Rebecca

[ ri-bek-uh ]

noun
  1. a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “binding.”

  2. Douay Bible. Rebekah.

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Rebecca

/ (rɪˈbɛkə) /


noun
  1. Old Testament the sister of Laban, who became the wife of Isaac and the mother of Esau and Jacob (Genesis 24–27): Douay spelling: Rebekah

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