Innkeeper of Jericho · Conquest, c. 1400–1200 BC

Rahab in the Bible

Rahab hides Israel's spies in Jericho and hangs a scarlet cord from her window. A Canaanite outsider, she is spared with her household and appears in Matthew's genealogy of Jesus and in Hebrews' roll of faith.

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Verses mentioning Rahab

11 occurrences across 10 verses in the King James Version.

  1. Joshua 2:1

    And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there. sent: or, had sent lodged: Heb. lay

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  2. Joshua 2:3

    And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the country.

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  3. Joshua 6:17

    And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent. accursed: or, devoted

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  4. Joshua 6:23

    And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel. kindred: Heb. families

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  5. 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.

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  6. Psalms 87:4

    I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.

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  7. Psalms 89:10

    Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm. Rahab: or, Egypt thy: Heb. the arm of thy strength

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  8. Isaiah 51:9

    Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?

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  9. Hebrews 11:31

    By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace. that: or, that were disobedient

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  10. James 2:25

    Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?

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