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1 Kings 11:26
“And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon’s servant, whose mother’s name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H3379 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Jarobam, the name of two Israelite kings
- Derivation
- from H7378 (רִיב) and H5971 (עַם); (the) people will contend;
- KJV renderings
- Jeroboam.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- יָרָבְעָם֩ — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 104 times in the Hebrew Bible.1 Kings 11:281 Kings 11:291 Kings 11:311 Kings 11:401 Kings 11:40
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read יָרׇבְעָם here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.