Reuben
רְאוּבֵןStrong’s H7205reuven (re-u-ven)
Appears in 68 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Reuven is the Hebrew word usually translated “reuben”, “like reuben” and “o reuben”. It appears in 68 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.”
Meaning
- The eldest son of Jacob by Leah
- The tribe descended from Reuben
- The territory inhabited by the tribe of Reuben
How it's translated
- reuben 68
- like reuben 1
- o reuben 1
- for reuben 1
- and reuben 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Joshua 21
- Numbers 18
- Genesis 13
- 1 Chronicles 6
- Deuteronomy 3
- Ezekiel 3
8 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 30:14And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son’s mandrakes.
- Genesis 35:22And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
- Genesis 35:23The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
- Genesis 37:21And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.
- Genesis 37:22And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.
- Genesis 37:29And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
All 68 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
רְאוּבֵן reuven · Reuben
A man of the tribe of Reuben living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.29.32; son of: Israel (H3478) and Leah (H3812); brother of: Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074) and Dinah (H1783); half-brother of: Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H0836), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144); father of: Hanoch (H2585J), Pallu (H6396), Hezron (H2696) and Carmi (H3756) § 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
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.