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jeroboam
/ˌd͡ʒɛɹəˈboʊəm/
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What does jeroboam mean?
noun
- Alternative letter-case form of Jeroboam: a very large wine bottle.
- A bottle of champagne or Burgundy wine containing 3 liters of fluid, four times the volume of a standard bottle.
- A bottle of Bordeaux wine containing 4.5 liters of fluid, six times the volume of a standard bottle.
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proper noun
- First king of the Kingdom of Israel.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌd͡ʒɛɹəˈboʊəm/
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It turned out that the Jeroboam had a malignant epidemic on board, and that Mayhew, her captain, was fearful of infecting the Pequod’s company.
“Or the house of Jeroboam,” said the quondam theologian.
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Rehoboam was no Idolater; but when the people thought him an Oppressor; that Civil pretence carried from him ten Tribes to Jeroboam an Idolater.
Among the other titles of chapters are such as: Of Balaam's Ass; Of the Thousand Philistines slain by Samson with the Jawbone of an Ass; Of the Golden Calves of Aaron and Jeroboam; Of the Bleating, Milk, Wool, External and Internal Parts of Sheep mentioned in Scripture; Of Notable Things told regarding Lions in Scripture; Of Noah's Dove and of the Dove which appeared at Christ's Baptism.