Rebecca
English
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Etymology
The Vulgate ((deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin) form of biblical Rebekah, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew רִבְקָה (Rivka, “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛkə
Proper noun
Rebecca (plural Rebeccas)
- A female given name from Hebrew, in regular use since the Reformation.
- Template:RQ:Authorized Version:
- And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac; (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;) It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
- 1809 Charles and Mary Lamb, Poetry for Children: Choosing a Name:
- They would say, if 'twas Rebecca,
- That she is a little Quaker.
- 1949 Henry Miller, Sexus, Grove Press 1965, →ISBN, page 312:
- "What's her name?" I asked. "Rebecca. Rebecca Valentine." The name Rebecca excited me. I had always wanted to meet a woman called Rebecca - and not Becky. ( Rebecca, Ruth, Roxane, Rosalind, Frederika, Ursula, Sheila, Norma, Guinevere, Leonora, Sabina, Malvina, Solange, Deirdre. What wonderful names women had! Like flowers, stars, constellations...)
- 1997 Robert T. Tauber, Self-fulfilling Prophecy, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 61:
- Our daughter's name, Rebecca, summons up similar visions. Although our family is not Jewish, both names (David and Rebecca) have a Hebrew ancestry which, in the eyes of many beholders ( i.e. teachers ) invokes a vision of a family that values education.
- Template:RQ:Authorized Version:
Usage notes
The spelling Rebecca originates from the Latin Vulgate, which from the 4th century onward was the Bible that was used for centuries in Western Christianity. When the King James Version appeared in 1611, the spelling Rebekah was used in the Old Testament, but the spelling Rebecca was retained in the New Testament.
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Noun
Rebecca (plural Rebeccas)
- (historical) One who protested in the Rebecca Riots; a Rebeccaite.
Danish
Proper noun
Rebecca
- a female given name, an English style spelling of the Danish Rebekka.
Dutch
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Rebecca, from Hebrew רִבְקָה (rivká).
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Rebecca f
- a female given name from Hebrew.
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French
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Rebecca f
- (biblical) Rebekah (Biblical character)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Rebecca.
German
Proper noun
Rebecca
- a female given name, an English style spelling of Rebekka.
Italian
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew רִבְקָה (Riḇqāh, “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”).
Proper noun
Rebecca f
- Rebekah (Biblical character).
- a female given name of biblical origin.
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Norwegian
Proper noun
Rebecca
- a female given name, an English style spelling of Rebekka.
Swedish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -²ɛka
Proper noun
Rebecca c (genitive Rebeccas)
- a female given name, an English style spelling of Rebecka.
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