Reu — the meaning of the Hebrew name רְעוּ

רְעוּ

Rᵉʻûw · pronounced reh-oo' · Strong's H7466 · a man

Reu means friend.

Built from

רְעִי rᵉʻîy (for, H7471) — pasture open in the lexicon ›

רֵעַ rêaʻ (the sense of, H7453) — an associate (more or less close) open in the lexicon ›

for H7471 in the sense of H7453; friend; Reu, a postdiluvian patriarch.

Gen 11:18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: (KJV)

5 occurrences in 5 verses — Genesis, 1 Chronicles

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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