H7343: רָחָב
Râchâb · pronounced raw-khawb' · “Rahab”
Definition
Rachab, a Canaanitess
KJV translates it as: Rahab.
Word origin: the same as H7342 (רָחָב); proud;
Extended definition
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
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H7343 is translated
- rahab ×4
- was rahab ×1
Bible verses with H7343 (Râchâb)
Râchâb appears in 5 verses.
- Joshua 2:1
And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
- Joshua 2:3
And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the country.
- Joshua 6:17
And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the Lord: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
- Joshua 6:23
And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel.
- 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.