English

Proper noun

Rahab

1. A prostitute of Jericho who, in the Torah, helped Israelite spies.
   • 1611, Bible (KJV), Joshua 6:25::

     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.

2. (rare) A female given name.
   • 1997 Marion Zimmer Bradley, Gravelight, ISBN 0312865031, 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.

Translations

Etymology 2

Hebrew רַהַב ‎(ráhav, “Rahab”).

Proper noun

Rahab

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