What does Ῥαάβ (Rhaáb) mean in the Bible?
e. Rachab), a Canaanitess".
Greek · G4460
Ῥαάβ
Raab (i.e. Rachab), a Canaanitess
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Ῥαάβ G4460
Pronunciation Rhaáb
What does Ῥαάβ (Rhaáb) mean in the Bible?
Ῥαάβ (Rhaáb) is a Greek word meaning "Raab (i.e. Rachab), a Canaanitess".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4460?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Rahab (2).
Where does Ῥαάβ (Rhaáb) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Hebrews 11:31. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (1), James (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It Rahab 2× Hebrews 11:31, James 2:25
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Usage map
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First aligned row Hebrews 11:31
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Hebrews 1 James 1
Source forms
Ῥαὰβ 2x Rhaab Hebrews 11:31, James 2:25
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 2x Hebrews 11:31, James 2:25
Evidence Summary
Canonical Anchor
Greek word. Raab (i.e. Rachab), a Canaanitess
Strong's G4460
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 1 form 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Acts 18:12-17 Source Gloss
Raab (i.e. Rachab), a Canaanitess
Extended definition
:--Rahab.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Hebrews 11:31 Proper name
Ῥαὰβ raab
Rahab
Read verse James 2:25 Proper name
Ῥαὰβ raab
Rahab
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Nominative (2) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Heb 11:31 · Jas 2:25 2×
Selected Scripture Witness
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New Testament Witnesses
A Roman provincial governor.
Showing 1 selected witness from 2 lexical occurrence verses.
Why This Word Matters
Identifies the civil authority who declines to condemn Paul. Acts 18:12-17
Canonical Themes
Canonical Anchor
Cross-Language Connections
Hebrew roots and equivalents that share conceptual or etymological ground with this Greek word.
H7343 Related Hebrew
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain