Rahab

English

Etymology 1

Hebrew רָחָב‎ (racháv, “Rahab”).

Proper noun

Rahab

  1. A prostitute of Jericho who, in the Torah, helped Israelite spies.
    • :
      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.
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Etymology 2

Hebrew רַהַב‎ (ráhav, “Rahab”).

Proper noun

Rahab

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

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