yarvam · Jeroboam

What it means

yarvam (יָרׇבְעָם) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Jeroboam”.

The name of two kings of Israel: Jeroboam son of Nebat, first king of the ten northern tribes (1 Kings 11–14), and Jeroboam son of Joash, much later (2 Kings 14:23-29).

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 1 Kings×55
• 2 Kings×24
• 1 Chronicles×1
• 2 Chronicles×19
• Hosea×1
• Amos×4

• 1 Kings 11:26

  And Jeroboam son of Nebat, an Ephraimite from Zeredah — and the name of his mother was Zeruah, a widow — a servant of Solomon, lifted up his hand against the king.

• 1 Kings 11:28

  And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of worth; and Solomon saw the young man, that he was one who did the work, and he appointed him over all the burden of the house of Joseph.

• 1 Kings 11:29

  And it happened at that time, when Jeroboam went out from Jerusalem, that Ahijah the Shilonite, the prophet, found him on the road; and he had covered himself with a new cloak, and the two of them were alone in the field.

• 1 Kings 11:31

  And he said to Jeroboam, “Take for yourself ten pieces, for thus says YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, ‘Look, I am tearing the kingdom from the hand of Solomon, and I will give to you the ten tribes;

• 1 Kings 11:40

  And Solomon sought to put to death Jeroboam; and Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, and he was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.

• 1 Kings 12:2

  And it happened when Jeroboam son of Nebat heard of it —and he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon, and Jeroboam lived in Egypt—

• 1 Kings 12:3

  they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

• 1 Kings 12:12

  Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had spoken, saying, “Come back to me on the third day.”

• 1 Kings 12:15

  So the king did not listen to the people, for it was a turn of events from YHWH, so that he might confirm his word that YHWH had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

• 1 Kings 12:20

  And it happened when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the community and made him king over all Israel. There was no one following the house of David except the tribe of Judah alone.

• 1 Kings 12:25

  Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and lived in it; and he went out from there and built Penuel.

• 1 Kings 12:26

  Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom will return to the house of David.

• 1 Kings 12:32

  Jeroboam held a festival in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the festival that was in Judah, and he went up to the altar. So he did in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made; and he stationed in Bethel the priests of the high places that he had made.

• 1 Kings 13:1

  And there, a man of Elohim came from Judah by the word of YHWH to Bethel, while Jeroboam was standing by the altar to offer up in smoke.

• 1 Kings 13:4

  And it happened when the king heard the word of the man of Elohim, which he had cried out against the altar in Bethel, that Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, “Seize him!” But his hand dried up, which he had stretched out against him, and he could not draw it back to himself.

• 1 Kings 13:33

  After this thing Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, but he again made from among all the people priests of high places; whoever wanted, he ordained him, and he became one of the priests of high places.

• 1 Kings 13:34

  And this thing became the sin of the house of Jeroboam, so as to wipe it out and to destroy it from off the face of the ground.

• 1 Kings 14:1

  At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam fell sick.

• 1 Kings 14:2

  Jeroboam said to his wife, “Get up, please, and disguise yourself, so that they will not know that you are the wife of Jeroboam, and go to Shiloh. Look, there is Ahijah the prophet; he spoke about me that I would be king over this people.

• 1 Kings 14:4

  Jeroboam’s wife did so: she got up and went to Shiloh and came to the house of Ahijah. Now Ahijah could not see, for his eyes had become fixed because of his old age.

• 1 Kings 14:5

  But YHWH had said to Ahijah, “Look, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to seek a word from you about her son, for he is sick. Thus and thus you shall speak to her. And it will be, when she comes in, that she will be pretending to be another woman.”

• 1 Kings 14:6

  And it happened, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet as she came in at the doorway, that he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam. Why are you pretending to be another woman? And I am sent to you with a hard word.

• 1 Kings 14:7

  Go, say to Jeroboam, ‘Thus says YHWH, the Elohim of Israel: Because I raised you up from among the people and made you leader over my people Israel,

• 1 Kings 14:10

  therefore, look, I am bringing evil on the house of Jeroboam, and I will cut off from Jeroboam everyone who urinates against the wall, restrained and left in Israel; and I will sweep away after the house of Jeroboam, as one sweeps away dung, until it is gone.

• 1 Kings 14:11

  Whoever of Jeroboam’s house dies in the city, the dogs will eat; and whoever dies in the field, the birds of the sky will eat; for YHWH has spoken.’

• 1 Kings 14:13

  All Israel will lament for him and bury him, for this one alone of Jeroboam’s house will come to a tomb, because in him something good toward YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, has been found in the house of Jeroboam.

• 1 Kings 14:14

  And YHWH will raise up for himself a king over Israel who will cut off the house of Jeroboam. This is the day; and what? Even now.

• 1 Kings 14:16

  And he will give up Israel because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he sinned and with which he made Israel sin.”

• 1 Kings 14:17

  Jeroboam’s wife got up and went and came to Tirzah. As she was coming over the threshold of the house, the boy died.

• 1 Kings 14:19

  The rest of the deeds of Jeroboam, how he fought and how he reigned, are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

• 1 Kings 14:20

  The days that Jeroboam reigned were twenty and two years; and he lay down with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his place.

• 1 Kings 14:30

  And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days.

• 1 Kings 15:1

  In year eighteen of King Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam began to reign over Judah.

• 1 Kings 15:6

  And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.

• 1 Kings 15:7

  The rest of the deeds of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.

• 1 Kings 15:9

  In year twenty of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa king of Judah began to reign.

• 1 Kings 15:25

  Nadab son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in year two of Asa king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel two years.

• 1 Kings 15:29

  And it happened, as soon as he reigned, that he struck down all the house of Jeroboam; he did not leave to Jeroboam any breathing thing until he had destroyed it, according to the word of YHWH that he spoke through his servant Ahijah the Shilonite,

• 1 Kings 15:30

  because of the sins of Jeroboam that he sinned and with which he made Israel sin, by his provocation with which he provoked to anger YHWH, the Elohim of Israel.

• 1 Kings 15:34

  He did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH, and walked in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin, with which he made Israel sin.

And 64 more times.