Rebecca

[ ri-bek-uh ]

/ rɪˈbɛk ə /

noun

a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “binding.”

Douay Bible. Rebekah.

Examples from the Web for rebecca

Those performances were the reason, Hitch said, he was less satisfied with Secret Agent than with Rebecca.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He came at David O. Selznick's urging, and together they made Rebecca, Spellbound, and The Paradine Case.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On October 17, Rebecca More embarked on a cross-country tour of Britain.
The X Factor of Sex Invades Britain: Rebecca More’s ‘Sex Tour’ Enrages UK Politicians|Marlow Stern|October 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So will letting Rebecca and Rhonda get hitched paralyze republican governance in the United States in some similar way?
The Right Wing Screams for the Wambulance Over Gay Marriage Ruling|Walter Olson|October 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST

My wife (Rebecca Olson Gupta) said, ‘I get it, you need to be here.’
Sanjay Gupta, on the Ebola Front Lines|Tim Teeman|August 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Rebecca is as distinct a creation in the second volume as in the first.
Aladdin & Co.|Herbert Quick
Mrs. Rebecca Heald, the young captain's wife, like Mrs. Helm was mounted on a horse.
Sustained honor|John R. Musick,
And so she goes beyond the seas, leaving her parents as desolate as were Isaac and Rebecca of old.
Janet of the Dunes|Harriet T. Comstock
He upbraided us all round, including Rebecca Torkill, for our cruel carelessness.
Willing to Die|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
She was baptized by the name of Rebecca, and was the first Christian convert in Virginia.
The Land We Live In|Henry Mann

British Dictionary definitions for rebecca

Rebecca

/ (rɪˈbɛkə) /

noun

Old Testament the sister of Laban, who became the wife of Isaac and the mother of Esau and Jacob (Genesis 24–27)Douay spelling: Rebekah

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for rebecca

Rebecca

fem. proper name, biblical wife of Isaac, mother of Jacob and Esau, from Late Latin Rebecca, from Greek Rhebekka, from Hebrew Ribhqeh, literally "connection" (cf. ribhqah "team"), from Semitic base r-b-q "to tie, couple, join" (cf. Arabic rabaqa "he tied fast"). Rebekah, the form of the name in Authorized Version, was taken as the name of a society of women (founded 1851 in Indiana, U.S.) as a complement to the Odd Fellows.

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