רְאוּבֵן
Rᵉʼûwbên · reh-oo-bane'
Reuben, a son of Jacob
Lexicon
Derivation: from the imperative of H7200 (רָאָה) and H1121 (בֵּן); see ye a son;
Reuben, a son of Jacob
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Reuben.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › strength, the leader › to fasten and establish › the house, what is within › the seed, life continuing
The head, the highest of strength, the leader that works to fasten and establish of the house, what is within of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רְאוּבֵן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
72 occurrences · 72 OT · 0 NT · 22 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of reuben50 · 69%
- reuben8 · 11%
- and reuben7 · 10%
- that reuben1 · 1%
- are mine; as reuben1 · 1%
- with you: of the tribe of reuben1 · 1%
- let reuben1 · 1%
- and out of the tribe of reuben1 · 1%
- i say, of reuben1 · 1%
- portion for reuben1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.