Rahab
English
Etymology 1
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew רָחָב (racháv, “Rahab”).
Proper noun
Rahab
- A prostitute of Jericho who, in the Torah, helped Israelite spies.
- Template:RQ:Authorized Version:
- And 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.
- Template:RQ:Authorized Version:
- (rare) A female given name from Hebrew.
- 1997 Marion Zimmer Bradley, Gravelight, →ISBN, page 173:
- Wycherly reflected that any woman raised by a clergyman who named her daughter Rahab was probably making something in the nature of a personal statement.
- 1997 Marion Zimmer Bradley, Gravelight, →ISBN, page 173:
Translations
biblical character
female given name
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Etymology 2
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew רַהַב (ráhav, “Rahab”).
Proper noun
Rahab