name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ɹɪˈbɛkə/
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rhymes with -ɛkə
CMU ARPABET:R AH0 B EH1 K AH0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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name
Meaning 1
A female given name originating from the Bible [in turn from Hebrew], in regular use since the Reformation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
One who protested in the Rebecca Riots; a Rebeccaite.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 3
(Old Testament) wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Rebekah
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wife, married woman
History
Etymology
The Vulgate (Latin) form of biblical Rebekah, from Hebrew רִבְקָה (Rivka, “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”).
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
Rebéka
— female given name
Albanian:
Revéka
— female given name
Arabic:
رِفْقَة
(rifqa)
— female given name
Cherokee:
ᎵᏇᎩ
(liquegi)
— female given name
Chinese Mandarin:
麗貝卡 /丽贝卡
(Lìbèikǎ)
— female given name
Danish:
Rebecca
— female given name
Finnish:
Rebekka
— female given name
French:
Rébecca
— female given name
German:
Rebekka
— female given name
Greek:
Ρεβέκκα
(Revékka)
— female given name
Greek:
Ρεμπέκα
(Rempéka)
— female given name
Ancient Greek:
Ῥεβέκκα
(Rhebékka)
— female given name