Reuben

English

Alternative forms

• Ruben
• Rubin

Etymology

• From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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

• Rhymes: -uːbən

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.

Translations

grilled or toasted sandwich

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Related terms

• Reuben egg roll

Coordinate terms

• Rachel sandwich

Proper noun

Reuben

1. (biblical) First son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.
2. (biblical) One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Reuben.
3. A male given name from Hebrew.

Quotations

• 1611 — King James Version of the Bible, Genesis 35:22b-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 — King James Version of the Bible, Joshua 13:15

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

Derived terms

• Reubenite

Translations

first son of Jacob

• Catalan: Rubèn (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 流便 (zh) (Liúbìan)

• Danish: Ruben
• Dutch: Ruben (nl) m
• Estonian: Ruuben
• Finnish: Ruuben (fi)
• French: Ruben (fr)
• German: Ruben
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• Hebrew: רְאוּבֵן (he)
• Kazakh: Рубен (Ruben)
• Norwegian: Ruben (no)
• Portuguese: Rúben m, Rubem m
• Russian: Руви́м m (Ruvím)
• Spanish: Rubén (es)
• Swedish: Ruben (sv)

one of the twelve tribes of Israel

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

male given name

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

See also

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