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rāḥāv רָחָב ‘Rahab’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: the same as rāḥāv רָחָב ‘broad’
Roots: רחב

rāḥāv pr n f pers
Rahab = "wide"
1) a harlot of Jericho who aided the spies to escape; saved from the destruction of Jericho; married Salmon, an ancestor of David and of Christ; commended for her faith in the book of James

Mentioned in Joshua 6:23, 6:25, 2:1, 2:3, 6:17

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