Lexical Summary rhabbi: my master, my teacher Original Word: ῥαββίTransliteration: rhabbi Phonetic Spelling: (hrab-bee') Part of Speech: Hebrew Form (Indclinable) Short Definition: my master, my teacher Meaning: Rabbi -- my master, my teacher Strong's Concordance Master, Rabbi. Of Hebrew origin (rab with pronominal suffix); my master, i.e Rabbi, as an official title of honor -- Master, Rabbi. see HEBREW rab Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4461: ῤαββίῤαββί, T WH ῥαββει (cf. Buttmann, p. 6; WHs Appendix, p. 155; see εἰ, ἰ) (Hebrew רַבִּי from רַב, much, great), properly, my great one, my honorable sir; (others incorrectly regard the ִ־י 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): Matthew 23:7; translated into Greek by διδάσκαλος, Matthew 23:8 G L T Tr WH; John the Baptist is addressed by this title, John 3:26; Jesus: both by his disciples, Matthew 26:25, 49; Mark 9:5; Mark 11:21; John 1:38 (39),49(50); |
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