Rahab
PersonA woman living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jos.2.1) referred to as Rahab (רָחָב), or Rahab (Ῥαάβ), or Rahab (Ῥαχάβ); mother of Boaz(?).
Their thread through Scripture
- Joshua 2:1
Joshua the son of Nun secretly sent two men out of Shittim as spies, saying, “Go, view the land, including Jericho.” They went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and slept there.