his friend; his shepherd
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
REU.Son of Peleg (Gen_11:18-21, 1Ch_1:25, Luk_3:35).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Peleg's son. Among Abraham's ancestors (Gen_11:18-21). Lived 239 years according to the Hebrew and Samaritan Pentateuch, 339 according to Septuagint.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Re'u. (friend). Son of Peleg, in the line of Abraham's ancestors. Gen_11:18-21; 1Ch_1:25. (B.C. about 2213).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
rē?ū, rōō (רעוּ, re‛ū, Ῥαγαύ, Rhagaú): A son of Peleg, a descendant of Shem (Gen_11:18 ff; 1Ch_1:25; Luk_3:35).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Reu
(Heb. Reii', רְעוּ,fri-end; Sept. ῾Ραγαῦ v. r. ῾Ραγαύ, 1Ch_1:25), the son of Peleg and father of Serug in the Abrahamic ancestry (Gen_11:18; Gen_11:21; 1Ch_1:25). B.C. cir. 1950. He is called Ragau in Luk_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
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.