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H7205

רְאוּבֵן

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Reuben

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

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

רְאוּבֵן71 proper name, masculine Reuben, Ρουβην[ιν] (be-hold a son! but Gen 29:32 makes = רָאָה בְּעָנְיִי (!); JosAnt. «JOSEPHUS:Antiquities 1:19»i. 19, 7 and others Ρουβηλος, ᵑ6 , ׳ר then perhaps = Arabic , lion, compare Di); —

1. eldest son of Jacob and Leah Gen 29:32; Gen 30:14 + 11 t. Genesis; Exod 1:2; 1Chr 2:1 as head of family or clan Exod 6:14 (twice in verse); Num 1:20; Num 26:5 (all P), 1Chr 5:1; 1Chr 5:3, compare ׳בְּנֵי אֱלִיאָב בֶּןרְֿא Deut 11:6.
2. as name of clan or tribe Judg 5:15; Judg 5:16; Deut 27:13; Josh 18:7 ( +גָּד; both D), Deut 33:6 (poem), Ezek 48:6; Ezek 48:7; Ezek 48:31; Num 1:5 (P); so ׳מַטֵּה ר Num 1:21; Num 13:4; Josh 20:8; Josh 21:7 (all P), 1Chr 6:48; 1Chr 6:63, ׳מַחֲנֵה ר Num 2:10; Num 2:16; Num 10:18 (all P); ׳בְּנֵי ר, as tribe, Num 16: l b Num 32:37 (both J E), Num 2:10; Num 7:20; Num 26:5; Josh 13:23 (twice in verse) (all P), also (+ Gad and often Manasseh) Num 32:1; Num 32:2; Num 32:6; Num 32:25 (JE), Josh 4:12 (D), Num 32:29; Num 32:31; Num 32:33; Josh 22:9 + 11 t. 22 (all P), compare 1Chr 5:18 ׳בֶּןרֿ as tribe Josh 15:6; Josh 18:7 (both P), מַטֵּה ׳בְנֵיֿ ר Josh 13:15 (P).

61 occurrences

Genesis (12), Exodus (2), Numbers (16), Deuteronomy (3), Joshua (19), Judges (2), I Chronicles (4), Ezekiel (3)