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A prostitute of Jericho who, in the Torah, helped Israelite spies. quotations examples
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.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Joshua 6:25
(rare) A female given name from Hebrew. quotations
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.
1997, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Gravelight, page 173
A sea monster in Levantine mythology similar to Tannin and Leviathan examples