Rebekah
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Rebekah
Where it comes from
From Hebrew רִבְקָה (Riḇqāh, “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”).
proper noun
- The sister of Laban; Isaac's wife; the mother of Jacob and Esau. And Isaac was fortie yeeres old when hee tooke Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan Aram, the ſiſter to Laban the Syrian.
- A female given name from Hebrew, a less-common variant of Rebecca.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: rebecca, rebeca, laban, leah, bethuel, esau, adah, rachel, judith, jacob, reuben, isaac, sarah, yaakov, dinah, edom
Translations
Talk about this word "Rebekah." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/rebekah. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Rebekah. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/rebekah "Rebekah." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/rebekah.Cite this
@misc{rebekah_2026,
title = {Rebekah},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rebekah},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
