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Lexicon :: Strong's H7205 - rᵊ'ûḇēn

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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 2 / 2 (Jos 22:21–Eze 48:31)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:21 - Then the people of Reuben, the people of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh said in answer to the heads of the families of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:25 - For the LORD has made the Jordan a boundary between us and you, you people of Reuben and people of Gad. You have no portion in the LORD.’ So your children might make our children cease to worship the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:30 - When Phinehas the priest and the chiefs of the congregation, the heads of the families of Israel who were with him, heard the words that the people of Reuben and the people of Gad and the people of Manasseh spoke, it was good in their eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:31 - And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said to the people of Reuben and the people of Gad and the people of Manasseh, “Today we know that the LORD is in our midst, because you have not committed this breach of faith against the LORD. Now you have delivered the people of Israel from the hand of the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:32 - Then Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the chiefs, returned from the people of Reuben and the people of Gad in the land of Gilead to the land of Canaan, to the people of Israel, and brought back word to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:33 - And the report was good in the eyes of the people of Israel. And the people of Israel blessed God and spoke no more of making war against them to destroy the land where the people of Reuben and the people of Gad were settled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:34 - The people of Reuben and the people of Gad called the altar Witness, “For,” they said, “it is a witness between us that the LORD is God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:15 - the princes of Issachar came with Deborah,
and Issachar faithful to Barak;
into the valley they rushed at his heels.
Among the clans of Reuben
there were great searchings of heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:16 - Why did you sit still among the sheepfolds,
to hear the whistling for the flocks?
Among the clans of Reuben
there were great searchings of heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:1 - These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:1 - The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn, but because he defiled his father’s couch, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel, so that he could not be enrolled as the oldest son;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:3 - the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:18 - The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had valiant men who carried shield and sword, and drew the bow, expert in war, 44,760, able to go to war.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:63 - To the Merarites according to their clans were allotted twelve cities out of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:78

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:78 - and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, out of the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with its pasturelands, Jahzah with its pasturelands,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:6 - Adjoining the territory of Ephraim, from the east side to the west, Reuben, one portion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:7 - Adjoining the territory of Reuben, from the east side to the west, Judah, one portion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:31 - three gates, the gate of Reuben, the gate of Judah, and the gate of Levi, the gates of the city being named after the tribes of Israel.

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