Rᵉʼûwbênîy — H7206

Definition

adjective

a Reubenite or descendant of Reuben

1. Reubenite = see Reuben "behold a son"
2. a descendant of Reuben the son of Jacob

Usually translated as

Reubenites, children of Reuben

Origin

patronymic from H7205

• Derived from Rᵉʼûwbên (H7205)

Occurrences

Rᵉʼûwbênîy occurs 18 times in 17 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (2), Deuteronomy (4), Joshua (4), 2 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (6)

• Numbers 26:7 — These are the families of the Reubenites (הָרֻֽאוּבֵנִ֑י): and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty.
• Numbers 34:14 — For the tribe of the children of Reuben (הָראוּבֵנִי֙) according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance:
• Deuteronomy 3:12 — And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites (לָרֻֽאוּבֵנִ֖י) and to the Gadites.
• Deuteronomy 3:16 — And unto the Reubenites (וְלָרֻאוּבֵנִ֨י) and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
• Deuteronomy 4:43 — Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites (לָרֻֽאוּבֵנִ֑י); and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.
• Deuteronomy 29:8 — And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites (לָרֽאוּבֵנִ֖י), and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.
• Joshua 1:12 — And to the Reubenites (וְלָרֽאוּבֵנִי֙), and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying,
• Joshua 12:6 — Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites (לָרֻֽאוּבֵנִי֙), and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.
• Joshua 13:8 — With whom the Reubenites (הָרֽאוּבֵנִי֙) and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them;
• Joshua 22:1 — Then Joshua called the Reubenites (לָרֽאוּבֵנִ֖י), and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh,
• 2 Kings 10:33 — From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites (וְהָרֻאובֵנִ֖י), and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.
• 1 Chronicles 5:6 — Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites (לָרֽאוּבֵנִֽי).
• 1 Chronicles 5:26 — And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites (לָראוּבֵנִ֣י), and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.
• 1 Chronicles 11:42 — Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite (הָרֽאוּבֵנִ֗י), a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him,
• 1 Chronicles 11:42 — Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites (לָרֽאוּבֵנִ֖י), and thirty with him,
• 1 Chronicles 12:37 — And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites (הָראוּבֵנִ֨י), and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand.
• 1 Chronicles 26:32 — And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites (הָראוּבֵנִ֤י), the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king.
• 1 Chronicles 27:16 — Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites (לָרֽאוּבֵנִ֣י) was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah: