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Strong's #7205 - רְאוּבֵן

Transliteration

Rᵉʼûwbên

Phonetics

reh-oo-bane'

Root Word (Etymology)

from the imperative of (H7200) and (H1121)

Parts of Speech

Proper Name Masculine

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Reuben = “behold a son”

1) the eldest son of Jacob by Leah

2) the tribe descended from Reuben

3) the territory inhabited by the tribe of Reuben

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 4502 ‑ Ῥουβήν (hroo‑bane');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (72)

Genesis 13

Exodus 3

Numbers 20

Deuteronomy 3

Joshua 22

Judges 2

1 Chronicles 6

Ezekiel 3

NAS (72)

Genesis 13

Exodus 3

Numbers 20

Deuteronomy 3

Joshua 22

Judges 2

1 Chronicles 6

Ezekiel 3

HCS (72)

Genesis 13

Exodus 3

Numbers 20

Deuteronomy 3

Joshua 22

Judges 2

1 Chronicles 6

Ezekiel 3

BSB (72)

Genesis 13

Exodus 3

Numbers 20

Deuteronomy 3

Joshua 22

Judges 2

1 Chronicles 6

Ezekiel 3

ESV (68)

Genesis 13

Numbers 20

Deuteronomy 3

Joshua 22

Judges 2

1 Chronicles 5

Ezekiel 3

WEB (72)

Genesis 13

Exodus 3

Numbers 20

Deuteronomy 3

Joshua 22

Judges 2

1 Chronicles 6

Ezekiel 3

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

רְאוּבֵן₇₁ proper name, masculine Reuben, Ρουβην[ιν] ( be-hold a son! but Genesis 29:32 makes = רָאָה בְּעָנְיִי (!); Jos^{Ant. i. 19}, 7 and others Ρουβηλος, ᵑ6

, ׳ר then perhaps = Arabic

, lion, compare Di); —

1 eldest son of Jacob and Leah Genesis 29:32; Genesis 30:14 11t. Genesis; Exodus 1:2; 1 Chronicles 2:1; as head of family or clan Exodus 6:14 (twice in verse); Numbers 1:20; Numbers 26:5 (all P), 1 Chronicles 5:1,3, compare ׳בְּנֵי אֱלִיאָב בֶּןרְֿא Deuteronomy 11:6.

2 as name of clan or tribe Judges 5:15,16; Deuteronomy 27:13; Joshua 18:7 ( +גָּד; both D), Deuteronomy 33:6 (poem), Ezekiel 48:6,7,31; Numbers 1:5 (P); so ׳מַטֵּה ר Numbers 1:21; Numbers 13:4; Joshua 20:8; Joshua 21:7 (all P), 1 Chronicles 6:48; 1 Chronicles 6:63, ׳מַחֲנֵה ר Numbers 2:10,16; Numbers 10:18 (all P); ׳בְּנֵי ר, as tribe, Numbers 16:l b Numbers 32:37 (both J E), Numbers 2:10; Numbers 7:20; Numbers 26:5; Joshua 13:23 (twice in verse) (all P), also (+ Gad and often Manasseh) Numbers 32:1,2,6,25 (JE), Joshua 4:12 (D), Numbers 32:29,31,33; Joshua 22:9 11t. 22 (all P), compare 1 Chronicles 5:18; ׳בֶּןרֿ as tribe Joshua 15:6; Joshua 18:7 (both P), מַטֵּה׳בְנֵיֿ ר Joshua 13:15 (P).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

רְאוּבֵן (“see, i.e. behold, a son!” although the author of the book of Genesis, Genesis 29:32, seems so to speak of this name as if it were for רָאוּ (for רָאוּי) בְּעָנְיִי “provided for my affliction,” compare the root No. 2, letter e, [there is nothing in the sacred text to interfere with the simple etymology of this word]), pr.n. Reuben, the eldest son of Jacob, (although deprived of the right of primogeniture, Genesis 49:4), and the ancestor of the tribe of the same name; as to their location beyond Jordan, see Numbers 32:33, seqq.; Joshua 13:15.

[Patron. רְאוּבֵנִי Numbers 26:7, etc.]

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List of Word Forms

וּרְאוּבֵ֡ן וראובן כִּרְאוּבֵ֥ן כראובן לִרְאוּבֵ֕ן לראובן רְ֠אוּבֵן רְאוּבֵ֑ן רְאוּבֵ֔ן רְאוּבֵ֖ן רְאוּבֵ֗ן רְאוּבֵ֛ן רְאוּבֵ֜ן רְאוּבֵ֞ן רְאוּבֵ֣ן רְאוּבֵ֣ן ׀ רְאוּבֵ֤ן רְאוּבֵ֥ן רְאוּבֵ֧ן רְאוּבֵ֨ן רְאוּבֵֽן׃ רְאוּבֵן֒ רְאוּבֵן֙ רְאוּבֵן֩ רְאוּבֵן֮ ראובן ראובן׃ kir’ūḇên kir·’ū·ḇên kiruVen lir’ūḇên lir·’ū·ḇên liruVen rə’ūḇên rə·’ū·ḇên reuVen ū·rə·’ū·ḇên ūrə’ūḇên ureuVen