Quick Definition
Rabbi, my masterteacher
Biblical Persons & Places
Rabbi
Title of a leader
Title of a leader;
called Rabbi (ῥαββί); or Rabboni or Rabbi (ῥαββονί)
Strong's Definition
my master, i.e Rabbi, as an official title of honor
Derivation: of Hebrew origin (H07227 with pronominal suffix);
KJV Usage: Master, Rabbi
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ῤαββί, T WH ῥαββει (cf. Buttmann, p. 6; WHs Appendix, p. 155; see εἰ, ἰ) (Hebrew ψΗαΔΜι from ψΗα, much, great), properly, my great one, my honorable sir; (others incorrectly regard the ΔΞι as the yodh paragogic); Rabbi, a title with which the Jews were accustomed to address their teachers (and also to honor them when not addressing them; cf. the Frenchmonsieur, monseigneur): Mat_23:7; translated into Greek by διδάσκαλος, Mat_23:8 G L T Tr WH; John the Baptist is addressed by this title, Joh_3:26; Jesus: both by his disciples, Mat_26:25; Mat_26:49; Mar_9:5; Mar_11:21; Joh_1:38 (39),49(50); ; and by others, Joh_3:2; Joh_6:25; repeated to indicate earnestness (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 65, 5 a.) ῤαββί, ῤαββί, R G in Mat_23:7 and Mar_14:45; (so ψαι ψαι for ΰαι ΰαι in the Targ. on 2Ki_2:12). Cf. Lightfoot Horae Hebrew et Talmud. on Mat_23:7; Pressel in Herzog edition 1 xii, p. 471f; (Ginsburg in Alex.'s Kitto, under the word Rabbi; Hamburger, Real-Encyclopädie, under Rabban, vol. ii., p. 943f).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ῥαββί rhabbi 15x
also spelled ῥαββεί , rabbi, my master, teacher, Mat_23:7-8 ; Mat_26:25 ; Mat_26:49 master; rabbi; sir.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† ῥαββεί
( Rec. -βί , v. WH , App ., 155)
( Heb . and Aram. H7227 , my master; v. Dalman, Words , 327, 331 ff .),
a title of respectful address to Jewish teachers, Rabbi: Mat_23:7-8 ; of John, Joh_3:26 ; of Christ, Mat_26:25 ; Mat_26:49 , Mar_9:5 ; Mar_11:21 ; Mar_14:45 , Joh_1:30 ; Joh_1:50 ; Joh_3:2 ; Joh_4:31 ; Joh_6:25 ; Joh_9:2 ; Joh_11:8 ; κύριε ῥ Mar_10:51 ( WH , mg ., see ῥαββουνεί ).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ῥαββεί /ῥαββουνεί [page 562]
For the accentuation ῥαββέι (ῥαββουνέι ) in Cod. Vaticanus, showing that ει was regarded as a diphthong, cf. Nestle in ZNTW vii. (1906), p. 184. See also Dalman Words , pp. 324 ff., 340.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ῥαββί "o my master", Hebr. words in NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ῥαββεί (Rec. -βί, see WH, App., 155) (Heb. and Aram. רַב, my master; see Dalman, Words, 327, 331 ff.),
a title of respectful address to Jewish teachers, Rabbi: Mat.23:7-8; of John, Jhn.3:26; of Christ, Mat.26:25, 49, Mrk.9:5 11:21 14:45, Jhn.1:30, 50 3:2 4:31 6:25 9:2 11:8; κύριε ῥ Mrk.10:51 (WH, mg., see: ῥαββουνεί).†
ῥαββουνεί (Rec. -βονί, see: ῥαββεί) (Aram. רַבּוֺנִי, later, רִבּוֺנִי my master; on the Greek vocalization and the relation of the word to ῥαββεί, see Dalman, Words, 324, 340; Gr., 140; DB, iv, 190)
Rabboni: Mrk.10:51 (WH, mg., κύριε ῥαββεί), Jhn.20:16.†
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