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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
Reu·ben       [roo-buhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the eldest son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29, 30.
2.one of the 12 tribes of Israel, the tribe traditionally descended from him.
3.Reuben sandwich.
4.a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “behold a son.”
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Reu·ben 1       (rōō'bən)  Pronunciation Key 
In the Bible, a son of Jacob and Leah and the forebear of one of the tribes of Israel.

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Reu·ben 2       (rōō'bən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A hot sandwich consisting of corned beef, Swiss cheese, and sauerkraut usually served on rye bread.


[From the name Reuben.]

Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Reuben 
masc. proper name, O.T. eldest son of Jacob and name of the tribe descended from him, from Gk. Rouben, from Heb. Reubhen, probably lit. "Behold a son," from reu, imper. of ra'ah "he saw" + ben "a son." The reuben sandwich (1956) is "not obviously connected" with the sense in rube [OED].

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reuben

noun
1. (Old Testment) a son of Jacob and forefather of one of the tribes of Israel 
2. a hot sandwich with corned beef and Swiss cheese and sauerkraut on rye bread 

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Reuben

behold a son!, the eldest son of Jacob and Leah (Gen. 29:32). His sinful conduct, referred to in Gen. 35:22, brought down upon him his dying father's malediction (48:4). He showed kindness to Joseph, and was the means of saving his life when his other brothers would have put him to death (37:21,22). It was he also who pledged his life and the life of his sons when Jacob was unwilling to let Benjamin go down into Egypt. After Jacob and his family went down into Egypt (46:8) no further mention is made of Reuben beyond what is recorded in ch. 49:3,4.

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Reuben

Reuben, who sees the son; the vision of the son

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