Rebecca

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Pronounced： [ rə-BEK-ə (English), re-BEK-kah (Italian) ]
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Usage：English, Italian, Swedish, Biblical, Biblical Latin

Meaning & History：

From the Hebrew name רִבְקָה (Rivqah) from an unattested root probably meaning "join, tie, snare". This is the name of the wife of Isaac and the mother of Esau and Jacob in the Old Testament. It came into use as a Christian name after the Protestant Reformation, and it was popular with the Puritans in the 17th century.

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EQUIVALENTS

BIBLICAL GREEK: Rebekka

BIBLICAL HEBREW: Rivqah

BIBLICAL LATIN: Rebecca

BIBLICAL: Rebecca, Rebekah

DANISH: Rebekka

DUTCH: Rebekka

ENGLISH: Rebecca, Rebeccah, Rebeckah, Rebekah

FAROESE: Rebekka

FINNISH: Rebekka

FRENCH: Rébecca