Standard Lemma guide

Rehoboam

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

name

Meaning 1

King of Israel after Solomon, whose folly split the kingdom in two; the father of Abijah (biblical character)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen* years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.

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2

name

Meaning 2

A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin, in rare use.

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A bottle of Champagne or Burgundy wine containing 4.5 liters of fluid, six times the volume of a standard bottle.

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Alternative letter-case form of Rehoboam.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

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History

Etymology

After Rehoboam, Judean king, the name of which in Biblical Hebrew was רְחַבְעָם (Rəḥaḇʿām)

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Rehabeam — Judean king
  • Armenian: Ռովոյամ (Ṙovoyam) — Judean king
  • Basque: Roboam — Judean king
  • Belarusian: Раваам (Ravaam) — Judean king
  • Breton: Rehovam — Judean king
  • Bulgarian: Робоам (Roboam) — Judean king
  • Catalan: Roboam — Judean king
  • Cherokee: ᎶᏉᎹ (loquoma) — Judean king
  • Chinese Cantonese: 羅波安 /罗波安 — Judean king
  • Hakka Chinese: Lò-pô-ôn — Judean king
  • Chinese Mandarin: 羅波安 /罗波安 — Judean king
  • Czech: Rechabeám — Judean king
  • Danish: Rehabeam — Judean king
  • Dutch: Rechabeam — Judean king
  • Esperanto: Rehoboam — Judean king
  • Finnish: Rehabeam — Judean king
  • French: Roboam — Judean king
  • West-Frisian: Rechabeäm — Judean king
  • Galician: Roboam — Judean king
  • German: Rehabeam — Judean king
  • Greek: Ροβοάμ (Rovoám) — Judean king
  • Ancient Greek: Ροβοάμ (Roboám) — Judean king
  • Hebrew: רְחַבְעָם (Rəḥaḇʿām) — Judean king
  • Hindi: रहूबियाम (rahūbiyām) — Judean king
  • Hungarian: Roboám — Judean king
  • Indonesian: Rehabeam — Judean king
  • Italian: Roboamo — Judean king
  • Japanese: レハブアム (Rehabuamu) — Judean king
  • Korean: 르호보암 (reuhoboam) — Judean king
  • Latin: Roboāmus — Judean king
  • Malagasy: Rehôbôama — Judean king
  • Norwegian: Rehabeam — Judean king
  • Persian: رحبعام — Judean king
  • Polish: Roboam — Judean king
  • Portuguese: Roboão — Judean king
  • Punjabi: رحبعام (rḥbʻām) — Judean king
  • Russian: Ровоам (Rovoam) — Judean king
  • Spanish: Roboam — Judean king