Person
Rahab
Rachav
רָחָב
Wide; broad. The woman of Jericho.
Related
Rahab hides the spies in Jericho and is spared by faith. Matthew places her in the line of Christ as Salmon’s wife.
Strong’s
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רָחָב H7343
Râchâb · raw-khawb'
Rachab, a Canaanitess
Ῥαάβ G4460
Rhaáb
Raab (i.e. Rachab), a Canaanitess
Brown-Driver-Briggs
Francis Brown, S. R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906). Public-domain digital text.
רָחָב H7343
II. רָחָב proper name, feminine harlot in Jericho; — Josh 2:1; Josh 2:3; Josh 6:17; Josh 6:23; Josh 6:25 (all J E); Ρααβ (so Heb 3:11; Jas 2:25, but Matt 1:5 Ραχαβ).
Thayer’s
Joseph Henry Thayer, Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889). Public-domain digital text.
Ῥαάβ G4460
Rhaáb
Ρααβ (and Ῥαχάβ, Mat 1:5; Ρ᾽αχαβη, Ρ᾽αχαβης, in Josephus (Antiquities 5, 1, 2 etc.)), ἡ (רָחָב 'brῤαββί, T WH ῥαββει (cf. Buttmann, p. 6; WHs Appendix, p. 155; see εἰ, ἰ) (Hebrew רַבִּי from רַב, much, great), properly, my great one, my honorable sir; (others incorrectly regard the ִ־י as the yodh paragogic); Rabbi, a title with which the Jews were accustomed to address their teachers (and also to honor them when not addressing them; cf. the Frenchmonsieur, monseigneur): Mat 23:7; translated into Greek by διδάσκαλος, Mat 23:8 G L T Tr WH; John the Baptist is addressed by this title, Joh 3:26; Jesus: both by his disciples, Mat 26:25; Mat 26:49; Mar 9:5; Mar 11:21; Joh 1:38 (39),49(50);; and by others, Joh 3:2; Joh 6:25; repeated to indicate earnestness (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 65, 5 a.) ῤαββί, ῤαββί, R G in Mat 23:7 and Mar 14:45; (so רבי רבי for אבי אבי in the Targ. on 2Ki 2:12). Cf. Lightfoot Horae Hebrew et Talmud. on Mat 23:7; Pressel in Herzog edition 1 xii, p. 471f; (Ginsburg in Alex.'s Kitto, under the word Rabbi; Hamburger, Real-Encyclopädie, under Rabban, vol. ii., p. 943f).
oad', 'ample'), Rahab, a harlot of Jericho: Heb 11:31; Jas 2:25. (Cf. B. D. under the word; Lightfoot Clement of Rome, Appendix (London, 1877), p. 413.)