Strong H7343רָחָב
Rahab
- Transliteration
- râchâb
- Pronunciation
- raw-khawb'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Feminine) of a Person
Definition
The same as H7342; proud;
{Rachab} a Canaanitess: - Rahab.
{Rachab} a Canaanitess: - Rahab.
Meaning of the name
Rahab = "wide"
Detailed definition
A woman living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jos.2.1;
mother of: Boaz (H1162)(?)
mother of: Boaz (H1162)(?)
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 H7343 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- rahab5
First verses
- Joshua 2:1And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
- Joshua 2:3And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the country.
- Joshua 6:17And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the Lord: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
- Joshua 6:23And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel.
- Joshua 6:25And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father’s household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.