Reu

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Re'u. (Friend). Son of Peleg, in the line of Abraham's ancestors.  Genesis 11:18-21;  1 Chronicles 1:25. (B.C. about 2213).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Son of Peleg, or Phalec, and father of Serug, or Saruch.  Genesis 11:18-21;  1 Chronicles 1:25 . Called Ragau in  Luke 3:35 .

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

REU . Son of Peleg (  Genesis 11:18-21 ,   1 Chronicles 1:25 ,   Luke 3:35 ).

Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament

REU. —A link in our Lord’s genealogy ( Luke 3:35, Authorized Version Ragau ).

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Peleg's son. Among Abraham's ancestors ( Genesis 11:18-21). Lived 239 years according to the Hebrew and Samaritan Pentateuch, 339 according to Septuagint.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Genesis 11:18-21 1 Chronicles 1:25

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Reii', רְעוּ ,Fri-End; Sept. ῾Ραγαῦ v. r. ῾Ραγαύ ,  1 Chronicles 1:25), the son of Peleg and father of Serug in the Abrahamic ancestry ( Genesis 11:18;  Genesis 11:21;  1 Chronicles 1:25). B.C. cir. 1950. He is called Ragau in  Luke 3:35. He lived 239 years. "Bunsen ( Bibelwerk ) says Reu is Roha, the Arabic name for Edessa, an assertion which, borrowed from Knobel, is utterly destitute of foundation, as will be seen at once on comparing the Hebrew andArabic words. A closer resemblance might be found between Reu and Rhagoe, a large town of Media, especially if the Greek equivalents of the two names be taken"

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

rē´ū , rōō ( רעוּ , re‛ū , Ῥαγαύ , Rhagaú ): A son of Peleg, a descendant of Shem (  Genesis 11:18 ff;   1 Chronicles 1:25;  Luke 3:35 ).