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HebrewH7346Proper Noun (Masculine)

רְחַבְעָם

re.chav.am

41Occurrences
H7346Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Rechabam, an Israelite king

from H7337 (רָחַב) and H5971 (עַם); a people has enlarged;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A king of the tribe of Judah living at the time of United Monarchyand Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at ; son of: Solomon (H8010) and Naamah (H5279A); brother of: Taphath (H2955) and Basemath (H1315); married to Maacah (H4601K), Mahalath (H4258H) and Abihail (H0032J); father of: Abijah (H0029I), Jeush (H3266K), Shemariah (H8114H), Zaham (H2093), Attai (H6262I), Ziza (H2124H) and Shelomith (H8019) Also named: Rhoboam (*Ῥοβοάμ *"Rehoboam" G4497) § Rehoboam = "a people has enlarged" son of Solomon and the 1st king of Judah after the split up of the kingdom of Israel

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

רְחַבְעָם appears 41 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Chronicles
23
1 Kings
17
1 Chronicles
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 3:10BSB

Solomon’s son was Rehoboam:Abijah was his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,

1 Kings 12:21BSB

And when Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the whole house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against the house of Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.

1 Kings 14:31BSB

And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David; his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. And his son Abijam reigned in his place.

2 Chronicles 10:18BSB

Then King Rehoboam sent out Hadoram, who was in charge of the forced labor, but the Israelites stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste and escaped to Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 12:1BSB

After Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he and all Israel with him forsook the Law of the LORD.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.