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taxonomy | rebekah |

As a noun taxonomy

is the science or the technique used to make a classification.

As a proper noun Rebekah is

the sister of Laban; Isaac's wife; the mother of Jacob and Esau.

taxonomy

English

(wikipedia taxonomy)

Noun

(taxonomies)
  • The science or the technique used to make a classification.
  • A classification; especially , a classification in a hierarchical system.
  • (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

    • Synonyms

    * alpha taxonomy

    Derived terms

    * folk taxonomy * scientific taxonomy

    See also

    * classification * rank * taxon * domain * kingdom * subkingdom * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * class * subclass * infraclass * superorder * order * suborder * infraorder * parvorder * superfamily * family * subfamily * genus * species * subspecies * superregnum * regnum * subregnum * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * classis * subclassis * infraclassis * superordo * ordo * subordo * infraordo * taxon * superfamilia * familia * subfamilia * ontology

    rebekah

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Rebecca

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The sister of Laban; Isaac's wife; the mother of Jacob and Esau.
  • * 1611 , , Genesis 25:20
    • And Isaac was fortie yeeres old when hee tooke Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan Aram, the ?i?ter to Laban the Syrian.
  • * 1611 , , Romans 9:10, 12
    • And not onely this'', but when Rebecca also had conceiued by one, ''euen by our father Isaac, [...] It was ?aid vnto her, The elder ?hall ?erue the yonger.
  • , a less-common variant of Rebecca .

    • 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.