Reference: Rabbi
Easton
my master, a title of dignity given by the Jews to their doctors of the law and their distinguished teachers. It is sometimes applied to Christ (Mt 23:7-8; Mr 9:5 (R.V.); Joh 1:38,49; 3:2; 6:25, etc.); also to John (Joh 3:26).
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and the greetings in the marketplaces and to be called 'Rabbi' by people. But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' because one is your teacher, and you are all brothers,
And Peter answered [and] said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good [that] we are here! And let us make three shelters, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah."
And Jesus, turning around and seeing them following [him], said to them, "What do you seek?" And they said to him, "Rabbi" (which means [when] translated "Teacher"), "where are you staying?"
Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the king of Israel!"
This man came to him at night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that [you are] a teacher who has come from God, for no one is able to perform these signs that you are performing unless God were with him."
And they came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, he who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, about whom you testified--look, this one is baptizing, and all are coming to him!"
And [when they] found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, "Rabbi, when did you get here?"
Fausets
("great.") Simeon (identified by some with him who took the infant Jesus in his arms: Lu 2:25 ff) son of Hillel, shortly before Christ, was the first doctor of the law with the title Rabban (higher than Rabbi), Rabbi (higher than Rab). The disciples applied it to Christ (Mr 9:5; 11:21; 14:45; Joh 1:38,50; 3:2; 4:31; 6:25; 9:2; 11:8; 13:13). Christ's prohibition of the title to the disciples (Mt 23:7-8) is against using it in the spirit of exercising dominion over the faith of others. The triune God is the only "Father," "Master" (katheegeetes, guide, Ro 2:19; contrast Joh 16:13), "Teacher" (didaskalos Vaticanus manuscript Mt 23:8) in the highest sense; on Him alone can implicit trust be placed. All are "brethren " before Him, none by office or precedence nearer to God than another. Rabboni (Joh 20:16) is simply "Master," the -i final in John's translated not meaning "my", as it often does.
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and the greetings in the marketplaces and to be called 'Rabbi' by people. But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' because one is your teacher, and you are all brothers,
But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' because one is your teacher, and you are all brothers,
And Peter answered [and] said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good [that] we are here! And let us make three shelters, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah."
And Peter remembered [and] said to him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered!"
And [when he] arrived, he came up to him immediately [and] said, "Rabbi," and kissed him.
And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem {whose name was} Simeon, and this man [was] righteous and devout, looking forward to the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
And Jesus, turning around and seeing them following [him], said to them, "What do you seek?" And they said to him, "Rabbi" (which means [when] translated "Teacher"), "where are you staying?"
Jesus answered and said to him, "Because I said to you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater [things] than these!"
This man came to him at night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that [you are] a teacher who has come from God, for no one is able to perform these signs that you are performing unless God were with him."
In the meanwhile the disciples were asking him, saying, "Rabbi, eat [something]!"
And [when they] found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, "Rabbi, when did you get here?"
And his disciples asked him, saying, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he should be born blind?"
The disciples said to him, "Rabbi, the Jews were seeking just now to stone you, and are you going there again?"
You call me 'Teacher' and 'Lord,' and you speak correctly, for I am.
But when he--the Spirit of truth--comes, he will guide you into all the truth. For he will not speak from himself, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will proclaim to you the things to come.
Jesus said to her, "Mary." She turned around [and] said to him in Aramaic, "Rabboni" (which means "Teacher").
and are confident [that] you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light of those in darkness,
Hastings
The transliteration of a Heb. word meaning my master. In Mt 23:7 it is referred to as 'the usual form of address with which the learned were greeted' (Dalman, Words of Jesus, p. 331); in the following verse it is regarded as synonymous with 'teacher.' John the Baptist is once called 'Rabbi' by his disciples (Joh 3:28). Elsewhere in the Gospels it is our Lord who is thus addressed: by His disciples (Mt 26:25,49; Mr 9:5; 11:21; 14:45; Joh 1:38,49; 4:31; 9:2; 11:8), by others (Joh 3:2; 6:25). Rabboni is the transliteration of the Aramaic form of the word; it occurs twice, namely in Mr 10:51 and Joh 20:16.
J. G. Tasker.
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and the greetings in the marketplaces and to be called 'Rabbi' by people.
And Judas, the one who was betraying him, answered [and] said, "{Surely I am not he, am I}, Rabbi?" He said to him, "You have said [it]."
And he came up to Jesus immediately [and] said, "Greetings, Rabbi," and kissed him.
And Peter answered [and] said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good [that] we are here! And let us make three shelters, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah."
And Jesus answered him [and] said, "What do you want {me to do} for you?" And the blind man said to him, "Rabboni, that I may regain [my] sight."
And Peter remembered [and] said to him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered!"
And [when he] arrived, he came up to him immediately [and] said, "Rabbi," and kissed him.
And Jesus, turning around and seeing them following [him], said to them, "What do you seek?" And they said to him, "Rabbi" (which means [when] translated "Teacher"), "where are you staying?"
Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the king of Israel!"
This man came to him at night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that [you are] a teacher who has come from God, for no one is able to perform these signs that you are performing unless God were with him."
You yourselves testify about me that I said, 'I am not the Christ, but I am sent before that one.'
In the meanwhile the disciples were asking him, saying, "Rabbi, eat [something]!"
And [when they] found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, "Rabbi, when did you get here?"
And his disciples asked him, saying, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he should be born blind?"
The disciples said to him, "Rabbi, the Jews were seeking just now to stone you, and are you going there again?"
Jesus said to her, "Mary." She turned around [and] said to him in Aramaic, "Rabboni" (which means "Teacher").
Morish
A title of respect among the Jews, signifying 'master, teacher,' but is not known to have been used till the time of Herod the Great. It was applied to the Lord, though often translated 'master' in the A.V. Mr 9:5; 11:21; 14:45; Joh 1:38,49; 3:2,26; 4:31; 6:25; 9:2; 11:8. Jesus forbade the disciples being called Rabbi, for one was their Master (?????????), even Christ. Mt 23:8. According to the Jews the gradations of honour rose from Rab to Rabbi, and thence to Rabban or Rabboni.
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But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' because one is your teacher, and you are all brothers,
And Peter answered [and] said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good [that] we are here! And let us make three shelters, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah."
And Peter remembered [and] said to him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered!"
And [when he] arrived, he came up to him immediately [and] said, "Rabbi," and kissed him.
And Jesus, turning around and seeing them following [him], said to them, "What do you seek?" And they said to him, "Rabbi" (which means [when] translated "Teacher"), "where are you staying?"
Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the king of Israel!"
This man came to him at night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that [you are] a teacher who has come from God, for no one is able to perform these signs that you are performing unless God were with him."
And they came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, he who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, about whom you testified--look, this one is baptizing, and all are coming to him!"
In the meanwhile the disciples were asking him, saying, "Rabbi, eat [something]!"
And [when they] found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, "Rabbi, when did you get here?"
And his disciples asked him, saying, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he should be born blind?"
The disciples said to him, "Rabbi, the Jews were seeking just now to stone you, and are you going there again?"
Smith
a title of respect signifying master, teacher, given by the Jews to their doctors and teachers, and often addressed to our Lord.
Mt 23:7-8; 26:25,49; Mr 9:6; 11:21; 14:45; Joh 1:38,49; 3:2,26; 4:31; 6:25; 9:2; 11:8
Another form of the title was Rabboni.
Joh 20:16
The titles were used with different degrees of honor; the lowest being rab, master then rabbi, my master; next rabban, our master; and greatest of all, Rabboni, my great master.
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and the greetings in the marketplaces and to be called 'Rabbi' by people. But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' because one is your teacher, and you are all brothers,
And Judas, the one who was betraying him, answered [and] said, "{Surely I am not he, am I}, Rabbi?" He said to him, "You have said [it]."
And he came up to Jesus immediately [and] said, "Greetings, Rabbi," and kissed him.
(For he did not know what he should answer, because they were terrified.)
And Peter remembered [and] said to him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered!"
And [when he] arrived, he came up to him immediately [and] said, "Rabbi," and kissed him.
And Jesus, turning around and seeing them following [him], said to them, "What do you seek?" And they said to him, "Rabbi" (which means [when] translated "Teacher"), "where are you staying?"
Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the king of Israel!"
This man came to him at night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that [you are] a teacher who has come from God, for no one is able to perform these signs that you are performing unless God were with him."
And they came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, he who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, about whom you testified--look, this one is baptizing, and all are coming to him!"
In the meanwhile the disciples were asking him, saying, "Rabbi, eat [something]!"
And [when they] found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, "Rabbi, when did you get here?"
And his disciples asked him, saying, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he should be born blind?"
The disciples said to him, "Rabbi, the Jews were seeking just now to stone you, and are you going there again?"
Jesus said to her, "Mary." She turned around [and] said to him in Aramaic, "Rabboni" (which means "Teacher").
Watsons
RABBI. See RAB.