Lexicon / H7343
רָחָב
ra.chav
  • Rahab

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: 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

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: Rahab

רָחָב n.pr.f . harlot in Jericho