Jeroboam

See also: jeroboam

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew יָרָבְעָם (yāroḇʿām).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌd͡ʒɛɹəˈboʊəm/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -əʊəm

Proper noun

Jeroboam

1. First king of the Kingdom of Israel.

Noun

Jeroboam (plural Jeroboams)

1. A bottle of champagne or Burgundy wine containing 3 liters of fluid, four times the volume of a standard bottle.
2. A bottle of Bordeaux wine containing 4.5 liters of fluid, six times the volume of a standard bottle.

Synonyms

• double magnum

Derived terms

• Jerry

Translations

bottle of wine

• Bulgarian: Йеровоам m (Jerovoam)
• French: jéroboam (fr) m
• Macedonian: бинлак m (binlak)

Biblical king

• Arabic:

  Egyptian Arabic: يربعام

• Azerbaijani: يربعام
• Belarusian: Ераваам m (Jeravaam)
• Breton: Yarovam m
• Bulgarian: Йеровоам m (Jerovoam)
• Catalan: Jeroboam
• Chichewa: Yeroboamu
• Chinese:

  Hakka: Yâ-lò-pô-ôn

  Mandarin: 耶羅波安 / 耶罗波安

• Czech: Jarobeám
• Finnish: Jerobeam
• French: Jéroboam (fr)
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: Jerobeäm

• Galician: Ieroboam
• German: Jerobeam
• Greek: Ιεροβοάμ (el) m (Ierovoám)

  Ancient Greek: Ἱεροβοάμ m (Hieroboám)

• Hebrew: ירבעם

  Biblical Hebrew: יָרָבְעָם (Yārŏḇə‘ām)

• Hungarian: Jeroboám (hu)
• Indonesian: Yerobeam
• Italian: Geroboamo
• Japanese: ヤロブアム
• Korean: 여로보암 (yeoroboam)
• Latin: Ieroboāmus m
• Malagasy: Jerôbôama
• Persian: یربعام
• Polish: Jeroboam (pl) m
• Russian: Иеровоам (Ijerovoam)
• Spanish: Jeroboam

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin Ieroboamus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɛ.rɔˈbɔ.am/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔam
• Syllabification: Je‧ro‧bo‧am

Proper noun

Jeroboam m pers

1. (biblical) Jeroboam (first ruler of the Kingdom of Israel, the separated northern state)
   • 2003, Piotr Szpilewicz, chapter 11, in Pierwsza Księga Królewska‎^[1], Poznań: Wydawnictwo Pallottinum; translation of anonymous author, מְלָכִים א, (Please provide a date or year):

     Gdy pewnego razu Jeroboam wyszedł z Jerozolimy, spotkał go na drodze prorok Achiasz z Szilo, odziany w nowy płaszcz. […]

     Once, when Jeroboam was leaving Jerusalem, he was met on the road by the prophet Ahijah of Shiloh, dressed in a new cloak. […]

2. (biblical) Jeroboam (ruler of the Kingdom of Israel, reigning from 793 to 753 BC, son and successor of Jehoash)
   • 2003, Feliks Szreder, chapter 14, in Druga Księga Królewska‎^[2], Poznań: Wydawnictwo Pallottinum; translation of anonymous author, מְלָכִים ב, (Please provide a date or year):

     I spoczął Jeroboam z przodkami swoimi, z królami izraelskimi, a syn jego Zachariasz, został w jego miejsce królem. […]

     And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, the kings of Israel, and Zechariah his son reigned in his place. […]

3. (countable, rare) a male given name from Late Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Jeroboam

Declension

Declension of Jeroboam

	singular	plural
nominative	Jeroboam	Jeroboamowie
genitive	Jeroboama	Jeroboamów
dative	Jeroboamowi	Jeroboamom
accusative	Jeroboama	Jeroboamów
instrumental	Jeroboamem	Jeroboamami
locative	Jeroboamie	Jeroboamach
vocative	Jeroboamie	Jeroboamowie

Further reading

• Jeroboam in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Jeroboam in PWN's encyclopedia