How to Pronounce Rahab

What does Rahab mean?

Rahab means “proud; quarrelsome (applied to Egypt)”.

Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.

Who was 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).

Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.

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