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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_74573" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_74573" /> == | ||
<p> '''Ra'hab.''' ''(wide).'' </p> <p> 1. [[A]] celebrated woman of Jericho, who received the spies sent by Joshua, to spy out the land, hid them in her house from the pursuit of her countrymen, was saved with all her family when the Israelites sacked the city, and became the wife of Salmon, and the ancestress of the | <p> '''Ra'hab.''' ''(wide).'' </p> <p> 1. [[A]] celebrated woman of Jericho, who received the spies sent by Joshua, to spy out the land, hid them in her house from the pursuit of her countrymen, was saved with all her family when the Israelites sacked the city, and became the wife of Salmon, and the ancestress of the [[Messiah]] . Joshua 2:1; Matthew 1:5. [[(B.C.]] 1450). </p> <p> She was a "harlot", and probably combined the trade of lodging-keeper for wayfaring men. Her reception of the spies, the artifice by which she concealed them from the king: their escape, and the saving of Rahab and her family at the capture of the city in accordance with their promise, are told in the narrative of Joshua 2:1. As regards Rahab herself, she probably repented, and we learn from Matthew 1:5, that she became the wife of Salmon, the son of Naasson, and the mother of Boaz, Jesse's grandfather. </p> <p> The author of the [[Epistle]] to the Hebrews tells us that "by faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace," Hebrews 11:31, and St. James fortifies his doctrine of justification by works by asking, "Was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?" James 2:25. </p> <p> 2. [[A]] poetical name of Egypt, Psalms 89:10; Isaiah 51:9, signifying ''"fierceness, insolence, pride."'' Rahab, as a name of Egypt, occurs once only, without reference to the Exodus: this is in Psalms 87:4 . In Isaiah 30:7, the name is alluded to. </p> | ||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_33235" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_33235" /> == | ||
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== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70701" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70701" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> [[Rahab]] (''râ'h'' ''ăb'' ), ''large.'' 1. [[A]] woman of Jericho, who received and concealed two Hebrew spies. In the siege of the city Rahab and her family were spared by the Hebrews from the general massacre of the inhabitants. Joshua 2:1-24; Joshua 6:17-27. She is called "a harlot;" but the proof of her reformation is found in the eminence of her faith. Hebrews 11:31; James 2:25. She subsequently married Salmon, a prince of Judah, and became an ancestress of David, and appears in the genealogy of Christ. Ruth 4:20; Matthew 1:5. 2. Rahab, ''pride.'' An appellation for Egypt, designating the insolence and violence of its princes and inhabitants. Psalms 87:4; Psalms 89:10; Isaiah 51:9. </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_57079" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_57079" /> == | ||
