Rachel

4 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Rachel
       n : (Old Testament) the second wife of Jacob and mother of
           Joseph and Benjamin

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:



  Rachel
     ewe, "the daughter", "the somewhat petulant, peevish, and
     self-willed though beautiful younger daughter" of Laban, and one
     of Jacob's wives (Gen. 29:6, 28). He served Laban fourteen years
     for her, so deep was Jacob's affection for her. She was the
     mother of Joseph (Gen. 30:22-24). Afterwards, on Jacob's
     departure from Mesopotamia, she took with her her father's
     teraphim (31:34, 35). As they journeyed on from Bethel, Rachel
     died in giving birth to Benjamin (35:18, 19), and was buried "in
     the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem. And Jacob set a pillar
     upon her grave". Her sepulchre is still regarded with great
     veneration by the Jews. Its traditional site is about half a
     mile from Jerusalem.
     
       This name is used poetically by Jeremiah (31:15-17) to denote
     God's people mourning under their calamities. This passage is
     also quoted by Matthew as fulfilled in the lamentation at
     Bethlehem on account of the slaughter of the infants there at
     the command of Herod (Matt. 2:17, 18).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Rachel, sheep
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Rachel, WV
    Zip code(s): 26587