Ῥεβέκκα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew רִבְקָה (Riḇqā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥e.bék.kaː/ → /reˈβe.ka/ → /reˈve.ka/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥e.bék.kaː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /reˈbek.ka/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /reˈβe.ka/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /reˈve.ka/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /reˈve.ka/

Proper noun

Ῥεβέκκᾱ • (Rhebékkā) f (genitive Ῥεβέκκᾱς); first declension

1. Rebekah; Rebecca

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ῥεβέκκᾱ; τῆς Ῥεβέκκᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ῥεβέκκᾱ hē Rhebékkā
Genitive	τῆς Ῥεβέκκᾱς tês Rhebékkās
Dative	τῇ Ῥεβέκκᾳ têi Rhebékkāi
Accusative	τὴν Ῥεβέκκᾱν tḕn Rhebékkān
Vocative	Ῥεβέκκᾱ Rhebékkā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: Rebekah; Rebecca
• Greek: Ρεβέκκα (Revékka)
• Latin: Rebecca
• Old Armenian: Ռեբեկա (Ṙebeka), Հռեբեկա (Hṙebeka)

References

• Ῥεβέκκα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G4479 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible