Word Study · Strong's H7466 · Hebrew
רְעוּ
Reu
reh-oo'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Rᵉʻûw
“Reu, a postdiluvian patriarch”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Reu, a postdiluvian patriarch
Rendered in the KJV as
Reu.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- רְע֔וּ2
- רְעֽוּ׃2
- רְע֗וּ1
How it is rendered · 1
- Reu5
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- proper noun (a name)5
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Where this word lives
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Genesis4 occurrences
- Genesis 11:18רְעֽוּ׃reuproper noun (a name)When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu.here: Reu
- Genesis 11:19רְע֔וּreuproper noun (a name)And after he had become the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.here: Reu
- Genesis 11:20רְע֔וּreuproper noun (a name)When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug.here: Reu
- Genesis 11:21רְע֗וּreuproper noun (a name)And after he had become the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.here: Reu