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Strong's H7205 רְאוּבֵן (reuben)

R'uwben - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.

Strong's Number H7205
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 68
Books 8

Strong's H7205 Quick Answer

Strong's H7205 רְאוּבֵן (R'uwben) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. R'uwben (reh-oo-bane') n/p. 1. see ye a son 2. Reuben, a son of Jacob It has 68 linked Bible usages across 8 books. Visible English usage signals include reuben, son, sons, ye, and saw. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
R'uwben (reh-oo-bane') n/p. 1. see ye a son 2. Reuben, a son of Jacob
Usage
68 linked usages
Books
8 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
reuben, son, sons, ye, and saw

Meaning and Definition

R'uwben (reh-oo-bane') n/p. 1. see ye a son 2. Reuben, a son of Jacob [from the imperative of H7200 and H1121] KJV: Reuben. Root(s): H7200, H1121

Original Word
רְאוּבֵן
Transliteration
R'uwben
Derivation
Root: ראה First root strongs: 7200 Second root strongs: 1121
Morphology
name

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H7205. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

Reuben

Usage: A man of the tribe of Reuben living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.29.32; son of: Israel (H3478) and Leah (H3812); brother of: Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074) and Dinah (H1783); half-brother of: Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H0836), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144);

father of: Hanoch (H2585J), Pallu (H6396), Hezron (H2696) and Carmi (H3756) § 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

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How Strong's H7205 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render R'uwben, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

Reuben Genesis 29:32 42× son Numbers 1:5 15× sons Exodus 6:14 ye Numbers 32:6 saw Numbers 32:1 see Joshua 22:10

How Strong's H7205 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 68 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H7205 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H7205 in the Old Testament

68 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 29:32 KJV

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.

Genesis 30:14 KJV

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.

Genesis 35:22 KJV

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:

Usage Excerpts

First 68 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7205.

Genesis 29:32 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Genesis 30:14 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Genesis 35:22 Old Testament, KJV
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:
Genesis 35:23 Old Testament, KJV
The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
Genesis 37:21 Old Testament, KJV
And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.
Genesis 37:22 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Genesis 37:29 Old Testament, KJV
And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
Genesis 42:22 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Genesis 42:37 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Genesis 46:8 Old Testament, KJV
And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.
Genesis 46:9 Old Testament, KJV
And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
Genesis 48:5 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Genesis 49:3 Old Testament, KJV
Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
Exodus 1:2 Old Testament, KJV
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
Exodus 6:14 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Numbers 1:5 Old Testament, KJV
And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur.
Numbers 1:20 Old Testament, KJV
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;
Numbers 1:21 Old Testament, KJV
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
Numbers 2:10 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Numbers 2:16 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Numbers 7:30 Old Testament, KJV
On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben, did offer:
Numbers 10:18 Old Testament, KJV
And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur.
Numbers 13:4 Old Testament, KJV
And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
Numbers 16:1 Old Testament, KJV
Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men:
Numbers 26:5 Old Testament, KJV
Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites:
Numbers 32:1 Old Testament, KJV
Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;
Numbers 32:2 Old Testament, KJV
The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying,
Numbers 32:6 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?
Numbers 32:25 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.
Numbers 32:29 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:
Numbers 32:31 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.
Numbers 32:33 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about.
Numbers 32:37 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,
Deuteronomy 11:6 Old Testament, KJV
And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel:
Deuteronomy 27:13 Old Testament, KJV
And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
Deuteronomy 33:6 Old Testament, KJV
Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.
Joshua 4:12 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them:
Joshua 13:15 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families.
Joshua 13:23 Old Testament, KJV
And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families, the cities and the villages thereof.
Joshua 15:6 Old Testament, KJV
And the border went up to Bethhogla, and passed along by the north of Betharabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben:
Joshua 18:7 Old Testament, KJV
But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.
Joshua 18:17 Old Testament, KJV
And was drawn from the north, and went forth to Enshemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben,
Joshua 20:8 Old Testament, KJV
And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
Joshua 21:7 Old Testament, KJV
The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
Joshua 21:36 Old Testament, KJV
And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,
Joshua 22:9 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
Joshua 22:10 Old Testament, KJV
And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to.
Joshua 22:11 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel.
Joshua 22:13 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,
Joshua 22:15 Old Testament, KJV
And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spake with them, saying,
Joshua 22:21 Old Testament, KJV
Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of the thousands of Israel,
Joshua 22:25 Old Testament, KJV
For the LORD hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the LORD: so shall your children make our children cease from fearing the LORD.
Joshua 22:30 Old Testament, KJV
And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them.
Joshua 22:31 Old Testament, KJV
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we perceive that the LORD is among us, because ye have not committed this trespass against the LORD: now ye have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD.
Joshua 22:32 Old Testament, KJV
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again.
Joshua 22:33 Old Testament, KJV
And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.
Joshua 22:34 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the LORD is God.
Judges 5:15 Old Testament, KJV
And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart.
Judges 5:16 Old Testament, KJV
Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
1 Chronicles 2:1 Old Testament, KJV
These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
1 Chronicles 5:1 Old Testament, KJV
Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.
1 Chronicles 5:3 Old Testament, KJV
The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
1 Chronicles 5:18 Old Testament, KJV
The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.
1 Chronicles 6:63 Old Testament, KJV
Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
1 Chronicles 6:78 Old Testament, KJV
And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs,
Ezekiel 48:6 Old Testament, KJV
And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Reuben.
Ezekiel 48:7 Old Testament, KJV
And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Judah.
Ezekiel 48:31 Old Testament, KJV
And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7205, grouped by book.

Genesis 13 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 2 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 18 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 3 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 21 usages, Old Testament
Judges 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 6 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 3 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H7205 FAQ

What does reuben (רְאוּבֵן) mean?

Reuben (Strong's H7205) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Reuben". R'uwben (reh-oo-bane') n/p. 1. see ye a son 2. Reuben, a son of Jacob

How many times is reuben (רְאוּבֵן) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 68 linked usages for Strong's H7205 across 8 books.

Where can I study reuben (רְאוּבֵן) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7205 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate reuben (רְאוּבֵן)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as reuben, son, sons, ye, saw, and see. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.