Strong H7205רְאוּבֵן

Definition

Meaning of the name

Detailed definition

In the biblical story

In the Bible

Strong H7205 appears in 68 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

• reuben65
• let1
• mine1
• tribe1

First verses

1. Genesis 29:32
   And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the Lord hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.
2. Genesis 30:14
   And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son’s mandrakes.
3. Genesis 35:22
   And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
4. Genesis 35:23
   The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
5. Genesis 37:21
   And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.
6. Genesis 37:22
   And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.
7. Genesis 37:29
   And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
8. Genesis 42:22
   And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.
9. Genesis 42:37
   And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.
10. Genesis 46:8
    And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.
11. Genesis 46:9
    And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
12. Genesis 48:5
    And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.
13. Genesis 49:3
    Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
14. Exodus 1:2
    Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
15. Exodus 6:14
    These be the heads of their fathers’ houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be the families of Reuben.
16. Numbers 1:5
    And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur.
17. Numbers 1:20
    And the children of Reuben, Israel’s eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
18. Numbers 1:21
    Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
19. Numbers 2:10
    On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.
20. Numbers 2:16
    All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank.

Occurrences by book

• Genesis13
• Exodus2
• Numbers18
• Deuteronomy3
• Joshua21
• Judges2
• 1 Chronicles6
• Ezekiel3

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