H7466: רְעוּ
Rᵉʻûw · pronounced reh-oo' · “Reu”
Definition
Reu, a postdiluvian patriarch
KJV translates it as: Reu.
Word origin: for H7471 (רְעִי) in the sense of H7453 (רֵעַ); friend;
Extended definition
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.11.18;
son of: Peleg (H6389);
father of: Serug (H8286)
Also named: Rhagau (Ῥαγαῦ "Reu" G4466)
§ Reu = "friend"
son of Peleg and an ancestor of Abraham
son of: Peleg (H6389);
father of: Serug (H8286)
Also named: Rhagau (Ῥαγαῦ "Reu" G4466)
§ Reu = "friend"
son of Peleg and an ancestor of Abraham
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H7466 is translated
- reu ×5
Bible verses with H7466 (Rᵉʻûw)
Rᵉʻûw appears in 5 verses.
- 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,