Bible Names

Reu: meaning of the name

Reu means “his friend; his shepherd.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Reu in Hebrew and Greek

רְעוּ H7466

Rᵉʻûw (reh-oo') — Reu, a postdiluvian patriarch

for H7471 (רְעִי) in the sense of H7453 (רֵעַ); friend;

Who named Reu in the Bible

Reu in Scripture

“Reu” appears in 5 verses of the King James Version.

  • Genesis 11:18

    And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:

  • Genesis 11:19

    And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.

  • Genesis 11:20

    And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:

  • Genesis 11:21

    And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:25

    Eber, Peleg, Reu,