Every Name in Tanakh

רְעוּ Reu

Every verse in which this name stands — 5 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PersonGematria 276×5 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

A postdiluvian patriarch. The name stands five times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 11:18 and last at 1 Chronicles 1:25.

Genesis 11:19בראשית יא:יט

וַֽיְחִי־פֶלֶג אַחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־רְעוּ תֵּשַׁע שָׁנִים וּמָאתַיִם שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת

And Peleg lived after he begot Reu two hundred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:20בראשית יא:כ

וַיְחִי רְעוּ שְׁתַּיִם וּשְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־שְׂרֽוּג

And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begot Serug.

Genesis 11:21בראשית יא:כא

וַיְחִי רְעוּ אַחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־שְׂרוּג שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים וּמָאתַיִם שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת

And Reu lived after he begot Serug two hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Reu?

Reu — רעו in Hebrew — has a gematria of 276 in the standard method.

How many times is Reu named in the Tanakh?

5 times, first at Genesis 11:18.

A spelling is not a name. The written word רעו stands 10 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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