Rebekah

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The sister of Laban; Isaac's wife; the mother of Jacob and Esau.
  2. A female given name from Hebrew, a less-common variant of Rebecca.

Word forms

Rebekah

Etymology

From Hebrew רִבְקָה (Riḇqāh, “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”).

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