Strong G4460Ῥαάβ
Rahab
- Transliteration
- Rhaab
- Pronunciation
- hrah-ab'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Feminine) of a Person
Definition
Meaning of the name
Rahab, "spacious, broad"
Detailed definition
Ῥαάβ
(and Ραχάβ, Mat.1:5; Ραχάβη, -ης, in FlJ), ἡ, indecl. (Heb. רָחָב)
Rahab (LXX, Jos.2:1, al.): Heb.11:31, Jas.2:25.†
(AS)
(and Ραχάβ, Mat.1:5; Ραχάβη, -ης, in FlJ), ἡ, indecl. (Heb. רָחָב)
Rahab (LXX, Jos.2:1, al.): Heb.11:31, Jas.2:25.†
(AS)
In the biblical story
Rahab
A Canaanite woman who helped the Israelite spies in Jericho
Rahab, a Canaanite woman from Jericho, hid the Israelite spies and was spared during the city's destruction.
In the Bible
Strong G4460 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- rahab2
First verses
- Hebrews 11:31By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.
- James 2:25Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?