noun · masculine
roubēn
GreekῬουβήν (roubēn)
Strong’sG4502
Reuben
stem roubēn-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Ῥουβήν, ὁ indecl., (Heb. רְאוּבֵן),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4502 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhroo-bane'
Ruben (i.e. Reuben), an Israelite
Fromof Hebrew origin ();
King JamesReuben.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | roubēn | roubēn |
| object accusative | roubēn | roubēn |
| direct address vocative | roubēn | roubēn |
| of, belonging to genitive | roubēn1×Ῥουβὴν | roubēn |
| to, for dative | roubēn | roubēn |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
roubēn“Reuben”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Revelation 7:5“Reuben”ek fulau Ioudaou dōdeka chiliadais sfragizirētois, ek fulau Roubēn dōdeka chiliadais, ek fulau Gad dōdeka chiliadais,From the tribe of Judah 12,000 were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben 12,000, from the tribe of Gad 12,000,