BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
GREEK · G4477
Rhachab — Rahab
A woman living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jos.2.1; mother of: Boaz (H1162)(?) § Rahab, "spacious, broad" Rachab, (Proper name), indeclinable, Mt. 1:5*
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →=Rahab, a name found in the genealogy of our Lord (Matt. 1:5).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
