Reuben

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Pronounced： [ ROO-bən (English) ]
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Usage：Biblical, Hebrew, English

Meaning & History：

Means "behold, a son" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament he is the eldest son of Jacob and Leah and the ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Reuben was cursed by his father because he slept with Jacob's concubine Bilhah. It has been used as a Christian name in Britain since the Protestant Reformation.

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EQUIVALENTS

ARMENIAN: Rouben, Ruben

BIBLICAL GREEK: Rouben

BIBLICAL HEBREW: Reuven

BIBLICAL LATIN: Ruben

BIBLICAL: Reuben

DANISH: Ruben

DUTCH: Ruben

ENGLISH: Reuben

FINNISH: Ruuben

FRENCH: Ruben

HEBREW: Reuben, Reuven

NORWEGIAN: Ruben

PORTUGUESE (BRAZILIAN): Rubem, Rubens

PORTUGUESE: Rúben

SPANISH: Rubén

SWEDISH: Ruben

DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS

ENGLISH: Rube

PORTUGUESE: Rubinho