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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 22 times in 21 verses in 'Jos' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:12 - And the sons of Reuben H7205 and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over in battle array before the sons of Israel, just as Moses had spoken to them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:15 -

So Moses gave an inheritance to the tribe of the sons of Reuben H7205 according to their families.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:23 - And the border of the sons of Reuben H7205 was the [fn]Jordan. This was the inheritance of the sons of Reuben H7205 according to their families, the cities and their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:6 - Then the border went up to Beth-hoglah and passed by on the north of Beth-arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben H7205.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:7 - “For the Levites have no portion among you because the priesthood of Yahweh is [fn]their inheritance. Gad and Reuben H7205 and the half-tribe of Manasseh also have received their inheritance eastward beyond the Jordan, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:17 - Then it curved northward and went out to En-shemesh and went out to Geliloth, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim, and it went down to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben H7205.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:8 - Now beyond the Jordan east of Jericho, they [fn]designated Bezer in the wilderness on the plain from the tribe of Reuben H7205 and Ramoth in Gilead from the tribe of Gad and Golan in Bashan from the tribe of Manasseh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:7 -

The sons of Merari according to their families [fn]received twelve cities from the tribe of Reuben H7205 and from the tribe of Gad and from the tribe of Zebulun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:36 - From the tribe of Reuben H7205, they gave Bezer with its pasture lands and Jahaz with its pasture lands,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:9 - Then the sons of Reuben H7205 and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned home and departed from the sons of Israel at Shiloh which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, to the land of their possession which they had possessed, according to the [fn]command of Yahweh by the hand of Moses.

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And they came to the region of the Jordan which is in the land of Canaan, and the sons of Reuben H7205 and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an altar there by the Jordan, a large altar in appearance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:11 - And the sons of Israel heard it [fn]said, “Behold, the sons of Reuben H7205 and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar at the [fn]entrance of the land of Canaan, in the region of the Jordan, on the side belonging to the sons of Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:13 -

Then the sons of Israel sent to the sons of Reuben H7205 and to the sons of Gad and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:15 - So they came to the sons of Reuben H7205 and to the sons of Gad and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and they spoke with them saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:21 -

Then the sons of Reuben H7205 and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered and spoke to the heads of the thousands of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:25 - “And Yahweh has made the Jordan a border between us and you, you sons of Reuben H7205 and sons of Gad; you have no portion in Yahweh.” So your sons may make our sons stop fearing Yahweh.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:30 -

So Phinehas the priest and the leaders of the congregation, even the heads of the thousands of Israel who were with him, heard the words which the sons of Reuben H7205 and the sons of Gad and the sons of Manasseh spoke. And it was good in their sight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:31 - And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said to the sons of Reuben H7205 and to the sons of Gad and to the sons of Manasseh, “Today we know that Yahweh is in our midst because you have not committed this unfaithful act against Yahweh; so then you have delivered the sons of Israel from the hand of Yahweh.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:32 -

Then Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest and the leaders returned from the sons of Reuben H7205 and from the sons of Gad, from the land of Gilead to the land of Canaan, to the sons of Israel, and brought back word to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:33 - And the word was good in the sight of the sons of Israel, and the sons of Israel blessed God; and they did not speak of going up against them in war to destroy the land in which the sons of Reuben H7205 and the sons of Gad were living.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:34 - And the sons of Reuben H7205 and the sons of Gad called the altar Witness; “For,” they said, “it is a witness between us that Yahweh is God.”
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