Rebekah
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Rebekah is a feminine given name, traditionally associated with the biblical matriarch Rebecca and used in various English-speaking cultures.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rebekah canonical | 45 |
| Rivka | 6 |
| Rivkah | 2 |
| biblical matriarch Rebecca | 2 |
| Rebekah, matriarch in Genesis | 1 |
| Rivqa | 1 |
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
feminine given name
ⓘ
given name ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Rebekah
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
biblical matriarch Rebecca
|
| culturalUsage |
Christian communities worldwide
ⓘ
English-speaking countries ⓘ |
| endsWith | h ⓘ |
| etymologicalOrigin | Hebrew name Rivqah ⓘ |
| gender | feminine ⓘ |
| grammaticalNumber | singular ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfUse |
English
ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Rebekah Brooks
ⓘ
Rebekah Del Rio ⓘ Rebekah Elmaloglou ⓘ Rebekah Mercer ⓘ Rebekah Staton ⓘ |
| hasReligiousAssociation |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
| hasShortForm |
Becky
ⓘ
surface form:
Becca
Becky ⓘ Bek ⓘ Becky ⓘ
surface form:
Bekah
Bex ⓘ |
| hasStressPattern | stress on second syllable in common English pronunciation (re-BE-kah) ⓘ |
| hasVariantForm |
Rebecca
ⓘ
Rebeca ⓘ
surface form:
Rebeccah
Rebekka Vaark ⓘ
surface form:
Rebekka
|
| meaning | often interpreted as “to tie” or “to bind” ⓘ |
| nameCategory |
biblical name
ⓘ
theophoric and religiously significant name ⓘ |
| nameDayTradition | observed in some Christian calendars under form Rebecca ⓘ |
| nameLength | 7 letters ⓘ |
| popularityTrend | more common in modern English than in earlier centuries ⓘ |
| pronunciationVariant |
/rɪˈbiːkə/ (less common)
ⓘ
/rɪˈbɛkə/ ⓘ |
| spellingType | variant of Rebecca ⓘ |
| startsWith | R ⓘ |
| usedAs | first name ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
Referenced by (57)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
biblical matriarch Rebecca
subject surface form:
Rivqah
this entity surface form:
Rivkah
subject surface form:
Rivqah
this entity surface form:
Rivka
subject surface form:
Rivqah
this entity surface form:
Rivqa
subject surface form:
Rivqah
subject surface form:
Rivqah
this entity surface form:
biblical matriarch Rebecca
subject surface form:
Rivqah
this entity surface form:
Rivkah
subject surface form:
Rivqah
this entity surface form:
Rivka
this entity surface form:
Rivka
this entity surface form:
Rivka
subject surface form:
Rebecca
subject surface form:
Rebecca
this entity surface form:
Rivka
subject surface form:
Rebecca
subject surface form:
Rebecca
this entity surface form:
Rebekah, matriarch in Genesis
this entity surface form:
Rivka
subject surface form:
Jacob