Given name
Rehoboam
“the people are enlarged”·“people of width”
Rehoboam is a masculine given name from Hebrew.
Original Hebrewרחבעם
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Rehoboam means “the people are enlarged” or “people of width.”
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb rahab (רחב), “to be wide,” and the Hebrew noun 'am (עם), “people.”
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In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Rehoboam appears in 1 Kings 11:43, Matthew 1:7.
- 1 Kings 11:43
- Matthew 1:7
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Rehoboam’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 10
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Immanuelshares a root
- Ammonshares a root
- Ammielshares a root
- Ammishares a root
- Rehobshares a root
- Rehabiahshares a root
- Ammishaddaishares a root
- Amminadabshares a root
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