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  Rehoboam

  noun

  the successor of Solomon and the first king of Judah, reigned 922?–915? b.c. 1 Kings 11:43.
• rehoboam
  rehoboam

  noun

  a wine bottle holding the equivalent of six normal bottles (approximately 156 ounces)

Rehoboam

American  

[ree-uh-boh-uhm] / ˌri əˈboʊ əm /

noun

1. the successor of Solomon and the first king of Judah, reigned 922?–915? b.c. 1 Kings 11:43.

2. (often lowercase) a large wine bottle, used especially for champagne, equivalent to 6 regular bottles or 4.8 liters (5 quarts).

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rehoboam British  

/ ˌriːəˈbəʊəm /

noun

1. a wine bottle holding the equivalent of six normal bottles (approximately 156 ounces)

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Etymology

Origin of Rehoboam

From Late Latin Roboam, from Greek Rhoboám, from Hebrew Rəḥabhʿām “(The deity) enlarges the people; the people are enlarged”; Rehoboam def. 2 was first recorded in 1840–45

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Rehoboam

“Westworld” featured Solomon and Rehoboam, two biblically named godlike sentient beings who were curating the human race’s future, while “Devs” merely found a way to visit the past.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2020

"So many of my memories were ugly, but the things I held onto until the end weren't the ugly ones," Dolores says to Maeve before Rehoboam erases her final memories and she flickers out.

From Salon ● May 4, 2020

Rehoboam is representative of a broader shift that “Westworld” makes in Season 3, from the allegorical to the more nearly literal.

From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2020

King Rehoboam incited a division in the nation that was never healed.

From Time ● Mar. 15, 2016

The dominion over the Edomites, whom Saul fought with and David overcame, and who attempted in vain to break loose under Solomon, was maintained by Rehoboam.

From The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI) by Duncker, Max