Word Study · Strong's H7205 · Hebrew
רְאוּבֵן
Reuben
reh-oo-bane'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Rᵉʼûwbên
“Reuben, a son of Jacob”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Reuben, a son of Jacob
Rendered in the KJV as
Reuben.
- 72occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 8 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 22inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 72 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 22
- רְאוּבֵ֔ן10
- רְאוּבֵ֑ן8
- רְאוּבֵן֙7
- רְאוּבֵ֖ן6
- רְאוּבֵ֨ן5
- רְאוּבֵ֥ן5
- רְאוּבֵֽן׃5
- רְאוּבֵ֣ן4
- רְאוּבֵ֜ן3
- רְאוּבֵ֗ן3
- רְאוּבֵ֤ן3
- רְאוּבֵ֛ן2
and 10 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 5
- Reuben68
- and Reuben1
- for Reuben1
- like Reuben1
- O Reuben1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- proper noun (a name)69
- preposition + proper noun (a name)2
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 69
- HR/Npm · 2
- HC/Npm · 1
All 72, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Joshua22 of 72 · 31%
- Numbers20 of 72 · 28%
- Genesis13 of 72 · 18%
- 1 Chronicles6 of 72 · 8%
- Exodus3 of 72 · 4%
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Genesis13 occurrences
- Genesis 29:32רְאוּבֵ֑ןreuvenproper noun (a name)And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.”here: Reuben
- Genesis 30:14רְאוּבֵ֜ןreuvenproper noun (a name)Now during the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother, Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”here: Reuben
- Genesis 35:22רְאוּבֵ֔ןreuvenproper noun (a name)While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:here: Reuben
- Genesis 35:23רְאוּבֵ֑ןreuvenproper noun (a name)The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.here: Reuben
- Genesis 37:21רְאוּבֵ֔ןreuvenproper noun (a name)When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.here: Reuben
- Genesis 37:22רְאוּבֵן֮reuvenproper noun (a name)“Do not shed his blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this so that he could rescue Joseph from their hands and return him to his father.here: Reuben
- Genesis 37:29רְאוּבֵן֙reuvenproper noun (a name)When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,here: Reuben
- Genesis 42:22רְאוּבֵ֨ןreuvenproper noun (a name)And Reuben responded, “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you would not listen. Now we must account for his blood!”here: Reuben
- Genesis 42:37רְאוּבֵן֙reuvenproper noun (a name)Then Reuben said to his father, “You may kill my two sons if I fail to bring him back to you. Put him in my care, and I will return him.”here: Reuben
- Genesis 46:8רְאוּבֵֽן׃reuvenproper noun (a name)Now these are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.here: Reuben
- Genesis 46:9רְאוּבֵ֑ןreuvenproper noun (a name)The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.here: Reuben
- Genesis 48:5כִּרְאוּבֵ֥ןkiruvenpreposition + proper noun (a name)And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.here: like Reuben
- Genesis 49:3רְאוּבֵן֙reuvenproper noun (a name)Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.here: O Reuben
Exodus3 occurrences
- Exodus 1:2רְאוּבֵ֣ןreuvenproper noun (a name)Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;here: Reuben
- Exodus 6:14רְאוּבֵ֜ןreuvenproper noun (a name)These were the heads of their fathers’ houses: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These were the clans of Reuben.here: Reuben
- Exodus 6:14רְאוּבֵֽן׃reuvenproper noun (a name)These were the heads of their fathers’ houses: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These were the clans of Reuben.here: Reuben
Numbers20 occurrences
- Numbers 1:5לִרְאוּבֵ֕ןliruvenpreposition + proper noun (a name)These are the names of the men who are to assist you: From the tribe of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;here: for Reuben
- Numbers 1:20רְאוּבֵן֙reuvenproper noun (a name)From the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, according to the records of their clans and families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,here: Reuben
- Numbers 1:21רְאוּבֵ֑ןreuvenproper noun (a name)those registered to the tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500.here: Reuben
- Numbers 2:10רְאוּבֵ֛ןreuvenproper noun (a name)On the south side, the divisions of Reuben are to camp under their standard:here: Reuben
- Numbers 2:10רְאוּבֵ֔ןreuvenproper noun (a name)On the south side, the divisions of Reuben are to camp under their standard:here: Reuben
- Numbers 2:16רְאוּבֵ֗ןreuvenproper noun (a name)The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Reuben is 151,450; they shall set out second.here: Reuben
- Numbers 7:30רְאוּבֵ֑ןreuvenproper noun (a name)On the fourth day Elizur son of Shedeur, the leader of the Reubenites, drew near.here: Reuben
- Numbers 10:18רְאוּבֵ֖ןreuvenproper noun (a name)Then the divisions of the camp of Reuben set out under their standard, with Elizur son of Shedeur in command.here: Reuben
- Numbers 13:4רְאוּבֵ֔ןreuvenproper noun (a name)and these were their names: From the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;here: Reuben
- Numbers 16:1רְאוּבֵֽן׃reuvenproper noun (a name)Now Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath son of Levi, along with some Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—conductedhere: Reuben
- Numbers 26:5רְאוּבֵ֖ןreuvenproper noun (a name)Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. These were the descendants of Reuben: The Hanochite clan from Hanoch, the Palluite clan from Pallu,here: Reuben
- Numbers 26:5רְאוּבֵ֗ןreuvenproper noun (a name)Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. These were the descendants of Reuben: The Hanochite clan from Hanoch, the Palluite clan from Pallu,here: Reuben
- Numbers 32:1רְאוּבֵ֛ןreuvenproper noun (a name)Now the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, and they saw that the region was suitable for livestock.here: Reuben
- Numbers 32:2רְאוּבֵ֑ןreuvenproper noun (a name)So the Gadites and Reubenites came to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the congregation, and said,here: Reuben
- Numbers 32:6רְאוּבֵ֑ןreuvenproper noun (a name)But Moses asked the Gadites and Reubenites, “Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here?here: Reuben
- Numbers 32:25רְאוּבֵ֔ןreuvenproper noun (a name)The Gadites and Reubenites said to Moses, “Your servants will do just as our lord commands.here: Reuben
- Numbers 32:29רְאוּבֵ֣ן׀reuvenproper noun (a name)And Moses said to them, “If the Gadites and Reubenites cross the Jordan with you, with every man armed for battle before the LORD, and the land is subdued before you, then you are to give them the land of Gilead as a possession.here: Reuben
- Numbers 32:31רְאוּבֵ֖ןreuvenproper noun (a name)The Gadites and Reubenites replied, “As the LORD has spoken to your servants, so we will do.here: Reuben
- Numbers 32:33רְאוּבֵ֜ןreuvenproper noun (a name)So Moses gave to the Gadites, to the Reubenites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan—the land including its cities and the territory surrounding them.here: Reuben
- Numbers 32:37רְאוּבֵן֙reuvenproper noun (a name)The Reubenites built up Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,here: Reuben
Deuteronomy3 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 11:6רְאוּבֵן֒reuvenproper noun (a name)and what He did in the midst of all the Israelites to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents, and every living thing that belonged to them.here: Reuben
- Deuteronomy 27:13רְאוּבֵן֙reuvenproper noun (a name)And these tribes shall stand on Mount Ebal to deliver the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.here: Reuben
- Deuteronomy 33:6רְאוּבֵ֖ןreuvenproper noun (a name)Let Reuben live and not die, nor his men be few.”here: Reuben
Joshua22 occurrences
- Joshua 4:12רְאוּבֵ֨ןreuvenproper noun (a name)The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over before the Israelites, armed for battle as Moses had instructed them.here: Reuben
- Joshua 13:15רְאוּבֵ֖ןreuvenproper noun (a name)This is what Moses had given to the clans of the tribe of Reuben:here: Reuben
- Joshua 13:23רְאוּבֵ֔ןreuvenproper noun (a name)And the border of the Reubenites was the bank of the Jordan. This was the inheritance of the clans of the Reubenites, including the cities and villages.here: Reuben
- Joshua 13:23רְאוּבֵן֙reuvenproper noun (a name)And the border of the Reubenites was the bank of the Jordan. This was the inheritance of the clans of the Reubenites, including the cities and villages.here: Reuben
- Joshua 15:6רְאוּבֵֽן׃reuvenproper noun (a name)The northern border started from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan, went up to Beth-hoglah, proceeded north of Beth-arabah, and went up to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.here: Reuben
- Joshua 18:7וּרְאוּבֵ֡ןureuvenconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)The Levites, however, have no portion among you, because their inheritance is the priesthood of the LORD. And Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have already received the inheritance that Moses the servant of the LORD gave them beyond the Jordan to the east.”here: and Reuben
- Joshua 18:17רְאוּבֵֽן׃reuvenproper noun (a name)From there it curved northward and proceeded to En-shemesh and on to Geliloth facing the Ascent of Adummim, and continued down to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.here: Reuben
- Joshua 20:8רְאוּבֵ֑ןreuvenproper noun (a name)And beyond the Jordan, east of Jericho, they designated Bezer on the wilderness plateau from the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan from the tribe of Manasseh.here: Reuben
- Joshua 21:7רְאוּבֵ֤ןreuvenproper noun (a name)And the descendants of Merari received twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.here: Reuben
- Joshua 21:36רְאוּבֵ֔ןreuvenproper noun (a name)From the tribe of Reuben they were given Bezer, Jahaz,here: Reuben
- Joshua 22:9רְאוּבֵ֨ןreuvenproper noun (a name)So the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites at Shiloh in the land of Canaan to return to their own land of Gilead, which they had acquired according to the command of the LORD through Moses.here: Reuben
- Joshua 22:10רְאוּבֵ֣ןreuvenproper noun (a name)And when they came to Geliloth near the Jordan in the land of Canaan, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an imposing altar there by the Jordan.here: Reuben
- Joshua 22:11רְאוּבֵ֣ןreuvenproper noun (a name)Then the Israelites received the report: “Behold, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar on the border of the land of Canaan, at Geliloth near the Jordan on the Israelite side.”here: Reuben
- Joshua 22:13רְאוּבֵ֧ןreuvenproper noun (a name)The Israelites sent Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest to the land of Gilead, to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.here: Reuben
- Joshua 22:15רְאוּבֵ֧ןreuvenproper noun (a name)They went to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead and said to them,here: Reuben
- Joshua 22:21רְאוּבֵ֣ןreuvenproper noun (a name)Then the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered the leaders of the clans of Israel:here: Reuben
- Joshua 22:25רְאוּבֵ֤ןreuvenproper noun (a name)For the LORD has made the Jordan a border between us and you Reubenites and Gadites. You have no share in the LORD!’ So your descendants could cause ours to stop fearing the LORD.here: Reuben
- Joshua 22:30רְאוּבֵ֥ןreuvenproper noun (a name)When Phinehas the priest and the chiefs of the congregation—the heads of Israel’s clans who were with him—heard what the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh had to say, they were satisfied.here: Reuben
- Joshua 22:31רְאוּבֵ֨ןreuvenproper noun (a name)Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest said to the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh, “Today we know that the LORD is among us, because you have not committed this breach of faith against Him. Consequently, you have delivered the Israelites from the hand of the LORD.”here: Reuben
- Joshua 22:32רְאוּבֵן֩reuvenproper noun (a name)Then Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, together with the other leaders, returned to the Israelites in the land of Canaan and brought back a report regarding the Reubenites and Gadites in the land of Gilead.here: Reuben
- Joshua 22:33רְאוּבֵ֥ןreuvenproper noun (a name)The Israelites were satisfied with the report, and they blessed God and spoke no more about going to war against them to destroy the land where the Reubenites and Gadites lived.here: Reuben
- Joshua 22:34רְאוּבֵ֥ןreuvenproper noun (a name)So the Reubenites and Gadites named the altar Witness, for they said, “It is a witness between us that the LORD is God.”here: Reuben
Judges2 occurrences
- Judges 5:15רְאוּבֵ֔ןreuvenproper noun (a name)The princes of Issachar were with Deborah, and Issachar was with Barak, rushing into the valley at his heels. In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.here: Reuben
- Judges 5:16רְאוּבֵ֔ןreuvenproper noun (a name)Why did you sit among the sheepfolds to hear the whistling for the flocks? In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.here: Reuben
1 Chronicles6 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 2:1רְאוּבֵ֤ןreuvenproper noun (a name)These were the sons of Israel:here: Reuben
- 1 Chronicles 5:1רְאוּבֵ֥ןreuvenproper noun (a name)These were the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel. Though he was the firstborn, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, because Reuben defiled his father’s bed. So he is not reckoned according to birthright.here: Reuben
- 1 Chronicles 5:3רְאוּבֵ֖ןreuvenproper noun (a name)The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.here: Reuben
- 1 Chronicles 5:18רְאוּבֵ֨ןreuvenproper noun (a name)The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 warriors—valiant men who carried the shield and sword, drew the bow, and were trained for battle.here: Reuben
- 1 Chronicles 6:63רְ֠אוּבֵןreuvenproper noun (a name)The Merarites, according to their families, were allotted twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.here: Reuben
- 1 Chronicles 6:78רְאוּבֵ֔ןreuvenproper noun (a name)From the tribe of Reuben east of the Jordan opposite Jericho they were given Bezer in the wilderness, Jahzah,here: Reuben
Ezekiel3 occurrences
- Ezekiel 48:6רְאוּבֵ֥ןreuvenproper noun (a name)Reuben will have one portion bordering the territory of Ephraim from east to west.here: Reuben
- Ezekiel 48:7רְאוּבֵ֗ןreuvenproper noun (a name)Judah will have one portion bordering the territory of Reuben from east to west.here: Reuben
- Ezekiel 48:31רְאוּבֵ֞ןreuvenproper noun (a name)Beginning on the north side, which will be 4,500 cubits long, the gates of the city will be named after the tribes of Israel. On the north side there will be three gates: the gate of Reuben, the gate of Judah, and the gate of Levi.here: Reuben