Word Study · Strong's H7343 · Hebrew
רָחָב
Rachab
raw-khawb'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Râchâb
“Rachab, a Canaanitess”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Rachab, a Canaanitess
Rendered in the KJV as
Rahab.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- רָחָ֖ב2
- רָחָ֨ב1
- רָ֠חָב1
- רָחָ֣ב1
How it is rendered · 2
- Rahab4
- [was] Rahab1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- proper noun (a name)5
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpf · 5
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Joshua5 occurrences
- Joshua 2:1רָחָ֖בrachavproper noun (a name)Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.here: [was] Rahab
- Joshua 2:3רָחָ֖בrachavproper noun (a name)So the king of Jericho sent to Rahab and said, “Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, for they have come to spy out the whole land.”here: Rahab
- Joshua 6:17רָחָ֨בrachavproper noun (a name)Now the city and everything in it must be devoted to the LORD for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and all those with her in her house will live, because she hid the spies we sent.here: Rahab
- Joshua 6:23רָ֠חָבrachoproper noun (a name)So the young spies went in and brought out Rahab, her father and mother and brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her whole family and settled them outside the camp of Israel.here: Rahab
- Joshua 6:25רָחָ֣בrachavproper noun (a name)And Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, with her father’s household and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent to spy out Jericho. So she has lived among the Israelites to this day.here: Rahab
Same headword in Strong's