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HebrewH7259Proper Noun (Feminine)

רִבְקָה

riv.qah

29Occurrences
H7259Strong's #
Proper Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Ribkah, the wife of Isaac

from an unused root probably meaning to clog by tying up the fetlock; fettering (by beauty);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A woman living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at ; daughter of: Bethuel (H1328A); sister of: Laban (H3837A); married to Isaac (H3327); mother of: Esau (H6215) and Israel (H3478) Also named: Rhebekka (*Ῥεβέκκα *"Rebekah" G4479) § Rebekah = "ensnarer" daughter of Bethuel, sister of Laban, wife of Isaac, and mother of Esau and Jacob

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

N:N-F-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

רִבְקָה appears 29 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
29

Key Passages

Genesis 22:23BSB

And Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor.

Genesis 24:51BSB

Rebekah is here before you. Take her and go, and let her become the wife of your master’s son, just as the LORD has decreed.”

Genesis 24:61BSB

Then Rebekah and her servant girls got ready, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.

Genesis 25:28BSB

Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob.

Genesis 27:6BSB

Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Behold, I overheard your father saying to your brother Esau,

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.