Rehoboam

[ ree-uh-boh-uhm ]

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).

rehoboam

/ ˌriːəˈbəʊəm /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Rehoboam¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Rehoboam¹

C19: named after Rehoboam , a son of King Solomon, from Hebrew, literally: the nation is enlarged

Example Sentences

While Dolores Abernathy sacrificed herself to save humanity from the AI supercomputer Rehoboam back in Season 3, the actor who plays her, Evan Rachel Wood, is still around quite a bit in Season 4 as a new character named Christina.

From Salon

“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

I think it’s best to go to whoever your boss is and ask for direction: “It’s my understanding that you wanted me to prioritize X and Y projects and report directly to you, but Rehoboam has been asking me to print documents for him about 15 times a day. Is this something you want me working on?”

From Slate

After Maeve unmasks Serac as nothing more than a slave to his own creation and chooses Dolores' side over humankind's wealthy overseers, Dolores, being several steps ahead of the game somehow, ensures that Rehoboam's devouring of her consciousness would also ensure its destruction.

From Salon

"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