Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- In the Bible, the second wife of Jacob and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin.
Wiktionary
- n. Younger daughter of Laban, sister to Leah, and second wife of Jacob.
- n. A female given name .
WordNet 3.0
- n. (Old Testament) the second wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin
Etymologies
- From Hebrew רָחֵל, "ewe" (Wiktionary)
- Hebrew rāḥēl, ewe; see lḫr in Semitic roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“DARRELL SCOTT, FATHER OF RACHEL SCOTT: I expected Rachel to walk into the room for days.”
“Lady_ Sarah; and _Rachel_, being married into the same Family, he concludes that she may deserve the Title of _My Lady_ Rachel.”
“Coquette gets a preview of the new RACHEL Rachel Roy collection at Macy's with Rachel herself!”
“RACHEL Rachel Roy collection at Macy's with Rachel herself!”
“Actually, she seems to prefer the name Rachel at the moment.”
“He was about to try again when a choppy message mentioned the name Rachel.”
“Who the (apparently significant) character of "Rachel" is or what her relation to the plot or other characters are.”
“When they came up with the title Rachel Getting Married,”
“Rachel is the smart, driven, and utterly annoying bookish type with the 60s housewife wardrobe.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘Rachel’.
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RELI - Genesis
Protagonists and relevant words in the Book of Creation (Source: King James Bible)
wrath, leaf, belly, prey, death, break, six, nod, dim, end, inn, judge and 1286 more...
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EN - pronunciation fun
All words of the poem
The Chaos
by Gerard Nolst Trenité
Dearest creature in creation,
Study English pronunciation.
I will teach you in my verse <...abyss, ache, actual, advice, aerie, age, ague, aisles, alas, alien, alive, allowed and 406 more...
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