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Re·bec·ca

also Re·bek·ah  (rĭ-bĕk′ə)
In the Bible, the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau.
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Rebecca

(rɪˈbɛkə)
n
(Bible) Old Testament the sister of Laban, who became the wife of Isaac and the mother of Esau and Jacob (Genesis 24–27). Douay spelling: Rebekah
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Noun1.Rebecca - (Old Testament) wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and EsauRebecca - (Old Testament) wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau
Old Testament - the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible
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Rebecca

[rɪˈbekə] NRebeca
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References in classic literature ?
Rebeccah Puddle-duck, was perfectly willing to leave the hatching to some one else --"I have not the patience to sit on a nest for twenty-eight days; and no more have you, Jemima.
When I was 6 and 7 years old, mom and dad belonged to the Odd Fellows and Rebeccah Lodge and I would sing for them."
Rebeccah Heinrichs, a missile defense analyst and senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, said a space-based capability is not beyond reach if the political will exists to move forward with it.
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Lovewell, a program manager in Mote Marine Laboratory's Stranding Investigation Program, guides the buoyant body to a boat dock, where she and her colleague, Rebeccah Hazelkorn, use an A-frame crane to lift and load the waterlogged creature into the bed of a truck.
"In our previous work, we used an imaging technique called functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, or fMRI, to show that pain-related brain activity in newborn infants is similar to that observed in adults," says senior author Rebeccah Slater, Professor of Paediatric Neuroscience at the University of Oxford.
It concludes with an allusion to how they were wont to ride, with an excerpt from Genesis 24: Abraham sends his eldest servant, with ten camels, to his country and kindred to take a wife for Isaac; Rebeccah, her damsels, and her nurse ride back on these camels with Abraham's servant and men.
His mum, Rebeccah, said: "All of Joshua's issues have had an impact on his life every day and, in the past, he has described how he feels like an alien because he feels different from other children.
Lawyers who put on the trial include, from the left, Tania Schmidt-Alpers, Richard Brooks, Rebeccah Beller, Tom Cushman, Judge Howard McGillin, Meaghan Edwards, Rusty Collins, Amanda Edwards, and Megan Wall.
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Thieves targeted the family home of Rebeccah Cook last month, taking her daughter Melodie's specialist chair, medication and the little girl's only method of communication - her iPad.
"The Wearsafe Tag is designed for peace of mind from a distance," says Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman, the Principal of Interwoven Design Group.