How many times is Rebekah mentioned in the Bible?
The word Rebekah appears 28 times in the King James Version, in 27 verses. Counting every form (Rebekah, Rebekah's, Rebecca), it appears 31 times in 30 verses across 2 of the 66 books. The World English Bible uses Rebekah 27 times (31 with every form).
The KJV spells the name Rebecca in Romans 9:10. Both spellings are counted.
Rebekah in the King James Version and the World English Bible
Each form of Rebekah counted in each translation.
| Form | KJV | WEB |
|---|---|---|
| Rebekah | 28 | 27 |
| Rebekah's | 2 | 4 |
| Rebecca | 1 | not counted |
| Total | 31 | 31 |
First and last mention of Rebekah
And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.
And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;
The verse that uses it most is Genesis 24:61, 2 times:
And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
Verses with Rebekah on our topic pages
1 verse that uses Rebekah in the World English Bible is in our topic collections.
There they buried Abraham and Sarah, his wife. There they buried Isaac and Rebekah, his wife, and there I buried Leah:
Common questions
How many times is Rebekah in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
In the King James Version, counting every form, 30 of the 31 uses are in the Old Testament and 1 in the New Testament. Rebekah appears in 2 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Genesis has the most (30), then Romans (1).
Where is Rebekah first mentioned in the Bible?
The first use in the King James Version is Genesis 22:23: "And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother." The last is Romans 9:10.
More word counts: Rachel, Leah, Samson, Goliath, Gideon, Jonah, Isaiah, Jeremiah, or all 253 words.
Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-05.