H7466 H7466
Reu — a patriarchal name, son of Peleg in the line from Shem to Abraham
Reu is a personal name appearing in the genealogy from Shem to Abraham, identified as the son of Peleg and father of Serug. All five occurrences are genealogical: four in Genesis 11:18-21 trace his birth, his fathering of Serug, and his lifespan, while 1 Chronicles 1:25 repeats his place in the lineage. The name is rendered consistently across languages — Spanish 'Reu/Reú,' French 'Reu,' German 'Reu' — and corresponds to Greek Ragau in the Septuagint. The name may derive from a root meaning 'friend' or 'companion,' connecting to the broader Hebrew root ra'ah.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The proper name Reu, a patriarch in the line of Shem, son of Peleg and father of Serug (Gen 11:18-21; 1 Chr 1:25). All attestations are strictly genealogical, placing Reu in the antediluvian-to-Abrahamic bridge generation. The name is transliterated uniformly across Spanish ('Reu'), French ('Reu'), and German ('Reu'), with the Septuagint rendering Ragau. Possibly related to the root ra'ah ('friend'), suggesting a theophoric or social meaning now lost. 5×
AR["رَعو", "رَعُو"]·ben["রিয়ূ"]·DE["Reu", "[רעו]"]·EN["Re'u", "Reu"]·FR["Reu", "[רעו]"]·heb["רעו"]·HI["रू", "रेउ"]·ID["Reu"]·IT["Reu", "[רעו]"]·jav["Réu"]·KO["르우", "르우는"]·PT["Re'u"]·RU["Реу"]·ES["Reu", "Reú"]·SW["Reu"]·TR["Reu", "Reu'yu"]·urd["رعو"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† רְעוּ n.pr.m. (proposes name of a god, Duval ZA vi. 126 MezḤarrân 23, cf. Hom A. u. A ii. 208);—son of Peleg: Gn 11:18, 19, 20, 21 (P), 1 Ch 1:25; Ραγαυ.