רְאוּבֵנִי
Rᵉʼûwbênîy · reh-oob-ay-nee'
a Reubenite or descendant of Reuben
Lexicon
Derivation: patronymic from H7205 (רְאוּבֵן);
a Reubenite or descendant of Reuben
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: children of Reuben, Reubenites.
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
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 hand that works
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 of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רְאוּבֵנִי 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
18 occurrences · 18 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the reubenites6 · 33%
- unto the reubenites2 · 11%
- of reuben1 · 6%
- i unto the reubenites1 · 6%
- and unto the reubenites1 · 6%
- and to the reubenites1 · 6%
- with whom the reubenites1 · 6%
- the reubenites1 · 6%
- and the reubenites1 · 6%
- even the reubenites1 · 6%
- the reubenite1 · 6%
- over the reubenites1 · 6%
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.