30 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of jeroboam46 · 44%
- and jeroboam16 · 15%
- jeroboam12 · 12%
- to jeroboam3 · 3%
- which jeroboam3 · 3%
- and it came to pass, when jeroboam2 · 2%
- so jeroboam2 · 2%
- and jeroboam's2 · 2%
- against jeroboam2 · 2%
- when jeroboam1 · 1%
- him. and jeroboam1 · 1%
- unto jeroboam1 · 1%
- that jeroboam1 · 1%
- then jeroboam1 · 1%
- from jeroboam1 · 1%
- him: for he only of jeroboam1 · 1%
- not to jeroboam1 · 1%
- and they made jeroboam1 · 1%
- it, that jeroboam1 · 1%
- him. so jeroboam1 · 1%
- for jeroboam1 · 1%
- me, thou jeroboam1 · 1%
- yet jeroboam1 · 1%
- but jeroboam1 · 1%
- neither did jeroboam1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.