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Rahab רָחָב
Rahab, a Canaanite woman from Jericho, hid the Israelite spies and was spared during the city's destruction.
Also called Rachab.
Family
Where Rahab appears
Joshua (5), Matthew (1), Hebrews (1), James (1)
Key verses
- Joshua 2:1 first mention — 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.
- Joshua 2:3 — And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the country.
- Joshua 6:17 — And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
- Joshua 6:23 — And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel.
- Joshua 6:25 — And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father’s household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
- Matthew 1:5 — And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;
- Hebrews 11:31 — By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.
- James 2:25 — Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.