King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H7293
Transliteration: Rahab
Phonetic Spelling: (rah'-hab)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: "storm", a sea monster
Meaning: Rahab -- "storm", a sea monster
Word Summary
Rahab: "storm", a sea monster
Original Word: רַהַבTransliteration: Rahab
Phonetic Spelling: (rah'-hab)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: "storm", a sea monster
Meaning: Rahab -- "storm", a sea monster
Strong's Concordance
proud, strength From rahab, bluster(-er) -- proud, strength.
see HEBREW rahab
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H7293. Rahab
רַ֫הַב noun [masculine] literally storm, arrogance, but only as names, v, infr; — absolute ׳ר Isaiah 30:7, רָ֑הַב Job 9:13 +; —
1 mythical sea monster (compare BartonJAOS xiv.1 (1891), 22 f.): ר ׳עֹזְרֵי Job 9:13; "" יָם 26:12; Psalm 89:11; "" תַּנִּין Isaiah 51:9.
2 emblematic name of Egypt, וּבָבֶל רַהַב Psalm 87:4; "" מצרים Isaiah 30:7.