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Rahab - What does it mean?

Definition of 'Rahab'

English

Proper noun

(en-proper noun)
  • 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.
  • (rare) .
  • * 1997 , Gravelight , ISBN 0312865031, 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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