Bible Names

Jeroboam: meaning of the name

Jeroboam means “he that opposes the people.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Jeroboam in Hebrew and Greek

יָרׇבְעָם H3379

Yârobʻâm (yaw-rob-awm') — Jarobam, the name of two Israelite kings

from H7378 (רִיב) and H5971 (עַם); (the) people will contend;

People named Jeroboam in the Bible

Jeroboam in Scripture

“Jeroboam” appears in 95 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • 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.

  • 1 Kings 11:28

    And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.

  • 1 Kings 11:29

    And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field:

  • 1 Kings 11:31

    And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:

  • 1 Kings 11:40

    Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.

  • 1 Kings 12:2

    And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;)

  • 1 Kings 12:3

    That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,

  • 1 Kings 12:12

    So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day.