Rehoboam
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
After Rehoboam, Judean king, the name of which in Biblical Hebrew was רְחַבְעָם (Rəḥaḇʿām)
Noun[edit]
Rehoboam (plural Rehoboams)
- A bottle of Champagne or Burgundy wine containing 4.5 liters of fluid, six times the volume of a standard bottle.
Usage notes[edit]
A Bordeaux wine bottle with this volume is called a Jeroboam.
Proper noun[edit]
Rehoboam
- King of Israel after Solomon, whose folly split the kingdom in two; the father of Abijah (biblical character)
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Kings 14:21::
- A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin, in rare use.
Translations[edit]
Judean king
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