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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 1 / 2 (Gen 29:32–Jos 22:15)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:32 - So Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said, "The LORD has looked with pity on my oppressed condition. Surely my husband will love me now."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:14 - At the time of the wheat harvest Reuben went out and found some mandrake plants in a field and brought them to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, "Give me some of your son's mandrakes."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:22 - While Israel was living in that land, Reuben had sexual relations with Bilhah, his father's concubine, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:23 - The sons of Leah were Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, as well as Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:21 - When Reuben heard this, he rescued Joseph from their hands, saying, "Let's not take his life!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:22 - Reuben continued, "Don't shed blood! Throw him into this cistern that is here in the wilderness, but don't lay a hand on him." (Reuben said this so he could rescue Joseph from them and take him back to his father.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:29 - Later Reuben returned to the cistern to find that Joseph was not in it! He tore his clothes,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:22 - Reuben said to them, "Didn't I say to you, 'Don't sin against the boy,' but you wouldn't listen? So now we must pay for shedding his blood!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:37

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:37 - Then Reuben said to his father, "You may put my two sons to death if I do not bring him back to you. Put him in my care and I will bring him back to you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:8 - These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt - Jacob and his sons: Reuben, the firstborn of Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:9 - The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:5 - "Now, as for your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, they will be mine. Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine just as Reuben and Simeon are.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:3 - Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might and the beginning of my strength, outstanding in dignity, outstanding in power.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:14 - These are the heads of their fathers' households: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn son of Israel, were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These were the clans of Reuben.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:5 - Now these are the names of the men who are to help you: from Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:20 - And they were as follows: The descendants of Reuben, the firstborn son of Israel: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name individually.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:21 - Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Reuben were 46,500.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:10 - "On the south will be the divisions of the camp of Reuben under their standard. The leader of the people of Reuben is Elizur son of Shedeur.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:16 - All those numbered of the camp of Reuben, according to their divisions, are 151,450. They will travel second.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:30 - On the fourth day Elizur son of Shedeur, leader of the Reubenites, presented an offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:18 - The standard of the camp of Reuben set out according to their companies; over his company was Elizur son of Shedeur.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:4 - Now these were their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:1 - Now Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth, who were Reubenites, took men

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:5 - Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. The Reubenites: from Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; from Pallu, the family of the Palluites;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:1 - Now the Reubenites and the Gadites possessed a very large number of cattle. When they saw that the lands of Jazer and Gilead were ideal for cattle,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:2 - the Gadites and the Reubenites came and addressed Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the community. They said,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:6 - Moses said to the Gadites and the Reubenites, "Must your brothers go to war while you remain here?

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:25 - So the Gadites and the Reubenites replied to Moses, "Your servants will do as my lord commands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:29 - Moses said to them: "If the Gadites and the Reubenites cross the Jordan with you, each one equipped for battle in the LORD's presence, and you conquer the land, then you must allot them the territory of Gilead as their possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:31 - Then the Gadites and the Reubenites answered, "Your servants will do what the LORD has spoken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:33 - So Moses gave to the Gadites, the Reubenites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the realm of King Sihon of the Amorites, and the realm of King Og of Bashan, the entire land with its cities and the territory surrounding them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:37 - The Reubenites rebuilt Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:6 - or what he did to Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth in the middle of the Israelite camp and swallowed them, their families, their tents, and all the property they brought with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:13 - And these other tribes must stand for the curse on Mount Ebal: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:6 - May Reuben live and not die, and may his people multiply.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:12 - The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over armed for battle ahead of the Israelites, just as Moses had instructed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:15 - Moses assigned land to the tribe of Reuben by its clans.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:23 - The border of the tribe of Reuben was the Jordan. The land allotted to the tribe of Reuben by its clans included these cities and their towns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:6 - went up to Beth Hoglah, crossed north of Beth Arabah, and went up to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:7 - But the Levites will not have an allotted portion among you, for their inheritance is to serve the LORD. Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have already received their allotted land east of the Jordan which Moses the LORD's servant assigned them."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:17 - It went northward, extending to En Shemesh and Geliloth opposite the Pass of Adummim, and descended to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:8 - Beyond the Jordan east of Jericho they selected Bezer in the desert on the plain belonging to the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead belonging to the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan belonging to the tribe of Manasseh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:7 - Merari's descendants by their clans were allotted twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:36 - from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer, Jahaz,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:9 - So the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites in Shiloh in the land of Canaan and headed home to their own land in Gilead, which they acquired by the LORD's command through Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:10 - The Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh came to Geliloth near the Jordan in the land of Canaan and built there, near the Jordan, an impressive altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:11 - The Israelites received this report: "Look, the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar at the entrance to the land of Canaan, at Geliloth near the Jordan on the Israelite side."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:13 - The Israelites sent Phinehas, son of Eleazar, the priest, to the land of Gilead to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:15 - They went to the land of Gilead to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and said to them:

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