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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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:32 - So Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben,[fn] for she said, “The LORD has noticed my misery, and now my husband will love me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:14 - One day during the wheat harvest, Reuben found some mandrakes growing in a field and brought them to his mother, Leah. Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:22 - While he was living there, Reuben had intercourse with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Jacob soon heard about it.
These are the names of the twelve sons of Jacob:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:23 - The sons of Leah were Reuben (Jacob’s oldest son), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:21 - But when Reuben heard of their scheme, he came to Joseph’s rescue. “Let’s not kill him,” he said.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:22 - “Why should we shed any blood? Let’s just throw him into this empty cistern here in the wilderness. Then he’ll die without our laying a hand on him.” Reuben was secretly planning to rescue Joseph and return him to his father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:29 - Some time later, Reuben returned to get Joseph out of the cistern. When he discovered that Joseph was missing, he tore his clothes in grief.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:22 - “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy?” Reuben asked. “But you wouldn’t listen. And now we have to answer for his blood!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:37

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:37 - Then Reuben said to his father, “You may kill my two sons if I don’t bring Benjamin back to you. I’ll be responsible for him, and I promise to bring him back.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:8 - These are the names of the descendants of Israel—the sons of Jacob—who went to Egypt: Reuben was Jacob’s oldest son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:9

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:5 - “Now I am claiming as my own sons these two boys of yours, Ephraim and Manasseh, who were born here in the land of Egypt before I arrived. They will be my sons, just as Reuben and Simeon are.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:3 - “Reuben, you are my firstborn, my strength,
the child of my vigorous youth.
You are first in rank and first in power.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:2

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:14 - These are the ancestors of some of the clans of Israel: The sons of Reuben, Israel’s oldest son, were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. Their descendants became the clans of Reuben.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:5 - “These are the tribes and the names of the leaders who will assist you:
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ReubenElizur son of Shedeur

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