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Her account is primarily found in the Book of Joshua, with additional references in the New Testament.<br><br><b>Biblical Account:</b> <br>Rahab was a Canaanite woman living in the city of Jericho. She is described as a prostitute, which highlights her marginalized status in society. Despite her background, Rahab plays a crucial role in the Israelite conquest of Jericho. In <a href="/bsb/joshua/2.htm">Joshua 2</a>, she provides shelter to two Israelite spies sent by Joshua to scout the city. Recognizing the power of the God of Israel, Rahab declares her faith, saying, "For the LORD your God is God in heaven above and on earth below" (<a href="/joshua/2-11.htm">Joshua 2:11</a>).<br><br>Rahab's faith leads her to make a pact with the spies. She hides them from the king's men and helps them escape, securing a promise that she and her family will be spared during the impending destruction of Jericho. The spies instruct her to tie a scarlet cord in her window as a sign of protection (<a href="/joshua/2-18.htm">Joshua 2:18-21</a>).<br><br>When the Israelites conquer Jericho, Rahab and her family are indeed spared, as recorded in <a href="/joshua/6-17.htm">Joshua 6:17</a>, "But the city and all that is in it are to be devoted to destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house shall live, because she hid the spies we sent" .<br><br><b>New Testament References:</b> <br>Rahab's faith and actions are commended in the New Testament. In <a href="/hebrews/11-31.htm">Hebrews 11:31</a>, she is included in the "Hall of Faith": "By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient" . <a href="/james/2-25.htm">James 2:25</a> also highlights her deeds, stating, "In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute justified by her actions when she welcomed the spies and sent them off on another route?" .<br><br><b>Genealogical Significance:</b> <br>Rahab's legacy extends beyond her immediate actions. She is listed in the genealogy of Jesus Christ in <a href="/matthew/1-5.htm">Matthew 1:5</a>, where she is identified as the mother of Boaz, who married Ruth. This inclusion underscores the theme of God's grace and redemption, as Rahab, a Gentile and former prostitute, becomes an ancestor of the Messiah.<br><br><b>Theological Implications:</b> <br>Rahab's account is a powerful testament to the transformative power of faith and God's willingness to use unlikely individuals for His purposes. Her inclusion in the lineage of Christ exemplifies the breaking down of barriers between Jew and Gentile, and the redemption available to all through faith. Rahab's narrative also serves as a reminder of God's sovereignty and the fulfillment of His promises, as her actions directly contribute to the Israelites' victory and the establishment of their presence in the Promised Land.<a name="top" id="top"></a><div class="vheading2">Topical Bible Verses</div><span class="rtext"><a href="/context/joshua/2-1.htm">Joshua 2:1-24</a></span><br>And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.<br><span class="source">Topicalbible.org</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/james/2-25.htm">James 2:25</a></span><br>Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?<br><span class="source">Topicalbible.org</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hebrews/11-31.htm">Hebrews 11:31</a></span><br>By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.<br><span class="source">Topicalbible.org</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/1-5.htm">Matthew 1:5</a></span><br>And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;<br><span class="source">Topicalbible.org</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/6-25.htm">Joshua 6:25</a></span><br>And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwells in Israel even to this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.<br><span class="source">Topicalbible.org</span><p><a name="hit" id="hit"></a><div class="vheading2">Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Rahab</span><p>large; extended (name of a woman)<a name="smi" id="smi"></a><div class="vheading2">Smith's Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Rahab</span><p>a poetical name of Egypt, (<a href="/psalms/89-10.htm">Psalms 89:10</a>; <a href="/isaiah/51-9.htm">Isaiah 51:9</a>) signifying "fierceness, insolence, pride." Rahab, as a name of Egypt, occurs once only without reference to the exodus: this is in (<a href="/psalms/87-4.htm">Psalms 87:4</a>) In (<a href="/isaiah/30-7.htm">Isaiah 30:7</a>) the name is alluded to.<a name="amt" id="amt"></a><div class="vheading2">ATS Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Rahab</span><p>The English word Rahab represents two different Hebrew words: </p><p>1.<a href="../r/rahab.htm">RAHAB</a>, a Canaanite woman of Jericho, who gave shelter to the two spies sent in thither by Joshua; and in return was spared, with all her kindred, when the city was taken and destroyed, <a href="/context/joshua/2-1.htm">Joshua 2:1-21</a> 6:17-25. Her faith, in doing this, is commended in <a href="/hebrews/11-31.htm">Hebrews 11:31</a> <a href="/james/2-25.htm">James 2:25</a>. The Jews and many Christians endeavor to show that Rahab was only an honest innkeeper; but more probably the designation of "harlot" given to her in our Bible is correct. If she had at some time led a dissolute life, she had evidently repented; and she afterwards became a worshipper of Jehovah, and the wife of Salmon, a prince of the tribe of Judah, <a href="/ruth/4-21.htm">Ruth 4:21</a> <a href="/matthew/1-4.htm">Matthew 1:4</a>. </p><p>The penitent publican and sinner are always welcome to Christ; and many such a one, through the renovating power of grace, will shine gloriously in heaven, while the unbelieving moralist will perish in his sins. </p><p>2.<a href="../r/rahab.htm">RAHAB</a>, pride, insolence, a symbolical name for Egypt, <a href="/psalms/87-4.htm">Psalm 87:4</a> 89:10 <a href="/isaiah/30-7.htm">Isaiah 30:7</a> 51:9. In the last of these passages, Egypt is further symbolized as a ferocious sea-monster; but it is doubtful whether the word Rahab itself is ever used to denote a sea-monster. </p><a name="eas" id="eas"></a><div class="vheading2">Easton's Bible Dictionary</div>Insolence; pride, a poetical name applied to Egypt in <a href="/psalms/87-4.htm">Psalm 87:4</a>;<a href="/psalms/89-10.htm"> 89:10</a>;<a href="/psalms/51-9.htm"> Isaiah 51:9</a>, as "the proud one."<p>Rahab, (Hebrews 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 (<a href="/joshua/2-1.htm">Joshua 2:1</a>-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 (<a href="/joshua/6-17.htm">6:17</a>-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 (<a href="/ruth/4-21.htm">Ruth 4:21</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/2-11.htm">1 Chronicles 2:11</a>; <a href="/matthew/1-5.htm">Matthew 1:5</a>). "Rahab's being asked to bring out the spies to the soldiers (<a href="/joshua/2-3.htm">Joshua 2:3</a>) 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 (<a href="/joshua/2-6.htm">2:6</a>) 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). <a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">RAHAB</span><p>ra'-hab:<br><br>(1) (rachabh, "broad"; in Josephus, Ant, V, i, 2, 7, Rhachab; <a href="/hebrews/11-31.htm">Hebrews 11:31</a> and <a href="/james/2-25.htm">James 2:25</a>, Rhaab): A zonah, that is either a "harlot," or, according to some, an "innkeeper" in Jericho; the Septuagint porne, "harlot"). The two spies sent by Joshua from Shittim came into her house and lodged there (<a href="/joshua/2-1.htm">Joshua 2:1</a>). She refused to betray them to the king of Jericho, and when he demanded them, she hid them on the roof of her house with stalks of flax that she had laid in order to dry. She pretended that they had escaped before the shutting of the gate, and threw their pursuers off their track. She then told the spies of the fear that the coming of the Israelites had caused in the minds of the Canaanites-"Our hearts did melt.... for Yahweh your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath"-and asked that the men promise to spare her father, mother, brothers and sisters, and all that they had. They promised her to spare them provided they would remain in her house and provided she would keep their business secret. Thereupon she let them down by a cord through the window, her house being built upon the town wall, and gave them directions to make good their escape (<a href="/joshua/2-1.htm">Joshua 2:1-24</a>). True to their promise, the Israelites under Joshua spared Rahab and her family (<a href="/joshua/6-16.htm">Joshua 6:16</a> the King James Version); "And," says the author of Josh, "she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day." Her story appealed strongly to the imagination of the people of later times. <a href="/hebrews/11-31.htm">Hebrews 11:31</a> speaks of her as having been saved by faith; James, on the other hand, in demonstrating that a man is justified by works and not by faith only, curiously chooses the same example (<a href="/james/2-25.htm">James 2:25</a>). Jewish tradition has been kindly disposed toward Rahab; one hypothesis goes so far as to make her the wife of Joshua himself (Jew Encyclopedia, under the word). Naturally then the other translation of zonah, deriving it from zun, "to feed," instead of zanah, "to be a harlot," has been preferred by some of the commentators.<br><br>(2) (Rhachab): Josephus, Ant, V, 1, 2, 7, so spells the name of (1) Septuagint and New Testament contra). The wife of Salmon and mother of Booz (Boaz) according to the genealogy in <a href="/matthew/1-5.htm">Matthew 1:5</a>. Query, whether there was a tradition identifying (1) and (2); see Lightfoot, Horae Hob on <a href="/matthew/1-5.htm">Matthew 1:5</a>.<br><br>(3) (rahabh, literally, "storm," "arrogance"): A mythical sea-monster, probably referred to in several passages where the word is translated as a common noun "pride" (<a href="/job/9-13.htm">Job 9:13</a>), "the proud" (<a href="/job/26-12.htm">Job 26:12</a>; compare <a href="/psalms/89-10.htm">Psalm 89:10</a>). It is used in parallelism with tannin, "the dragon" (<a href="/isaiah/51-9.htm">Isaiah 51:9</a>). It is most familiar as an emblem of Egypt, `the boaster that sitteth still' (<a href="/isaiah/30-7.htm">Isaiah 30:7</a> <a href="/psalms/87-4.htm">Psalm 87:4</a>; compare <a href="/psalms/89-10.htm">Psalm 89:10</a>). The Talmud in Babha' Bathra' speaks of rahabh as sar ha-yam, "master of the sea."<br><br>See also <a href="../a/astronomy.htm">ASTRONOMY</a>.<br><br>Nathan Isaacs<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/4460.htm"><span class="l">4460. Rhaab -- <b>Rahab</b>, a Canaanitess and an ancestor of Christ</span></a> <br><b>...</b> <b>Rahab</b>, a Canaanitess and an ancestor of Christ. Part of Speech: Proper Noun,<br> Indeclinable Transliteration: Rhaab Phonetic Spelling: (hrah-ab') Short Definition <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4460.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/4477.htm"><span class="l">4477. Rhachab -- Rachab.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration: Rhachab Phonetic Spelling:<br> (hrakh-ab') Short Definition: <b>Rahab</b> Definition: <b>Rahab</b>, a Canaanitess, who <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4477.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/1003.htm"><span class="l">1003. Boos -- Boaz, an Israelite</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Proper Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration: Boos Phonetic Spelling: (bo-oz') Short<br> Definition: Boaz Definition: Boaz, son of Salmon and <b>Rahab</b>, husband of Ruth <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1003.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/7294.htm"><span class="l">7294. <b>Rahab</b> -- "storm," a name for Eg.</span></a><br><b>...</b> 7293, 7294. <b>Rahab</b>. 7295 . "storm," a name for Eg. Transliteration: <b>Rahab</b><br> Phonetic Spelling: (rah'-hab) Short Definition: <b>Rahab</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7294.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7293.htm"><span class="l">7293. <b>Rahab</b> -- "storm," a sea monster</span></a><br><b>...</b> 7292, 7293. <b>Rahab</b>. 7294 . "storm," a sea monster. Transliteration: <b>Rahab</b><br> Phonetic Spelling: (rah'-hab) Short Definition: <b>Rahab</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7293.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7295.htm"><span class="l">7295. <b>rahab</b> -- proud, defiant</span></a><br><b>...</b> 7294, 7295. <b>rahab</b>. 7296 . proud, defiant. Transliteration: <b>rahab</b> Phonetic Spelling:<br> (raw-hawb') Short Definition: proud. <b>...</b> proud. From <b>rahab</b>; insolent -- proud <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7295.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7292.htm"><span class="l">7292. <b>rahab</b> -- to act stormily, boisterously or arrogantly</span></a><br><b>...</b> <b>rahab</b>. 7293 . to act stormily, boisterously or arrogantly. Transliteration: <b>rahab</b><br> Phonetic Spelling: (raw-hab') Short Definition: confused. <b>...</b> <b>rahab</b>. 7293 . <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7292.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7343.htm"><span class="l">7343. Rachab -- a harlot in Jericho</span></a><br><b>...</b> 7342, 7343. Rachab. 7344 . a harlot in Jericho. Transliteration: Rachab<br> Phonetic Spelling: (raw-khawb') Short Definition: <b>Rahab</b>. <b>...</b> <b>Rahab</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7343.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7296.htm"><span class="l">7296. rohab -- pride</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin from <b>rahab</b> Definition pride NASB Word Usage pride (1). strength. From<br> <b>rahab</b>; pride -- strength. see HEBREW <b>rahab</b>. 7295, 7296. rohab. 7297 . <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7296.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/4787b.htm"><span class="l">4787b. marhebah -- boisterous, raging behavior</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin from <b>rahab</b> Definition boisterous, raging behavior NASB Word Usage<br> fury (1). 4787a, 4787b. marhebah. 4788 . Strong's Numbers. <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/4787b.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_f/rahab.htm"><span class="l"><b>Rahab</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> THE BOOK OF JOSHUA <b>RAHAB</b>. 'And Joanna paved <b>Rahab</b> the harlot alive... and she dwelleth<br> in Israel even unto this day.'"Joshua 6:25. <b>...</b> <b>Rahab</b> fled to God. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/rahab.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_3_1857/rahabs_faith.htm"><span class="l"><b>Rahab's</b> Faith</span></a> <br><b>...</b> <b>Rahab's</b> Faith. A Sermon <b>...</b> "By faith the harlot <b>Rahab</b> perished not with them that believed<br> not, when she had received the spies with peace.""Hebrews 11:31. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 3 1857/rahabs faith.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/against_lying/section_34_but_some_man.htm"><span class="l">But Some Man Will Say, Would Then those Midwives and <b>Rahab</b> have <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Section 34. But some man will say, Would then those midwives and <b>Rahab</b><br> have done better? 34. But some man will say, Would then <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/against lying/section 34 but some man.htm</font><p><a href="/library/clement/the_first_epistle_of_clement_to_the_corinthians/chapter_xii_the_rewards_of_faith.htm"><span class="l">The Rewards of Faith and Hospitality. <b>Rahab</b>.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Chapter XII."The rewards of faith and hospitality. <b>Rahab</b>. On account of<br> her faith and hospitality, <b>Rahab</b> the harlot was saved. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter xii the rewards of faith.htm</font><p><a href="/library/keith/the_epistles_of_clement/chapter_xii_the_rewards_of_faith.htm"><span class="l">The Rewards of Faith and Hospitality. <b>Rahab</b>.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Chapter XII."The Rewards of Faith and Hospitality. <b>Rahab</b>. On account of<br> her faith and hospitality, <b>Rahab</b> the harlot was saved. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../keith/the epistles of clement/chapter xii the rewards of faith.htm</font><p><a href="/library/chapman/and_judas_iscariot/five_kings_in_a_cave.htm"><span class="l">Five Kings in a Cave</span></a> <br><b>...</b> light and peace.". When once they were in Canaan what an interesting story<br> that is in connection with <b>Rahab</b> of Jericho! The spies <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/chapman/and judas iscariot/five kings in a cave.htm</font><p><a href="/library/sherman/the_childrens_bible/crossing_the_river_jordan.htm"><span class="l">Crossing the River Jordan</span></a> <br><b>...</b> sent two men as spies, with the command: "Go, explore the land and especially Jericho."<br> So they went and entered the house of a woman named <b>Rahab</b>, and stayed <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../sherman/the childrens bible/crossing the river jordan.htm</font><p><a href="/library/josephus/the_antiquities_of_the_jews/chapter_1_how_joshua_the.htm"><span class="l">How Joshua, the Commander of the Hebrews, Made War with The</span></a> <br><b>...</b> as he was at supper, that there were some persons come from the Hebrews' camp to<br> view the city as spies, and that they were in the inn kept by <b>Rahab</b>, and were <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 1 how joshua the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/exposition_on_the_book_of_psalms/psalm_lxxxvii.htm"><span class="l">Psalm LXXXVII.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Listen whence: "I will think upon <b>Rahab</b> and Babylon, with them that know Me"<br> (ver.4). In that city, the Prophet, in the person of God, says, "I will think upon <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm lxxxvii.htm</font><p><a href="/library/lathbury/childs_story_of_the_bible/chapter_xiv_a_nation_that.htm"><span class="l">A Nation that was Born in a Day.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> land. They went to the walled city of Jericho, and to the house of a woman<br> named <b>Rahab</b>. The <b>...</b> Jericho. And <b>Rahab</b> was not forgotten. The <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../lathbury/childs story of the bible/chapter xiv a nation that.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/r/rahab.htm"><span class="l"><b>Rahab</b> (14 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Insolence; pride, a poetical name applied to Egypt in Psalm 87:4; 89:10; Isaiah<br> 51:9, as "the proud one.". <b>Rahab</b>, (Hebrews <b>Rahab</b>; ie, "broad, " "large"). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/rahab.htm - 16k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/spies.htm"><span class="l">Spies (22 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> They learned from <b>Rahab</b> (qv), in whose house they found a hiding-place, that terror<br> had fallen on all the inhabitants of the land because of the great things <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/spies.htm - 15k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/prostitute.htm"><span class="l">Prostitute (83 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Hebrews 11:31 By faith, <b>Rahab</b> the prostitute, didn't perish with those who were<br> disobedient, having received the spies in peace. (WEB NIV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/prostitute.htm - 33k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/spy.htm"><span class="l">Spy (27 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house,<br> named <b>Rahab</b>, and lodged there. (KJV WBS). Joshua 2:2 The <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/spy.htm - 16k</font><p><a href="/topical/n/nightmonster.htm"><span class="l">Nightmonster</span></a><br><b>...</b> We have the following set of items in which such traces have been discovered: "<b>Rahab</b>"<br> (rachabh), mentioned in Job 9:13; Job 26:12 Isaiah 51:9; "Tanin" (tannin <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/n/nightmonster.htm - 17k</font><p><a href="/topical/n/night-monster.htm"><span class="l">Night-monster</span></a><br><b>...</b> We have the following set of items in which such traces have been discovered: "<b>Rahab</b>"<br> (rachabh), mentioned in Job 9:13; Job 26:12 Isaiah 51:9; "Tanin" (tannin <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/n/night-monster.htm - 17k</font><p><a href="/topical/n/notorious.htm"><span class="l">Notorious (16 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Hebrews 11:31 Through faith the notorious sinner <b>Rahab</b> did not perish along with<br> the disobedient, for she had welcomed the spies and had sheltered them. (WEY). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/n/notorious.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/rachab.htm"><span class="l">Rachab (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Easton's Bible Dictionary =<b>Rahab</b>, a name found in the genealogy of our Lord<br> (Matthew 1:5). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. RACHAB. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/rachab.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/salmon.htm"><span class="l">Salmon (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> From Matthew 1:5 we learn that he married <b>Rahab</b>, by whom he begat Boaz.<br> (2 <b>...</b> Matthew 1:5 Salmon became the father of Boaz by <b>Rahab</b>. Boaz <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/salmon.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/spared.htm"><span class="l">Spared (45 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Only <b>Rahab</b> the prostitute shall live, she and all who are with her in the house,<br> because she hid the messengers that we sent. (See NIV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/spared.htm - 20k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/life-Rahab.html">Who was Rahab in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/spies-Rahab.html">Why did the Israelite spies visit the house of Rahab the prostitute? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/scarlet-thread.html">What is the significance of a scarlet thread? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Rahab (14 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/1-5.htm">Matthew 1:5</a></span><br />Salmon became the father of Boaz by <span class="boldtext">Rahab</span>. Boaz became the father of Obed by Ruth. Obed became the father of Jesse. <br /><span class="source">(WEB WEY ASV BBE YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hebrews/11-31.htm">Hebrews 11:31</a></span><br />By faith, <span class="boldtext">Rahab</span> the prostitute, didn't perish with those who were disobedient, having received the spies in peace.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/james/2-25.htm">James 2:25</a></span><br />In like manner wasn't <span class="boldtext">Rahab</span> the prostitute also justified by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out another way?<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/2-1.htm">Joshua 2:1</a></span><br />Joshua the son of Nun secretly sent two men out of Shittim as spies, saying, "Go, view the land, including Jericho." They went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was <span class="boldtext">Rahab</span>, and slept there.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/2-3.htm">Joshua 2:3</a></span><br />The king of Jericho sent to <span class="boldtext">Rahab</span>, saying, "Bring out the men who have come to you, who have entered into your house; for they have come to spy out all the land."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/6-17.htm">Joshua 6:17</a></span><br />The city shall be devoted, even it and all that is in it, to Yahweh. Only <span class="boldtext">Rahab</span> the prostitute shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/6-23.htm">Joshua 6:23</a></span><br />The young men who were spies went in, and brought out <span class="boldtext">Rahab</span> with her father, her mother, her brothers, and all that she had. They also brought out all her relatives, and they set them outside of the camp of Israel.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/6-25.htm">Joshua 6:25</a></span><br />But <span class="boldtext">Rahab</span> the prostitute, her father's household, and all that she had, Joshua saved alive. She lived in the midst of Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers, whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/9-13.htm">Job 9:13</a></span><br />"God will not withdraw his anger. The helpers of <span class="boldtext">Rahab</span> stoop under him. <br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV BBE NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/26-12.htm">Job 26:12</a></span><br />He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through <span class="boldtext">Rahab</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/87-4.htm">Psalms 87:4</a></span><br />I will record <span class="boldtext">Rahab</span> and Babylon among those who acknowledge me. Behold, Philistia, Tyre, and also Ethiopia: "This one was born there."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/89-10.htm">Psalms 89:10</a></span><br />You have broken <span class="boldtext">Rahab</span> in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/30-7.htm">Isaiah 30:7</a></span><br />For Egypt helps in vain, and to no purpose; therefore have I called her <span class="boldtext">Rahab</span> who sits still.<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV BBE NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/51-9.htm">Isaiah 51:9</a></span><br />Awake, awake, put on strength, arm of Yahweh; awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Isn't it you who cut <span class="boldtext">Rahab</span> in pieces, who pierced the monster?<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/r/rahab.htm">Rahab</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/r/rahab_or_rachab.htm">Rahab or Rachab</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/r/rahab--(a_woman_of_jericho)_is_spared_when_the_israelites_captured_jericho.htm">Rahab: (A Woman of Jericho) is Spared when the Israelites Captured Jericho</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/r/rahab--(a_woman_of_jericho)--an_ancestor_of_joseph_of_nazareth.htm">Rahab: (A Woman of Jericho): An Ancestor of Joseph of Nazareth</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/r/rahab--(a_woman_of_jericho)--assists_the_spies_of_the_israelites.htm">Rahab: (A Woman of Jericho): Assists the Spies of the Israelites</a></p><p class="pspc"><a 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