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Rahab

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Etymology 1

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Hebrew רָחָב (racháv, Rahab).

Proper noun

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Rahab

  1. (biblical) A prostitute of Jericho who, in the Torah, helped Israelite spies.
  2. (rare) A female given name from Hebrew.
    • 1997, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Gravelight, →ISBN, page 173:
      Wycherly reflected that any woman raised by a clergyman who named her daughter Rahab was probably making something in the nature of a personal statement.
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Etymology 2

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Hebrew רַהַב (ráhav, Rahab).

Proper noun

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Rahab

  1. A sea monster in Levantine mythology similar to Tannin and Leviathan

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