Rahab
the harlot of Jericho (JOS 2:1)
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Names
- Rahab — רָחָ֖ב rachav “spacious, broad” (H7343) · Ρααβ Raab — Joshua 2:1
Dated events
- Rahab protected the two Israelite spies in Jericho — 2,555 AH · 1,451 BC (Ussher) — Joshua 2:1
Years are anno hominis, counted from Creation. The two chronologies are given as the source gives them, unreconciled.
Recorded at
- Jericho 1 — Rahab protected the two Israelite spies in Jericho (Joshua 2:1)
Named together
Appearances
Topical references
- Assists the spies of the Israelites — Joshua 2
- Is spared when the Israelites captured Jericho — Joshua 6:17
- An ancestor of Joseph of Nazareth — Matthew 1:5
- The faith of, commended — Hebrews 11:31; James 2:25
- 2. A symbolic name applied to Egypt — Psalms 87:4; Psalms 89:10; Isaiah 30:7; Isaiah 51:9
Outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897); the sub-headings are Nave's own.