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Reu
Excerpt from the Lexham Bible Dictionary, the most advanced Bible dictionary.
A descendant of Shem and son of Peleg (Gen 11:18–21; 1 Chr 1:25). Reu is listed in Luke’s genealogy of Jesus (Luke 3:35).
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The Lexham Bible Dictionary
Reu, Son of Peleg
Reu, Son of Peleg (רְעוּ‎, re'u; Ῥαγαύ, Ragau). A descendant of Shem and son of Peleg (Gen 11:18–21; 1 Chr 1:25). Reu is listed in Luke’s genealogy of Jesus (Luke 3:35).
The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary
Reu (Person)
REU (PERSON) [Heb rĕʿû (רְעוּ)]. Son of Peleg when Peleg was thirty, father of Serug at thirty-two, Reu lived 239 years (Gen 11:18–21). Unlike many of the figures associated with Abram’s immediate family line, Reu cannot be identified with any geographic name in N Mesopotamia (Cassuto 1964: 252; Thompson
Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible
Reu
Reu. Peleg’s son, the father of Serug, and a descendant of Shem (Gn 11:18–21; 1 Chr 1:25), listed in Luke’s genealogy of Christ (3:35, kjv Ragau).See Genealogy of Jesus Christ.
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised
Reu
Reu rēʹū, roō [Heb. reʿû; Gk. Rhagau]; AV NT RAGAU. A descendant of Shem; son of Peleg and father of Serug (Gen. 11:18–21; 1 Ch. 1:25; Lk. 3:35).
Tyndale Bible Dictionary
Reu
REU Peleg’s son, the father of Serug, and a descendant of Shem (Gn 11:18–21; 1 Chr 1:25), listed in Luke’s genealogy of Christ (Lk 3:35). See Genealogy of Jesus Christ.
The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary (Revised and Updated)
Reu
Reu (ree´yoo), the son of Peleg; a descendant of Shem and an ancestor of Abraham (Gen. 11:18–21). He figures in the ancestry of Jesus through Joseph (Luke 3:35).
The Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia
Reu
REU. A descendant of Shem; the son of Peleg and father of Serug (Gen 11:18–21; 1 Chr 1:25; Lk 3:35, RSV). After him. Mesopotamian tribe or its territory may have been named, for there is an island in the Euphrates with the Akkad. name of Ra>ilu.
Ragau
RAGAU. A name transliterated from the Gr. of Lk 3:35. It appears in a genealogy that is likely that of Mary, the mother of Jesus. The name should more properly be translated Reu as in the ASV, RSV, and Berkeley. Reu is obtained by a comparison of the context with Gen 11:18–20, which is a list of Shem’s
Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible
Reu
Reu (Heb. rĕʿŝ; Gk. Rhagau)A son of Peleg, descendant of Shem, and ancestor of Abraham (Gen. 11:18–21; 1 Chr. 1:25) and Jesus (Luke 3:35).
Eerdmans Bible Dictionary
Reu
Reu [rōō, rēˊū] (Heb. re˓û “friend” or a short form of Reuel; Gk. Rhagau). A son of Peleg, descendant of Shem, and ancestor of Abraham and Jesus (Gen. 11:18–21; 1 Chr. 1:25; Luke 3:35; KJV “Ragau”).
Catholic Bible Dictionary
Reu
REU A sixth-generation descendant of Shem after the Flood. He was the son of Peleg and the father of Serug, and he lived to the age of 239 (Gen 11:18–21).
Smith’s Bible Dictionary
Reu
Re´u (friend), son of Peleg, in the line of Abraham’s ancestors. Gen. 11:18, 19, 20, 21; 1 Chron. 1:25. (b.c. about 2213.)
Ragau
Ra´gau, one of the ancestors of our Lord, son of Phalec. Luke 3:35. He is the same person with Reu, son of Peleg.
The New Unger’s Bible Dictionary
Reu
RE´U (reʹu; “friend”). The son of Peleg and father of Serug, in the ancestry of Abraham (Gen. 11:18–21; 1 Chron. 1:25; Luke 3:35; “Ragau,” KJV, Luke 3:35).
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