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), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 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 from Hebrew.
   • 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)
• Portuguese: Raabe
• 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