Definition of Rebecca

1. Noun. (Old Testament) wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau.

Exact synonyms: Rebekah
Category relationships: Old Testament
Generic synonyms: Married Woman, Wife

Definition of Rebecca

1. Proper noun. (Hebrew female given name), in regular use since the Reformation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rebecca

Reagan administration
Reaganesque
Reaganism
Reaganisms
Reaganite
Reaganites
Reaganomics
Real
Real Estate Investment Trust
Real IRA
Real Irish Republican Army
Reaumur
Reaumur scale
Reaumur thermometer
Reb
Rebecca (current term)
Rebecca Rolfe
Rebecca West
Rebekah
Rebel
Rebels
Reblochon
Rebuck skin window technique
RecA
Recamier's operation
Received Pronunciation
Recent epoch
Receptors for activated C Kinase
Rechabite
Rechabites

Literary usage of Rebecca

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott (1900)
"WITH Rebecca AT TEMPLESTOWE 1. What is the dramatic purpose of introducing at ... Is there anything unrealistic in the length of the letter that Rebecca ..."

2. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1884)
"drew on his uncle for copious luncheons, chaffed, talked, and enlivened all the family and neighborhood, and gazed at Rebecca Barnes till he troubled lier ..."

3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"and from and after the determination of that estate, to the use and behoof of the lawful issue, of the body of the said Rebecca ..."

4. Vital Records of Williamstown, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 by Williamstown (Mass.) (1907)
"Jacob and Rebecca, May 3, 1809. Electa, ch. Jacob and Rebecca, Apr. 22, 1805. ... Jacob and Rebecca, Mar. i, 1820. Hosea, ch. Jacob and Rebecca, July 10, ..."

5. Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts: To the End of the Year 1849 by Beverly (Mass.) (1906)
"Joseph and Rebecca, bp. July 17, 1814. с. R. 3 Eleanor, d. ... Joseph and Rebecca, Nov. 29, 1810. Nancy, d. Joseph and Eleanor, July 14, 1806. ..."

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