Word Summary
Rhaab: Rahab, a Canaanitess and an ancestor of Christ
Original Word: ῬαάβTransliteration: Rhaab
Phonetic Spelling: (hrah-ab')
Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable
Short Definition: Rahab, a Canaanitess and an ancestor of Christ
Meaning: Rahab -- a Canaanitess and an ancestor of Christ
Strong's Concordance
Rahab.
Of Hebrew origin (Rachab); Raab (i.e. Rachab), a Canaanitess -- Rahab. See also Rhachab.
see HEBREW Rachab
see GREEK Rhachab
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4460: ΡααβΡααβ (and
Ῥαχάβ,
Matthew 1:5;
Ρ᾽αχαβη,
Ρ᾽αχαβης, in
Josephus (Antiquities 5, 1, 2 etc.)),
ἡ (
רָחָב 'broad', 'ample'),
Rahab, a harlot of Jericho:
Hebrews 11:31;
James 2:25. (Cf.
B. D. under the word;
Lightfoot Clement of Rome, Appendix (London, 1877), p. 413.)