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