Standard Lemma guide

Rebecca

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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ɹɪˈbɛkə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛkə
  • CMU ARPABET: R AH0 B EH1 K AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

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
  • Greenlandic: Lippikka — female given name
  • Hawaiian: Lepeka — female given name
  • Hebrew: רִבְקָה (Rivka) — female given name
  • Hindi: रेबेका (rebekā) — female given name
  • Hungarian: Rebeka — female given name
  • Italian: Rebecca — female given name
  • Japanese: レベッカ (Rebekka) — female given name
  • Māori: Rīpeka — female given name
  • Marathi: रेबेका (rebekā) — female given name
  • Norwegian: Rebekka — female given name
  • Persian: ربهکا (rebe-kâ) — female given name
  • Polish: Rebeka — female given name
  • Portuguese: Rebeca — female given name
  • Russian: Реве́кка (Revékka) — female given name
  • Russian: Ребе́кка (Rebɛ́kka) — female given name
  • Spanish: Rebeca — female given name
  • Swedish: Rebecka — female given name
  • Yiddish: רבֿקה (Rivke) — female given name
Real reading context

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