TheWay Bible
Free on iPhoneStudy, memorize, journal, and pray.
Get the app

Home›Strong's concordance›H7205

רְאוּבֵן H7205

H7205 is the Hebrew word רְאוּבֵן, transliterated Rᵉʼûwbên and said reh-oo-bane'. The King James Version most often renders it reuben.

Word: רְאוּבֵןTransliteration: RᵉʼûwbênSaid: reh-oo-bane'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 64 verses

What it means

Reuben, a son of Jacob.

Where it comes from

from the imperative of H7200 (רָאָה) and H1121 (בֵּן); see ye a son.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 67 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

reuben 63×tribe of reuben 2×mine as reuben 1×say of reuben 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: Reuben.

Verses using רְאוּבֵן

The first 40 of 64 verses, quoted in full.

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:

Genesis 35:23 · KJV

The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:

Genesis 37:21 · KJV

And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.

Genesis 37:22 · 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 · KJV

And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.

Genesis 42:22 · 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 · 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 · 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 · KJV

And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.

Genesis 48:5 · 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 · 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 · KJV

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

Exodus 6:14 · 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 · 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 · 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 · KJV

Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.

Numbers 2:10 · 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 · 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 10:18 · 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 · KJV

And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.

Numbers 16:1 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · KJV

And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,

Deuteronomy 11:6 · 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 · KJV

And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

Deuteronomy 33:6 · KJV

Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.

Joshua 4:12 · 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 · KJV

And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families.

Joshua 13:23 · 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 18:7 · 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 20:8 · 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.

Common questions

What does Strong's H7205 mean?

H7205 is the Hebrew word רְאוּבֵן (Rᵉʼûwbên), meaning Reuben, a son of Jacob.

How is H7205 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it reuben (63 times), tribe of reuben (2 times), mine as reuben (1 time), say of reuben (1 time).

How many times does H7205 appear in the Bible?

רְאוּבֵן (Rᵉʼûwbên) is tagged in 64 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H7205 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from the imperative of H7200 (רָאָה) and H1121 (בֵּן); see ye a son.

Nearby entries

Strong's concordance →

Keep reading in TheWay Bible App

Read, study, memorize, journal, and pray — tap any word for its Greek or Hebrew definition, save verses to memorize, and keep a journal. Free on the web and iOS.