רְאוּבֵן
re.u.ven
“Reuben”
Definition
Reuben, a son of Jacob
from the imperative of H7200 (רָאָה) and H1121 (בֵּן); see ye a son;
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Grammar & Morphology
Proper Noun (Masculine)
N:N-M-P
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
רְאוּבֵן appears 66 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
These were the sons of Israel:Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
Now during the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother, Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
Why did you sit among the sheepfoldsto hear the whistling for the flocks?In the clans of Reubenthere was great indecision.
They went to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead and said to them,
and these were their names:From the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;
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