Strong's #3379: Yarob`am (pronounced yaw-rob-awm')
from 7378 and 5971; (the) people will contend; Jarobam, the name of two Israelite kings:--Jeroboam.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
yârob‛âm
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
Part of Speech: noun proper masculine
Relation: from H7378 and H5971
Usage:
This word is used 104 times:
Amos 1:1: "of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king"
Amos 7:9: "and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword."
Amos 7:10: "of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos"
Amos 7:11: "thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive"
