Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H7205
רְאוּבֵן
Reubenreh-oo-bane'
Reuben
72 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Rᵉʼûwbên
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7205is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 8 of 39Old Testament books
- 22spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7205
Reuben, a son of Jacob
The King James renders it: Reuben.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Reuben is rendered "Reuben". It stands 72 times in the Hebrew text, across eight books.
- Twenty-two of the uses stand in Joshua, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 29:32And 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.”
- The Greek text spells it twenty-two different ways.
The first use
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.”
Genesis 29:32רְאוּבֵ֑ן
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Twenty-two of the word's seventy-two uses are in Joshua.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Reuben68
- and Reuben1
- for Reuben1
- like Reuben1
- O Reuben1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| רְאוּבֵנִי | Reubeni | Reubenite | Uses18 |
The words it stands beside
All 72, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
22 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- רְאוּבֵ֔ן10
- רְאוּבֵ֑ן8
- רְאוּבֵן֙7
- רְאוּבֵ֖ן6
- רְאוּבֵ֨ן5
- רְאוּבֵ֥ן5
- רְאוּבֵֽן׃5
- רְאוּבֵ֣ן4
- רְאוּבֵ֜ן3
- רְאוּבֵ֗ן3
- רְאוּבֵ֤ן3
- רְאוּבֵ֛ן2
and 10 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)69HNpm
- preposition + proper noun (a name)2HR/Npm
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1HC/Npm
Genesis
thirteen uses
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.”
- רְאוּבֵ֑ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
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.”
- רְאוּבֵ֜ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
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:
- רְאוּבֵ֔ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
- רְאוּבֵ֑ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.
- רְאוּבֵ֔ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
“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.
- רְאוּבֵן֮reuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,
- רְאוּבֵן֙reuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
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!”
- רְאוּבֵ֨ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
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.”
- רְאוּבֵן֙reuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
Now these are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.
- רְאוּבֵֽן׃reuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
- רְאוּבֵ֑ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
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.
- כִּרְאוּבֵ֥ןkiruvenpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: like Reuben
Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.
- רְאוּבֵן֙reuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: O Reuben
Exodus
three uses
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;
- רְאוּבֵ֣ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
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.
- רְאוּבֵ֜ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
- רְאוּבֵֽן׃reuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
Numbers
twenty uses
These are the names of the men who are to assist you: From the tribe of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;
- לִרְאוּבֵ֕ןliruvenpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: for Reuben
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,
- רְאוּבֵן֙reuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
those registered to the tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500.
- רְאוּבֵ֑ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
On the south side, the divisions of Reuben are to camp under their standard:
- רְאוּבֵ֛ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
- רְאוּבֵ֔ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Reuben is 151,450; they shall set out second.
- רְאוּבֵ֗ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
On the fourth day Elizur son of Shedeur, the leader of the Reubenites, drew near.
- רְאוּבֵ֑ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
Then the divisions of the camp of Reuben set out under their standard, with Elizur son of Shedeur in command.
- רְאוּבֵ֖ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
and these were their names: From the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;
- רְאוּבֵ֔ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
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—conducted
- רְאוּבֵֽן׃reuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. These were the descendants of Reuben: The Hanochite clan from Hanoch, the Palluite clan from Pallu,
- רְאוּבֵ֖ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
- רְאוּבֵ֗ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
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.
- רְאוּבֵ֛ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
So the Gadites and Reubenites came to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the congregation, and said,
- רְאוּבֵ֑ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
But Moses asked the Gadites and Reubenites, “Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here?
- רְאוּבֵ֑ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
The Gadites and Reubenites said to Moses, “Your servants will do just as our lord commands.
- רְאוּבֵ֔ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
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.
- רְאוּבֵ֣ן׀reuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
The Gadites and Reubenites replied, “As the LORD has spoken to your servants, so we will do.
- רְאוּבֵ֖ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
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.
- רְאוּבֵ֜ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
The Reubenites built up Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,
- רְאוּבֵן֙reuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
Deuteronomy
three uses
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.
- רְאוּבֵן֒reuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
And these tribes shall stand on Mount Ebal to deliver the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
- רְאוּבֵן֙reuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
Let Reuben live and not die, nor his men be few.”
- רְאוּבֵ֖ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
Joshua
twenty-two uses
The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over before the Israelites, armed for battle as Moses had instructed them.
- רְאוּבֵ֨ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
This is what Moses had given to the clans of the tribe of Reuben:
- רְאוּבֵ֖ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
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.
- רְאוּבֵ֔ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
- רְאוּבֵן֙reuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
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.
- רְאוּבֵֽן׃reuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
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.”
- וּרְאוּבֵ֡ןureuvenconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Reuben
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.
- רְאוּבֵֽן׃reuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
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.
- רְאוּבֵ֑ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
And the descendants of Merari received twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
- רְאוּבֵ֤ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
From the tribe of Reuben they were given Bezer, Jahaz,
- רְאוּבֵ֔ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
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.
- רְאוּבֵ֨ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
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.
- רְאוּבֵ֣ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
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.”
- רְאוּבֵ֣ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
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.
- רְאוּבֵ֧ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
They went to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead and said to them,
- רְאוּבֵ֧ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
Then the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered the leaders of the clans of Israel:
- רְאוּבֵ֣ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
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.
- רְאוּבֵ֤ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
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.
- רְאוּבֵ֥ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
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.”
- רְאוּבֵ֨ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
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.
- רְאוּבֵן֩reuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
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.
- רְאוּבֵ֥ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
So the Reubenites and Gadites named the altar Witness, for they said, “It is a witness between us that the LORD is God.”
- רְאוּבֵ֥ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
Judges
two uses
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.
- רְאוּבֵ֔ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
Why did you sit among the sheepfolds to hear the whistling for the flocks? In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.
- רְאוּבֵ֔ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
1 Chronicles
six uses
These were the sons of Israel:
- רְאוּבֵ֤ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
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.
- רְאוּבֵ֥ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
- רְאוּבֵ֖ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
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.
- רְאוּבֵ֨ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
The Merarites, according to their families, were allotted twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
- רְ֠אוּבֵןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
From the tribe of Reuben east of the Jordan opposite Jericho they were given Bezer in the wilderness, Jahzah,
- רְאוּבֵ֔ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
Ezekiel
three uses
Reuben will have one portion bordering the territory of Ephraim from east to west.
- רְאוּבֵ֥ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
Judah will have one portion bordering the territory of Reuben from east to west.
- רְאוּבֵ֗ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
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.
- רְאוּבֵ֞ןreuvenproper noun (a name)tagged: Reuben
The letters
Gematria 259· 909 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
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The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.