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rahab

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What does rahab mean?

proper noun

  1. A prostitute of Jericho who, in the Torah, helped Israelite spies.
  2. A sea monster in Levantine mythology similar to Tannin and Leviathan
More meanings (1)

proper noun

  1. (rare) A female given name from Hebrew.
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The waters did but imitate their chief Rahab, the Angel of the Sea, who rebelled at the creation of the world.
Louis GinzbergThe Legends of the Jews — Volume 1Translated by Henrietta SzoldProject Gutenberg ebook #1493
Art thou not he that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
Joseph, Jr. Smith; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsThe Book of Mormon : $b an account written by the hand of Mormon, upon plates taken from the plates of NephiProject Gutenberg ebook #17