Rebekah
E22996
Rebekah is a feminine given name, traditionally associated with the biblical matriarch Rebecca and used in various English-speaking cultures.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rebekah canonical | 64 |
| Rivka | 7 |
| biblical matriarch Rebecca | 3 |
| Rivkah | 2 |
| Rebekah (through Bethuel) | 1 |
| Rebekah waters the camels | 1 |
| Rebekah, matriarch in Genesis | 1 |
| Rivqa | 1 |
| Sarah, Rebekah, Rachel, Leah | 1 |
| רִבְקָה | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T182665 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rebekah Context triple: [Rebecca, hasVariant, Rebekah]
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A.
Miryam
Miryam is the Hebrew form of the name of the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus in Christian tradition.
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B.
Ruth
Ruth is a book of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament that tells the story of a Moabite woman whose loyalty and faith lead to her becoming an ancestor of King David.
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C.
Ruth
Ruth is the given name of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the pioneering U.S. Supreme Court Justice and prominent advocate for gender equality and civil rights.
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D.
Ahinoam of Jezreel
Ahinoam of Jezreel was one of King David’s wives in the Hebrew Bible and the mother of his son Amnon.
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E.
Barbara
Barbara is a feminine given name of Greek origin that has been widely used in many cultures and languages.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rebekah Target entity description: Rebekah is a feminine given name, traditionally associated with the biblical matriarch Rebecca and used in various English-speaking cultures.
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A.
Miryam
Miryam is the Hebrew form of the name of the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus in Christian tradition.
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B.
Ruth
Ruth is a book of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament that tells the story of a Moabite woman whose loyalty and faith lead to her becoming an ancestor of King David.
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C.
Ruth
Ruth is the given name of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the pioneering U.S. Supreme Court Justice and prominent advocate for gender equality and civil rights.
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D.
Ahinoam of Jezreel
Ahinoam of Jezreel was one of King David’s wives in the Hebrew Bible and the mother of his son Amnon.
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E.
Barbara
Barbara is a feminine given name of Greek origin that has been widely used in many cultures and languages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
feminine given name
ⓘ
given name ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
biblical matriarch Rebecca
ⓘ
linked to:
Rebekah
|
| culturalUsage |
Christian communities worldwide
ⓘ
English-speaking countries ⓘ |
| endsWith | h ⓘ |
| etymologicalOrigin | Hebrew name Rivqah ⓘ |
| gender | feminine ⓘ |
| grammaticalNumber | singular ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfUse |
English
ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Rebekah Brooks
ⓘ
Rebekah Del Rio ⓘ Rebekah Elmaloglou ⓘ Rebekah Mercer ⓘ Rebekah Staton ⓘ |
| hasReligiousAssociation |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
| hasShortForm |
Becca
ⓘ
linked to:
Becky
Becky ⓘ Bek ⓘ Bekah ⓘ
linked to:
Becky
Bex ⓘ |
| hasStressPattern | stress on second syllable in common English pronunciation (re-BE-kah) ⓘ |
| hasVariantForm |
Rebecca
ⓘ
Rebeccah ⓘ
linked to:
Rebeca
Rebekka ⓘ
linked to:
Rebekka Vaark
|
| meaning | often interpreted as “to tie” or “to bind” ⓘ |
| nameCategory |
biblical name
ⓘ
theophoric and religiously significant name ⓘ |
| nameDayTradition | observed in some Christian calendars under form Rebecca ⓘ |
| nameLength | 7 letters ⓘ |
| popularityTrend | more common in modern English than in earlier centuries ⓘ |
| pronunciationVariant |
/rɪˈbiːkə/ (less common)
ⓘ
/rɪˈbɛkə/ ⓘ |
| spellingType | variant of Rebecca ⓘ |
| startsWith | R ⓘ |
| usedAs | first name ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Rebekah Description of subject: Rebekah is a feminine given name, traditionally associated with the biblical matriarch Rebecca and used in various English-speaking cultures.
Referenced by (82)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Rebekah
subject linked to:
Hebrew name Rivqah
subject linked to:
Hebrew name Rivqah
linked to: Rebekah
linked to: Rebekah
linked to: Rebekah
subject linked to:
observed in some Christian calendars under form Rebecca
subject linked to:
observed in some Christian calendars under form Rebecca
linked to: Rebekah
subject linked to:
observed in some Christian calendars under form Rebecca
subject linked to:
observed in some Christian calendars under form Rebecca
linked to: Rebekah
linked to: Rebekah
subject linked to:
patriarch Jacob