Definition for Rebecca

Rebecca, proper n. [Heb. ribhqāh, clog, fetter, tie up the fetlock.]

Rebekah; Old Testament wife of Isaac; mother of Jacob and Esau; Jewish maiden who gave water to a servant who was seeking a bride for Isaac (see Genesis 24-25); the Jewish daughter of Isaac of York in Sir Walter Scott's novel Ivanhoe.

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