Strongs Number: H7259
- Hebrew Word
- רִבְקָה
- Transliteration
- Ribqâh
- Phonetic
- rib-kaw'
- Part of Speech
- Proper Name Feminine
- Strongs Definition
-
fettering (by beauty); {Ribkah} the wife of Isaac
- BDB Definition
-
Rebekah = "ensnarer"
1. daughter of Bethuel, sister of Laban, wife of Isaac, and mother of Esau and Jacob
- Origin
- From an unused root probably meaning to clog by tying up the fetlock
- Bible Usage
- Rebekah.