Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #7343 - רָחָב Rachab (a harlot in Jericho)

Original Word:	רָחָב
Transliteration:	Rachab
Definition:	a harlot in Jericho
Part of Speech:	Proper Name Feminine
Phonetic Spelling:	(raw-khawb')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Rahab

The same as rachab; proud; Rachab, a Canaanitess -- Rahab.

see HEBREW rachab

Englishman's Concordance

Rahab=“wide”
1) 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
Part of Speech: noun proper feminine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: the same as H7342

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. רָחָבproper name, feminineharlot in Jericho; — Joshua 2:1,3; Joshua 6:17,23,25 (all J E); Ρααβ (so Hebrews 3:11; James 2:25, but Matthew 1:5 Ραχαβ).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 7343. רָחָב (Rachab) — 5 Occurrences

Joshua 2:1
HEB:זוֹנָ֛ה וּשְׁמָ֥הּ רָחָ֖ב וַיִּשְׁכְּבוּ־ שָֽׁמָּה׃
NAS: whose name was Rahab, and lodged
KJV: house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
INT: an harlot's name was Rahab and lodged there

Joshua 2:3
HEB:יְרִיח֔וֹ אֶל־ רָחָ֖ב לֵאמֹ֑ר ה֠וֹצִיאִי
NAS: sent [word] to Rahab, saying,
KJV: sent unto Rahab, saying,
INT: of Jericho to Rahab saying Bring

Joshua 6:17
HEB:לַֽיהוָ֑ה רַק֩ רָחָ֨ב הַזּוֹנָ֜ה תִּֽחְיֶ֗ה
NAS: only Rahab the harlot
KJV: [even] it, and all that [are] therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot
INT: to the LORD but Rahab the harlot shall live

Joshua 6:23
HEB:וַיֹּצִ֡יאוּ אֶת־ רָ֠חָב וְאֶת־ אָבִ֨יהָ
NAS: in and brought out Rahab and her father
KJV: and brought out Rahab, and her father,
INT: were spies and brought Rahab father mother

Joshua 6:25
HEB: וְֽאֶת־ רָחָ֣ב הַ֠זּוֹנָה וְאֶת־
NAS:However, Rahab the harlot
KJV: saved Rahab the harlot
INT:Rahab the harlot household

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