Reuben Tribe Person

רְאוּבֵן71 n.pr.m. Reuben, Ρουβην[ιν] (behold a son! but Gn 29:32 makes = רָאָה בְּעָנְיִי(!); JosAnt. i, 19, 7 al. Ρουβηλος, 𝔖 ܪܘܽܒܝܺܠ, ר׳ then perhaps = Arabic رِيبَالٌ lion, cf. Di);— 1. eldest son of Jacob and Leah Gn 29:32; 30:14 + 11 times Gn, Ex 1:2; 1 Ch 2:1; as head of family or clan Ex 6:14(×2); Nu 1:20; 26:5 (all P), 1 Ch 5:1, 3, cf. בְּנֵי אֱלִיאָב בֶּן־רְא׳ Dt 11:6. 2. as name of clan or tribe Ju 5:15, 16; Dt 27:13; Jos 18:7 (+ גָּד; both D), Dt 33:6 (poem), Ez 48:6, 7, 31; Nu 1:5 (P); so מַטֵה ר׳ Nu 1:21; 13:4; Jos 20:8; 21:7 (all P), 1 Ch 6:48, 63, מַחֲנֵה ר׳ Nu 2:10, 16; 10:18 (all P); בְּנֵי ר׳, as tribe, Nu 16:1b; 32:37 (both JE), 2:10; 7:20; 26:5; Jos 13:23(×2) (all P), also (+ Gad and often Manasseh) Nu 32:1, 2, 6, 25 (JE), Jos 4:12 (D), Nu 32:29, 31, 33; Jos 22:9 + 11 times 22 (all P), cf. 1 Ch 5:18; בֶן־ר׳ as tribe Jos 15:6; 18:7 (both P), מַטֵּה בְּנֵי־ר׳ 13:15 (P).

† רְאוּבֵנִי adj. gent. of foreg.; of individ. 1 Ch 11:42a; c. art. as subst. coll. הָרֽאוּבֵנִי Nu 26:7; 34:14 (both P), Jos 13:8 (D; + הַגָּדִי), 2 K 10:33 (+ id. + דַמְנַשִּׁי), 1 Ch 12:38 (van d. H. v 37; + הַגָּדִי + חֲצִי שֵׁבֶט מְנַשֶּׁה), 26:32 (id.); לָרֽאוּבֵנִי 1 Ch 5:6; 27:16, + וְלַגָּדִי (+ sometimes חֲצִי שֵׁבֶט מ׳) Dt 3:12, 16; 29:7; Jos 1:12; 12:6; 22:1 (all D), 1 Ch 5:26, cf. Dt 4:43.)

Ῥουβήν, ὁ indecl., (Heb. רְאוּבֵן), Reuben: Rev.7:5.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)