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Lexicon :: Strong's H7205 - rᵊ'ûḇēn

Aa
רְאוּבֵן
Transliteration
rᵊ'ûḇēn
Pronunciation
reh-oo-bane'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the imperative of רָאָה (H7200) and בֵּן (H1121)
Strong’s Definitions

רְאוּבֵן Rᵉʼûwbên, reh-oo-bane'; from the imperative of H7200 and H1121; see ye a son; Reuben, a son of Jacob:—Reuben.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 72x

The KJV translates Strong's H7205 in the following manner: Reuben (72x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 72x
The KJV translates Strong's H7205 in the following manner: Reuben (72x).

  1. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רְאוּבֵן Rᵉʼûwbên, reh-oo-bane'; from the imperative of H7200 and H1121; see ye a son; Reuben, a son of Jacob:—Reuben.
STRONGS H7205: Abbreviations
רְאוּבֵן 71 proper name, masculine Reuben, Ρουβην[ιν] (behold a son! but Genesis 29:32 makes = רָאָה בְּעָנְיִי(!); JosAnt. i. 19, 7 and others Ρουβηλος, Syriac Version bdb091001, ר׳ then perhaps = Arabic bdb091002, lion, compare Di); —
1. eldest son of Jacob and Leah Genesis 29:32; Genesis 30:14 + 11 times 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 16:1b 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 + 11 times Joshua 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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

29:32; 29:32; 30:14

Exodus

1:2; 6:14

Numbers

1:5; 1:20; 1:21; 2:10; 2:10; 2:16; 7:20; 10:18; 13:4; 16:1; 26:5; 26:5; 32:1; 32:2; 32:6; 32:25; 32:29; 32:31; 32:33; 32:37

Deuteronomy

11:6; 27:13; 33:6

Joshua

4:12; 13:15; 13:23; 15:6; 18:7; 18:7; 20:8; 21:7; 22:9

Judges

5:15; 5:16

1 Chronicles

2:1; 5:1; 5:3; 5:18; 6:48; 6:63

Ezekiel

48:6; 48:7; 48:31

H7205

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7205 matches the Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (rᵊ'ûḇēn),
which occurs 72 times in 68 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 29:32–Jos 22:15)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:32 - And Leah was with child, and gave birth to a son to whom she gave the name Reuben: for she said, The Lord has seen my sorrow; now my husband will have love for me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:14 - Now at the time of the grain-cutting, Reuben saw some love-fruits in the field, and took them to his mother Leah. And Rachel said to her, Let me have some of your son's love-fruits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:22 - Now while they were living in that country, Reuben had connection with Bilhah, his father's servant-woman: and Israel had news of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:23 - Now Jacob had twelve sons: the sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's first son, and Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Zebulun;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:21 - But Reuben, hearing these words, got him out of their hands, saying, Let us not take his life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:22 - Do not put him to a violent death, but let him be placed in one of the holes; this he said to keep him safe from their hands, with the purpose of taking him back to his father again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:29 - Now when Reuben came back to the hole, Joseph was not there; and giving signs of grief,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:22 - And Reuben said to them, Did I not say to you, Do the child no wrong? but you gave no attention; so now, punishment has come on us for his blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:37

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:37 - And Reuben said, Put my two sons to death if I do not come back to you with him; let him be in my care and I will give him safely back to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:8 - And these are the names of the children of Israel who came into Egypt, even Jacob and all his sons: Reuben, Jacob's oldest son;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:9 - And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch and Pallu and Hezron and Carmi;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:5 - And now your two sons who came to birth in Egypt before I came to you here, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine, in the same way as Reuben and Simeon are.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:3 - Reuben, you are my oldest son, the first-fruit of my strength, first in pride and first in power:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:2 - Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:14 - These are the heads of their fathers' families: the sons of Reuben the oldest son of Israel: Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi: these are the families of Reuben.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:5 - These are the names of those who are to be your helpers: from Reuben, Elizur, the son of Shedeur;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:20 - The generations of the sons of Reuben, the oldest son of Israel, were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over, who was able to go to war;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:21 - Forty-six thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Reuben were numbered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:10 - On the south side is the flag of the children of Reuben, in the order of their armies, with Elizur, the son of Shedeur, as their chief.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:16 - The number of all the armies of Reuben together came to a hundred and fifty-one thousand, four hundred and fifty. They go forward second.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:30 - On the fourth day Elizur, the son of Shedeur, chief of the children of Reuben:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:18 - Then the flag of the children of Reuben went forward with their armies: and at the head of his army was Elizur, the son of Shedeur.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:4 - And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua, the son of Zaccur.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:1 - Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Pallu, the son of Reuben, made themselves ready,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:5 - Reuben, the first son of Israel: the sons of Reuben by their families: of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:1 - Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a great number of cattle: and when they saw that the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead was a good place for cattle;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:2 - The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and said to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the chiefs of the meeting,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:6 - And Moses said to the children of Gad and the children of Reuben, Are your brothers to go to the war, while you take your rest here?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:25 - And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben said to Moses, Your servants will do as my lord says.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:29 - And Moses said to them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben go with you over Jordan, every man armed for the fight before the Lord, and all the land is given into your hands, then let them have the land of Gilead for a heritage:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:31 - Then the children of Gad and the children of Reuben said, As the Lord has said to your servants, so will we do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:33 - So Moses gave to them, even to the children of Gad and the children of Reuben and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon, king of the Amorites and Og, king of Bashan, all the land with its towns and the country round them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:37 - And the children of Reuben were the builders of Heshbon and Elealeh and Kiriathaim;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:6 - And what he did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben; when they went down into the open mouth of the earth, with their families and their tents and every living thing which was theirs, before the eyes of all Israel:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:13 - And these are to be on Mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:6 - Let life not death be Reuben's, let not the number of his men be small.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:12 - And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh went over armed before the children of Israel as Moses had said to them:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:15 - And Moses gave their heritage to the tribe of Reuben by their families.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:23 - And the limit of the children of Reuben was the edge of Jordan. This was the heritage of the children of Reuben by their families, with its towns and its unwalled places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:6 - Then the line goes up to Beth-hoglah, past the north of Beth-arabah, and up to the stone of Bohan, the son of Reuben;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:7 - For the Levites have no part among you; to be the Lord's priests is their heritage; and Gad and Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have had their heritage on the east side of Jordan, given to them by Moses, the servant of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:17 - And it goes to En-shemesh and on to Geliloth, opposite the way up to Adummim, and it goes down to the stone of Bohan, the son of Reuben;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:8 - And on the east side of Jordan at Jericho, they made selection of Bezer in the waste land, in the table-land, out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:7 - The children of Merari by their families were given twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben and Gad and Zebulun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:36 - And from the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and Jahaz with their grass-lands;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:9 - So Reuben and Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh went back, parting from the children of Israel at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, to the land of their heritage which had been given to them by the Lord's order to Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:10 - Now when they came to the country by Jordan in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh put up there, by Jordan, a great altar, seen from far.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:11 - And news came to the children of Israel, See, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have put up an altar opposite the land of Canaan, in the country by Jordan on the side which is Israel's.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:13 - And the children of Israel sent Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest, to the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:15 - And they came to the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and said to them,

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