Ῥεβέκκα G4479
Rebecca, wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau
Rebecca appears in Romans 9:10 as Paul discusses God's sovereign election. She is the matriarch who received the divine oracle that 'the older will serve the younger' before her twin sons were born. Her story illustrates that God's purposes rest on His calling rather than human works or effort. The cross-linguistic consistency (Rebekka, Rébecca) reflects her enduring significance in salvation history.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The proper name of Isaac's wife, central to Paul's argument about divine election in Romans 9. Translations across languages preserve the Hebrew name with minimal phonetic adaptation, recognizing her as a matriarch whose experience of God's sovereign choice predates any actions of her children. 1×
AR["رِفْقَةُ"]·ben["রিবকা"]·DE["Rebekka"]·EN["Rebekka"]·FR["Rébecca"]·heb["רִבְקָה"]·HI["रिबेका"]·ID["Ribka"]·IT["Rebecca"]·jav["Ribkah,"]·KO["리베카도"]·PT["Rebeca,"]·RU["Ревекка"]·ES["Rebékka"]·SW["Rebeka"]·TR["Rebeka"]·urd["ربکہ"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
Ῥεβέκκα, -ας (see Bl., § 7, 2), ἡ, (Heb. רִבְקָה), Rebecca: Rom.9:10.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)