Rahab

Insolence; pride, a poetical name applied to Egypt in Ps. 87:4; 89:10; Isa. 51:9, as “the proud one.”

Rahab, (Heb. Rahab; i.e., “broad,” “large”). When the Hebrews were encamped at Shittim, in the “Arabah” or Jordan valley opposite Jericho, ready to cross the river, Joshua, as a final preparation, sent out two spies to “spy the land.” After five days they returned, having swum across the river, which at this season, the month Abib, overflowed its banks from the melting of the snow on Lebanon. The spies reported how it had fared with them (Josh. 2:1-7). They had been exposed to danger in Jericho, and had been saved by the fidelity of Rahab the harlot, to whose house they had gone for protection. When the city of Jericho fell (6:17-25), Rahab and her whole family were preserved according to the promise of the spies, and were incorporated among the Jewish people. She afterwards became the wife of Salmon, a prince of the tribe of Judah (Ruth 4:21; 1 Chr. 2:11; Matt. 1:5). “Rahab’s being asked to bring out the spies to the soldiers (Josh. 2:3) sent for them, is in strict keeping with Eastern manners, which would not permit any man to enter a woman’s house without her permission. The fact of her covering the spies with bundles of flax which lay on her house-roof (2:6) is an ‘undesigned coincidence’ which strictly corroborates the narrative. It was the time of the barley harvest, and flax and barley are ripe at the same time in the Jordan valley, so that the bundles of flax stalks might have been expected to be drying just then” (Geikie’s Hours, etc., ii., 390).

KJB,ESV = ‘Rahab’

Recorded scripture occurrences (3)

References recorded in the source data; this is not an exhaustive list of mentions.

PSA 87:4: RV PSA 87:4 · LV PSA 87:4 · Read together PSA 87:4

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OET-RV PSA 87:4

4 “I mention Rahav and Bavel (Babylon) to my followers.
⇔ See, there are Peleshet, and Tsor (Tyre), along with Kush (Ethiopia)—
⇔ and will say, ‘This one was born there.’ ”

OET-LV PSA 87:4

4 I _will _bring _to _remembrance Rahaⱱ and_Bāⱱel to_those _of_who_know _me THERE Pəleshet and_Tsor/(Tyre) with Kūsh/(Cush) this _one it _was _born there.

PSA 89:10: RV PSA 89:10 · LV PSA 89:11 · Read together PSA 89:10

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OET-RV PSA 89:10

10 You crushed the proud one, like someone that’s killed.
⇔ ≈ You scattered your enemies with your strong arm.

OET-LV PSA 89:11

11  You you _crushed like _(the)_slain Rahab with_the _arm _of your _strength _of_your you _scattered enemies _of_your.

ISA 51:9: RV ISA 51:9 · LV ISA 51:9 · Read together ISA 51:9

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OET-RV ISA 51:9

⇔  9 Wake up, wake up! Yahweh, strengthen yourself!
⇔ Wake up like back in the old days—
⇔ the generations from long ago.
⇔ Wasn’t it you who pierced the sea monster Rahav and cut it into pieces?

OET-LV ISA 51:9

9 Awake awake put _on strength Oh _arm _of YHWH awake like_days _of antiquity generations _of antiquiti(es) am_not are_you she who_cut_in _pieces Rahaⱱ who_pierced _of the_sea _monster.

PSA: all 2 recorded references

PSA 87:4: RV PSA 87:4 · LV PSA 87:4 · Read together PSA 87:4

PSA 89:10: RV PSA 89:10 · LV PSA 89:11 · Read together PSA 89:10

ISA: all 1 recorded references

ISA 51:9: RV ISA 51:9 · LV ISA 51:9 · Read together ISA 51:9

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PSA: 2 tagged passages

PSA 87:4: רַ֥הַב

PSA 89:11: רָ֑הַב

ISA: 1 tagged passages

ISA 51:9: רַ֖הַב

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