KJV King James Version
By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.
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Hebrews 11:31
By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient.
WEB World English Bible
By faith, Rahab the prostitute, didn’t perish with those who were disobedient, having received the spies in peace.
ASV American Standard Version
By faith Rahab the harlot perished not with them that were disobedient, having received the spies with peace.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
by faith Rahab the harlot did not perish with those who disbelieved, having received the spies with peace.
Surrounding context — Hebrews 11
28 Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
29 By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry [land]: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.
31 By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.
32 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and [of] Barak, and [of] Samson, and [of] Jephthae; [of] David also, and Samuel, and [of] the prophets:
33 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
34 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ΠίστειG4102 · pistisfaithῬαὰβG4460 · RhaabRahabἡG3588 · hothe/this/whoπόρνηG4204 · pornēprostituteοὐG3756 · ounoσυναπώλετοG4881 · sunapollumito die/destroy withτοῖςG3588 · hothe/this/whoἀπειθήσασινG544 · apeitheōto disobeyδεξαμένηG1209 · dechomaito receiveτοὺςG3588 · hothe/this/whoκατασκόπουςG2685 · kataskoposspyμετ᾽G3326 · metawith/afterεἰρήνης.¶G1515 · eirēnēpeace
Cross-references
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?Joshua 6:22-25But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot’s house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her.Matthew 1:5And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;Joshua 2:1-24And 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.Matthew 1:1The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.Joshua 1:1Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ minister, saying,1 Peter 2:8And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, [even to them] which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.Hebrews 3:18And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?1 Peter 3:20Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
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