jeroboam
pronunciation
How to pronounce jeroboam in British English:
UK [ˌdʒerəˈbəʊəm]
How to pronounce jeroboam in American English:
US [ˌdʒerəˈboʊəm]
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- Noun:
- a large wine bottle (holds 4/5 of a gallon)
Word Origin
- jeroboam (n.)
- 1816, "large wine bottle," from Jeroboam, "a mighty man of valour" (I Kings xi:28) "who made Israel to sin" (xiv:16), from Hebrew Yarobh'am, literally "let the people increase."
Example
- 1. And there was war between rehoboam and jeroboam continually .
- 2. Yahweh himself will raise up for himself a king of israel ; it is he who will destroy jeroboam 's family .
- 3. Solomon sought therefore to kill jeroboam .
- 4. Kjv solomon sought therefore to kill jeroboam .
- 5. King jeroboam rebels against king solomon .