Rahab (term)
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This article is about the term Rahab. For disambiguation, see Rahab (disambiguation).
Rahab (Hebrew: רַהַב, Modern: Rahav, Tiberian: Rahaḇ, "blusterer") is used in the Hebrew Bible to indicate pride or arrogance, a mystical sea monster, as an emblematic or poetic name for Egypt,[1] and for the sea.[2]
Rahab (Hebrew: רָחָב, Rachav, "spacious place") is also one of the Hebrew words for the Abyss.