Bible Names

Reuben: meaning of the name

Reuben means “who sees the son; the vision of the son.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Reuben in Hebrew and Greek

רְאוּבֵן H7205

Rᵉʼûwbên (reh-oo-bane') — Reuben, a son of Jacob

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

Ῥουβήν G4502

Rhoubḗn — Ruben (i.e. Reuben), an Israelite

of Hebrew origin (H07205);

Who named Reuben in the Bible

Reuben in Scripture

“Reuben” appears in 70 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Genesis 29:32

    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

    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

    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

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

  • Genesis 37:21

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

  • Genesis 37:22

    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

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

  • Genesis 42:22

    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.