First name Rahab in the world's Bibles
In the bible, Rahab is the name of the harlot of Jericho (JOS 2:1). Meaning of the name: proud; quarrelsome (applied to Egypt). Related names are: Jericho, Israel, Joshua . The translations of Rahab in 80 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
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below, from Rajab in Spanish to ラハブ in Japanese!
Wear it!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. (JOS 2:1)
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. (JOS 2:3)
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. (JOS 6:17)
And the young men that were spies went in, and brought 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. (JOS 6:23)
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. (JOS 6:25)
I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there. (PSA 87:4)
Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm. (PSA 89:10)
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? (ISA 51:9)
By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace. (HEB 11:31)
Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way? (JAM 2:25)