Rahab

Rahab

English

Etymology 1

Hebrew רָחָב‎ (racháv, “Rahab”).

Proper noun

Rahab

1. A prostitute of Jericho who, in the Torah, helped Israelite spies.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Joshua 6:25:

     :

     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.

2. (rare) A female given name.
   • 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.

Translations

biblical character

Hawaiian: Rahaba Hebrew: רָחָב‎ (he) (racháv)

Russian: Раа́в f (Raáv)

female given name

Greenlandic: Laannguaq

Hawaiian: Lahapa

Etymology 2

Hebrew רַהַב‎ (ráhav, “Rahab”).

Proper noun

Rahab

1. A sea monster in Levantine mythology similar to Tannin and Leviathan

Anagrams

• Rabha, bahar