Rebekah

English Etymology From en he רִבְקָה enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare Riḇqāh. Proper noun en Q40520en biblical character The sister of Laban; Isaac's wife; the mother of Jacob and Esau. Genesis 25 20 And Isaac was fortie yeeres old when hee tooke Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan Aram, the ſiſter to Laban the Syrian. en female Hebrew, a less-common variant of Rebecca. Usage notes The spelling en 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 en Rebekah was used in the Old Testament, but the spelling en Rebecca was retained in the New Testament. Translations sister of Laban and wife to Isaac Amharic: am ርብቃ Arabic: ar رِفْقَة f Armenian: Old Armenian: xcl Ռեբեկա, xcl Հռեբեկա Chinese: zh 利百加 used by Protestants, zh 黎貝加 used by Catholics Danish: da Rebecca Dutch: nl Rebekka Esperanto: eo Rebeka Estonian: et Rebeka Finnish: fi Rebekka French: fr Rébecca f German: de Rebekka f Greek: el Ρεβέκκα f Ancient Greek: grc Ῥεβέκκα f Hawaiian: haw Rebeka Hebrew: he רִבְקָה f Riḇqāh Hindi: hi रिबका f Japanese: ja リベカ Latin: la Rebecca f Malay: ms Ribka Norwegian: no Rebekka Polish: pl Rebeka f Portuguese: pt Rebeca f Russian: ru Реве́кка f, ru Ребе́кка f Rebɛ́kka Scottish Gaelic: gd Rebecah f Old Testament, gd Rebeca f New Testament Spanish: es Rebeca f Swedish: sv Rebecka Further reading Rebecca