A woman living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jos.2.1; mother of: Boaz (H1162)(?) § Rahab = "wide" a harlot of Jericho who aided the spies to escape; saved from the destruction of Jericho; married Salmon, an ancestor of David and of Christ; commended for her faith in the book of James
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H7343 — רָחָב
ra.chav · Rahab · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Joshua 2:1 · רָחָ֖בAnd Joshua son of Nun sendeth from Shittim, two men, spies, silently, saying, ‘Go, see the land—and Jericho;’ and they go and come into the house of a woman, a harlot, and her name is Rahab, and they lie down there.Joshua 2:3 · רָחָ֖בAnd the king of Jericho sendeth unto Rahab, saying, ‘Bring out the men who are coming in unto thee, who have come into thy house, for to search the whole of the land they have come in.Joshua 6:17 · רָחָ֨בand the city hath been devoted, it and all that is in it, to Jehovah; only Rahab the harlot doth live, she and all who are with her in the house, for she hid the messengers whom we sent;Joshua 6:23 · רָ֠חָבAnd the young man, the spies, go in and bring out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all whom she hath; yea, all her families they have brought out, and place them at the outside of the camp of Israel.Joshua 6:25 · רָחָ֣בand Rahab the harlot, and the house of her father, and all whom she hath, hath Joshua kept alive; and she dwelleth in the midst of Israel unto this day, for she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.