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Jeroboam

American  
[jer-uh-boh-uhm] / ˌdʒɛr əˈboʊ əm /

noun

  1. the first king of the Biblical kingdom of the Hebrews in N Palestine.

  2. (lowercase) a large wine bottle having a capacity of about four ordinary bottles or 3 liters (3.3 quarts).

Jeroboam 1 British  
/ ˌdʒɛrəˈbəʊəm /

noun

  1. the first king of the northern kingdom of Israel (?922–?901 bc )

  2. king of the northern kingdom of Israel (?786–?746 bc )

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jeroboam 2 British  
/ ˌdʒɛrəˈbəʊəm /

noun

  1. Also called: double-magnum.  a wine bottle holding the equivalent of four normal bottles (approximately 104 ounces)

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Etymology

Origin of jeroboam

C19: humorous allusion to Jeroboam (sense 1), described as a ``mighty man of valour'' (I Kings 11:28) who ``made Israel to sin'' (I Kings 14:16)

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His son hopped online to research its value and stumbled across an article in the Drinks Business about Bonhams Skinner selling a 1971 La Tâche Jeroboam in October for $81,250.

From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2023

He never seemed to find the right occasion for a Jeroboam, which contains the equivalent of four regular bottles of wine.

From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2023

Current excavators favour a construction date in the first half of the eighth century bc, during the reign of Jeroboam II; a few think the structure is not a stable, but storehouses or barracks.

From Nature • Feb. 25, 2020

After Renaldo Maurice crouched and collapsed to the floor, Jeroboam Bozeman collected his body and propped him up so that they sat back to back.

From New York Times • Dec. 10, 2017

Now, Bethel was the very centre of the ancient rival idolatrous worship instituted by Jeroboam, and, though on the boundary of Benjamin, belonged to "Ephraim."

From The History of the Ten "Lost" Tribes Anglo-Israelism Examined by Baron, David

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