Bible Location
Meaning: large; extended (name of a woman) · 3 cross references · Modern-day map available
Rahab on this page is the poetic and symbolic name for Egypt used in the Psalms and Isaiah, not the woman of Jericho. It is important because it frames Egypt as a proud power broken by God. First appears in Ps 87:4.1
Place meaning
large; extended (name of a woman)
Coordinates
30.11, 31.34
First appears
Ps 87:4
AI summary: Rahab here functions as prophetic poetry, not biography. Psalms and Isaiah use the name to speak of a great proud force subdued by God's power, especially in association with Egypt. The cross references present this Rahab as a symbolic name for arrogant strength brought low.1
Place meaning
large; extended (name of a woman)
Latitude
30.11
Longitude
31.34
Bible references
3
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.