Lexical 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.) |
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