Senses
1. Jeroboam (proper name) — The Hebrew proper masculine name יָרָבְעָם (Yarovam/Jeroboam), meaning 'the people increases' (from יָרֹב + עָם). Refers to two kings of the northern kingdom of Israel: (1) Jeroboam I son of Nebat, servant of Solomon who led the revolt splitting the united monarchy (1 Kgs 11-14), and (2) Jeroboam II son of Joash, who reigned during the 8th century BC expansion period (2 Kgs 14:23-29). Rendered consistently as Jerobeam in German, Jeroboam in French, and with the Arabic يَرَبْعَام. The various prepositional and conjunctive forms (ל-ירבעם, ו-ירבעם) are grammatical inflections of this single proper name appearing 104 times in Scripture. 104×
AR["يَرَبْعَامَ","يَرَبْعَامُ"]·ben["যারাবাম","যারাবামকে","যারাবামের"]·DE["Jerobeam"]·EN["Yarovam"]·FR["Jéroboam"]·heb["יָרָבְעָם","ירבעם"]·HI["याराब्आम","याराब्आम-का","याराब्आम-की","याराब्आम-की-ने","याराब्आम-के","याराब्आम-को","याराब्आम-ने"]·ID["Yerobeam"]·IT["Geroboamo"]·jav["Yarobeyam","Yarobéam"]·KO["여로보암","여로보암과","여로보암은","여로보암을","여로보암의","여로보암이"]·PT["Yarov'am","Yarovam"]·RU["Йаровам","Йаровама","Йароваму","Яровам","Яровама"]·ES["Jeroboam","Yarovam"]·SW["Yeroboamu"]·TR["Yarovam","Yarovam'un","Yarovam'ı","Yarovam'ın"]·urd["یربعام","یربعام-نے","یربعام-کا","یربعام-کی"]
1 Kgs 11:28, 1 Kgs 11:40, 1 Kgs 11:40, 1 Kgs 12:2, 1 Kgs 12:2, 1 Kgs 12:3, 1 Kgs 12:12, 1 Kgs 12:15, 1 Kgs 12:20, 1 Kgs 12:25, 1 Kgs 12:26, 1 Kgs 12:32 (+38 more)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
יָֽרָבְעָם104 n.pr.m. Jeroboam, Ιεροβοαμ (prob. = יָרֹב + עַם the people increaseth Thes Kit 1 K 11:26 al.; cf. also GrayProp. N. 59; Ency. Bib. i. 139 f.; > √ ריב the people contendeth, or (the god) ʿAmm contendeth NbrStud. Bib. i. 225, cf. CheJQ. July, 1899, 559; Ency. Bib.);— 1. 90 (K Ch), leader of revolt of N. Isr. (10th cent.), and first king 1 K 11:26; 12:2(×2), 20, etc., ‖ 2 Ch 10:2(×2),…