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Rahab (term)

This article is about the term Rahab. For disambiguation, see Rahab (disambiguation).

Rahab (Hebrew: רַהַב, Modern: Rahav, Tiberian: Rahaḇ, "blusterer") is used in the Hebrew Bible to indicate pride or arrogance, a mystical sea monster, as an emblematic or poetic name for Egypt,[1] and for the sea.[2]

Rahab (Hebrew: רָחָב‎, Rachav, "spacious place") is also one of the Hebrew words for the Abyss.

  1. ^ "Strong's #7293 – רַהַב – Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary".
  2. ^ Gesenius, Wilhelm (1844). A Hebrew and English lexicon of the Old Testament: including the Biblical Chaldee. Translated by Robinson, Edward. Boston, Massachusetts: Crocker & Brewster. p. 976. LCCN 2006366085. OCLC 2805204.

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