Rachav
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Rahab, (ˈreɪ.hæb; ) was, according to the Book of Joshua, a prostitute who lived in Jericho in the Promised Land and assisted the Israelites in capturing the city. In the New Testament she was lauded as an example of living by faith, while being considered righteous by her works. Although Matthew 1:5 in the King James Translation uses the name Rachab, Biblical literature commonly refer to Rachab and Rahab as two names of the same person such as the Strong's Concordance of the Bible and the Young's Analytical Concordance to the Bible. However, some interpreters do not agree. To some interpreters, a different woman (see below) named Rachab (spelled as in King James Translation) is reckoned among the ancestors of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew. It is transcribed as Rahab in most Bible translations.
Rahab, (ˈreɪ.hæb; ) was, according to the Book of Joshua, a prostitute who lived in Jericho in the Promised Land and assisted the Israelites in capturing the city. In the New Testament she was lauded as an example of living by faith, while being considered righteous by her works.
Although Matthew 1:5 in the King James Translation uses the name Rachab, Biblical literature commonly refer to Rachab and Rahab as two names of the same person such as the Strong's Concordance of the Bible and the Young's Analytical Concordance to the Bible. However, some interpreters do not agree. To some interpreters, a different woman (see below) named Rachab (spelled as in King James Translation) is reckoned among the ancestors of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew. It is transcribed as Rahab in most Bible translations.