H7343 רָחָב (Râchâb) raw-khawb'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine)

Quick Definition

Rahab

Biblical Persons & Places

Rahab Woman living before Israel's Monarchy

A woman living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jos.2.1; referred to as Rahab (רָחָב), or Rahab (Ῥαάβ), or Rahab (KJV= Rachab) (Ῥαχάβ); mother of Boaz(?).

Strong's Definition

Rachab, a Canaanitess

Derivation: the same as H7342 (רָחָב); proud;

KJV Usage: Rahab.

Outline of Biblical Usage

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

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G4460

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

רָחָב (ra.chav) — Rahab. 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

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

רָחָב (H7342 · H7343)

adj · רחב

Large

broad, large, spacious = state in which an object is large in size

GEN 34:21 · EXO 3:8 · JDG 18:10 · 1CH 4:40 · NEH 7:4 · NEH 9:35 · JOB 11:9 · JOB 30:14 · PSA 104:25 · ISA 22:18 · ISA 33:21 · JER 51:58 · EZK 23:32

Great

Collocation: רְחַב לֵב · רְחַב לֵבָב

pride, arrogance literally: broad of heart; hence: = state in which humans have a high status in their own thinking

PSA 101:5 · PRO 21:4

Intense

broad, spread out, having a wide scope literally: broad; hence: = state in which an activity has many aspects to it or has a wide scope

NEH 4:13 · PSA 119:96

Names of Constructions

Collocation: חֹומָה רְחָבָה

Broad Wall literally: broad wall; hence: = name of part of the wall of Jerusalem during the time of Nehemiah

NEH 3:8 · NEH 12:38

Relief

at ease literally: a broad place; hence: = a situation in which humans experience relief after a time of trouble

PSA 119:45

Wish

Collocation: רְחַב נֶפֶשׁ

greedy literally: wide of gullet; hence: = state in which humans are not satisfied with what they have and desire for more

PRO 28:25

name

Names of People

Rahab = a woman ◄ from Jericho, ► who was a prostitute who protected the two spies who were sent to spy out the city and was saved, together with her relatives, when the city fell

JOS 2:1 · JOS 2:3 · JOS 6:17 · JOS 6:23 · JOS 6:25

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

רָחָב n.pr.f. harlot in Jericho base

Bible Occurrences (5)

2:1 2:3 6:17 6:23 6:25

Joshua 2:1

Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho. So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.

Joshua 2:3

So the king of Jericho sent to Rahab and said, Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, for they have come to spy out the whole land.

Joshua 6:17

Now the city and everything in it must be devoted to the LORD {for destruction}.... Only Rahab the prostitute and all those with her in her house will live,... because she hid the spies we sent.

Joshua 6:23

So the young spies went in and brought out Rahab, her father and mother and brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her whole family and settled them outside the camp of Israel.

Joshua 6:25

And Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, with her father’s household and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent to spy out Jericho. So she has lived among the Israelites to this day.