Word

ῥαββί

rhabbí · G4461 · Greek · 15 occurrences

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Meanings

rabbi, teacher

(A borrowing from Aramaic) A Jewish teacher and scholar recognized for expertise in interpreting the Jewish Scriptures

Examples
Matthew 23:7 and personal greetings in the marketplaces, and being called Rabbi by the people.
Matthew 23:8 “But as for you, do not be called Rabbi; for only One is your Teacher, and you are all brothers and sisters.
Matthew 26:25 And Judas, who was betraying Him, said, “Surely it is not I, Rabbi?” Jesus said to him, “You have said it yourself.”

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

λέγωto say 1

What is done to itIt is the object

4 occurrences in 3 groups

λέγωto say 2
ἀποκρίνομαιto answer 2
ἔπωto say 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

σύyou 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry

Rabbi, teacher33.246: The title of honor is used to address a respected teacher. John records Nathanael's confession, “Rabbi, You are the Son of God; You are the King of Israel” (John 1:49).

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon T WH ῥαββει (cf. Buttmann, p. 6; WHs Appendix, p. 155; see εἰ, ἰ) (Hebrew רַבִּי from…

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): Mt 23:7; translated into Greek by διδάσκαλος, Mt 23:8 G L T Tr WH; John the Baptist is addressed by this title, Jn 3:26; Jesus: both by his disciples, Mt 26:25, Mt 26:49; Mk 9:5; Mk 11:21; Jn 1:38 (39),49(50); Jn 4:31; Jn 9:2; ; and by others, Jn 3:2; Jn 6:25; repeated to indicate earnestness (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 65, 5 a.) ῤαββί, ῤαββί, R G in Mt 23:7 and Mk 14:45; (so רבי רבי for אבי אבי in the Targ. on 2 Kgs 2:12). Cf. Lightfoot Horae Hebrew et Talmud. on Mt 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).

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Teach15 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0