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Lexicon :: Strong's H7343 - rāḥāḇ

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רָחָב
Transliteration
rāḥāḇ
Pronunciation
raw-khawb'
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Part of Speech
proper feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
The same as רָחָב (H7342)
Strong’s Definitions

רָחָב Râchâb, raw-khawb'; the same as H7342; proud; Rachab, a Canaanitess:—Rahab.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's H7343 in the following manner: Rahab (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's H7343 in the following manner: Rahab (5x).

  1. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רָחָב Râchâb, raw-khawb'; the same as H7342; proud; Rachab, a Canaanitess:—Rahab.
STRONGS H7343: Abbreviations
† II. רָחָב proper name, feminine harlot in Jericho; — Joshua 2:1, 3; Joshua 6:17, 23, 25 (all J E); Ρααβ (so Hebrews 3:11; James 2:25, but Matthew 1:5 Ραχαβ).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

2:1; 2:3; 6:17; 6:23; 6:25

Matthew

1:5

Hebrews

3:11

James

2:25

H7343

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Strong's Number H7343 matches the Hebrew רָחָב (rāḥāḇ),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:1 - Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim. “Go, look over the land,” he said, “especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:3 - So the king of Jericho sent this message to Rahab: “Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, because they have come to spy out the whole land.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:17 - The city and all that is in it are to be devoted[fn] to the LORD. Only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house shall be spared, because she hid the spies we sent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:23 - So the young men who had done the spying went in and brought out Rahab, her father and mother, her brothers and sisters and all who belonged to her. They brought out her entire family and put them in a place outside the camp of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:25 - But Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, with her family and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent as spies to Jericho—and she lives among the Israelites to this day.
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