Reuben

English

Alternative forms

• Ruben, Rubin

Etymology

• From Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (r'uvén), from רְאוּ (r'ú, “see [masculine plural imperative]”) + בֵּן (ben, “son”); its literal meaning is therefore roughly, "See, all: a son!"
• There are several unconfirmed etymologies for the name of the sandwich.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹuː.bən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹu.bən/

• Audio (GA)

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• Rhymes: -uːbən
• Hyphenation: Reu‧ben

Proper noun

Reuben (countable and uncountable, plural Reubens)

1. (biblical) First son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.
2. A male given name from Hebrew.
3. A surname transferred from the given name
4. (Oxford University, informal) Ellipsis of Reuben College, Oxford.

Quotations

• 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 35:22-26:

  Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: ²³ The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: ²⁴ The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: ²⁵ And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: ²⁶ And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.

• 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Joshua 13:15:

  And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families.

Derived terms

• Reubenite
• Reubens

 

Translations

first son of Jacob

• Arabic: روبين m (rubin)
• Catalan: Rubèn (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 流便 (zh) (Liúbiàn)

• Danish: Ruben
• Dutch: Ruben (nl) m
• Estonian: Ruuben
• Finnish: Ruuben (fi)
• French: Ruben (fr)
• German: Ruben
• Greek:

  Ancient: Ῥουβήν m (Rhoubḗn)

• Hebrew: רְאוּבֵן (he)
• Kazakh: Рубен (Ruben)
• Latin: Rūbēn m
• Norwegian: Ruben (no)
• Portuguese: Rúben m, Rubem m
• Russian: Руви́м m (Ruvím)
• Spanish: Rubén (es)
• Swedish: Ruben (sv)

male given name

• Armenian: Ռուբեն (Ṙuben)
• Catalan: Rubèn (ca) m
• Danish: Ruben
• Dutch: Ruben (nl) m
• Estonian: Ruuben
• French: Ruben (fr)
• Galician: Rubén (gl)
• German: Ruben
• Hebrew: רְאוּבֵן (he)
• Hungarian: Ruben (hu), Rúben (hu)
• Norwegian: Ruben (no)
• Portuguese: Rubens
• Russian: Руви́м m (Ruvím)
• Spanish: Rubén (es)
• Swedish: Ruben (sv)

Noun

Reuben (plural Reubens)

1. A grilled or toasted sandwich made with corned beef, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese, and either Russian dressing or Thousand Island dressing.
2. (biblical) A member of one of the Israelite tribes, descended from Reuben.

   Synonym: Reubenite

Coordinate terms

• Rachel sandwich

Related terms

• Cape Cod Reuben
• Reuben egg roll

Translations

grilled or toasted sandwich

member of tribe

• Catalan: Rubèn (ca) m
• Dutch: Ruben (nl)
• Hebrew: רְאוּבֵן (he)
• Russian: Руви́м m (Ruvím)

See also

• Reuben (Bible) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Reuben sandwich on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Beuren