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Rebecca vs Bethany - What's the difference?

rebecca | bethany |

As proper nouns the difference between rebecca and bethany

is that rebecca is rebekah (biblical character) while bethany is (biblical) the village where jesus stayed before going to jerusalem and being crucified.

rebecca

English

Alternative forms

* Rebekah * Rebekka

Proper noun

(s)
  • , in regular use since the Reformation.
  • * :
    • And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac; (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;) It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
  • * 1809 , Poetry for Children: Choosing a Name :
    • They would say, if 'twas Rebecca ,
    That she is a little Quaker.
  • * 1949 , Sexus , Grove Press 1965, ISBN 0802151809, page 312:
    • "What's her name?" I asked. "Rebecca. Rebecca' Valentine." The name '''Rebecca''' excited me. I had always wanted to meet a woman called '''Rebecca''' - and not Becky. ( ' Rebecca , Ruth, Roxane, Rosalind, Frederika, Ursula, Sheila, Norma, Guinevere, Leonora, Sabina, Malvina, Solange, Deirdre. What wonderful names women had! Like flowers, stars, constellations...)
  • * 1997 Robert T. Tauber, Self-fulfilling Prophecy , Greenwood Publishing Group, ISBN 0275955028, page 61:
    • Our daughter's name, Rebecca', summons up similar visions. Although our family is not Jewish, both names (David and ' Rebecca ) have a Hebrew ancestry which, in the eyes of many beholders ( i.e. teachers ) invokes a vision of a family that values education.

    Usage notes

    The spelling Rebecca'' originates from the Latin Vulgate, which from the 4th century onward was the Bible that was used for centuries in Western Christianity. When the King James Version appeared in 1611, the spelling ''Rebekah'' was used in the Old Testament, but the spelling ''Rebecca was retained in the New Testament.

    Related terms

    * pet forms: Becky, Becca, Reba

    bethany

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (biblical) The village where Jesus stayed before going to Jerusalem and being crucified.
  • (biblical) The village where Lazarus, Mary and Martha lived (Bible, John 11 v. 1)
  • (biblical) Mary of Bethany, sometimes identified as Mary Magdalene.
  • , transferred use of the biblical place name.

    • Quotations

    *: *:Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany , the town of Mary and her sister Martha.