Meaning of Rebecca | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A female given name originating from the Bible [in turn from Hebrew], in regular use since the Reformation.
2. One who protested in the Rebecca Riots; a Rebeccaite.
   historical

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Examples

“And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac; (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand⟳, not of works, but of him that calleth;) It was said unto her, The elder shall serve⟳ the younger.”

“They would say⟳, if 'twas Rebecca, That she is a little Quaker.”

“"What's her name⟳?" I asked. "Rebecca. Rebecca Valentine." The name⟳ Rebecca excited me. I had always wanted to meet⟳ a woman called Rebecca—and not Becky. (Rebecca, Ruth, Roxane, Rosalind, Frederika, Ursula, Sheila, Norma, Guinevere, Leonora, Sabina, Malvina, Solange, Deirdre. What wonderful names women had! Like⟳ flowers, stars, constellations…)”

“Our daughter's name⟳, Rebecca, summons up similar visions. Although our family is not Jewish, both names (David and Rebecca) have⟳ a Hebrew ancestry which, in the eyes of many beholders ( i.e. teachers ) invokes a vision of a family that values education.”

“Colonel George Rice Trevor testified that the Rebeccas attacked poor-houses as well as tollgates.”

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