Rahab
E327437
Rahab is a biblical figure known for hiding Israelite spies in Jericho and being commended in the New Testament for her faith.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rahab canonical | 11 |
| Rahab of Jericho | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3095873 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rahab Context triple: [Hall of Faith, includesFigure, Rahab]
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A.
Deborah
Deborah is a prominent biblical prophetess and judge of Israel known for her leadership and role in delivering the Israelites from Canaanite oppression.
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B.
Avigail
Avigail is a feminine given name, commonly used in Hebrew, that corresponds to the name Abigail.
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C.
Shelomith
Shelomith is a lesser-known biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as a member of King Rehoboam’s family lineage.
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D.
Hagar
Hagar is a biblical figure known as the Egyptian servant of Sarah who bore Abraham’s son Ishmael and is revered in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions.
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E.
Dinah
Dinah is a biblical figure mentioned in the Book of Genesis as the daughter of Jacob and Leah.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rahab Target entity description: Rahab is a biblical figure known for hiding Israelite spies in Jericho and being commended in the New Testament for her faith.
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A.
Deborah
Deborah is a prominent biblical prophetess and judge of Israel known for her leadership and role in delivering the Israelites from Canaanite oppression.
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B.
Avigail
Avigail is a feminine given name, commonly used in Hebrew, that corresponds to the name Abigail.
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C.
Shelomith
Shelomith is a lesser-known biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as a member of King Rehoboam’s family lineage.
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D.
Hagar
Hagar is a biblical figure known as the Egyptian servant of Sarah who bore Abraham’s son Ishmael and is revered in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions.
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E.
Dinah
Dinah is a biblical figure mentioned in the Book of Genesis as the daughter of Jacob and Leah.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| action |
helped the spies escape
ⓘ
hid Israelite spies ⓘ lied to Jericho’s authorities about the spies ⓘ tied a scarlet cord in her window ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Israelites
ⓘ
Jericho ⓘ Joshua ⓘ spies ⓘ |
| childInTradition | Boaz ⓘ |
| commendedIn |
Hebrews 11:31
ⓘ
James 2:25 ⓘ |
| convertedTo | worship of the God of Israel ⓘ |
| describedAs |
innkeeper (in some traditions)
ⓘ
prostitute ⓘ |
| dweltWith | Israelites after Jericho’s fall ⓘ |
| familySaved |
all who belonged to her
ⓘ
brothers ⓘ father ⓘ mother ⓘ sisters ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genealogicalRole |
ancestor of Boaz (in Matthew’s genealogy)
ⓘ
ancestor of Jesse (in Matthew’s genealogy) ⓘ ancestor of Jesus (in Matthew’s genealogy) ⓘ ancestor of King David (in Matthew’s genealogy) ⓘ ancestor of Obed (in Matthew’s genealogy) ⓘ |
| joined | Israel ⓘ |
| livedIn | house built into Jericho’s city wall ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Joshua
ⓘ
Hebrews 11 ⓘ
linked to:
Letter to the Hebrews
James 2 ⓘ
linked to:
Epistle of James
|
| moralTheme |
faith leading to action
ⓘ
justification by works and faith (in James) ⓘ |
| praisedFor |
courage
ⓘ
faith ⓘ hospitality ⓘ obedience ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
| residesIn | Jericho ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative |
convert to Israel’s God
ⓘ
protector of Israelite spies ⓘ |
| savedFrom | destruction of Jericho ⓘ |
| signUsed | scarlet cord ⓘ |
| spouseInTradition | Salmon ⓘ |
| symbolism |
example of Gentile inclusion
ⓘ
example of faith in action ⓘ symbol of deliverance ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Rahab Description of subject: Rahab is a biblical figure known for hiding Israelite spies in Jericho and being commended in the New Testament for her faith.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Rahab