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  • proper noun biblical The sister of Laban and Isaac's wife, mother to Jacob and Esau.
  • proper noun A female given name much more often spelled Rebecca.

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  • noun (Old Testament) wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau

Etymologies

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From Hebrew רִבְקָה (Riḇqāh, "enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare")

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