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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they like to be saluted in the marketplaces and to be called 'rabbi' by men. But you are not to be called 'rabbi,' for One is your teacher, and you are all brothers;
So Peter addressed Jesus, saying, "Rabbi, it is a good thing we are here; let us put up three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah"
Now Jesus turned, and when he observed them coming after him, he asked them, "What do you want?" They replied, "Rabbi" (which may be translated, 'teacher'), "where are you staying?"
"Rabbi," said Nathanael, "you are the Son of God, you are the king of Israel!"
he came one night to Jesus and said, "Rabbi, we know you have come from God to teach us, for no one could perform these Signs of yours unless God were with him."
and they came and told John, "Rabbi, the man who was with you on the opposite side of the Jordan, the man to whom you bore testimony ??here he is, baptizing, and everybody goes to him!"
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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they like to be saluted in the marketplaces and to be called 'rabbi' by men. But you are not to be called 'rabbi,' for One is your teacher, and you are all brothers;
But you are not to be called 'rabbi,' for One is your teacher, and you are all brothers;
So Peter addressed Jesus, saying, "Rabbi, it is a good thing we are here; let us put up three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah"
Then Peter remembered. "Rabbi," he said, "there is the fig tree you cursed, all withered!"
So when he arrived he at once went up to him and said, "Rabbi [rabbi]," and kissed him.
Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Symeon, an upright and devout man, who was on the outlook for the Consolation of Israel. The holy Spirit was upon him;
Now Jesus turned, and when he observed them coming after him, he asked them, "What do you want?" They replied, "Rabbi" (which may be translated, 'teacher'), "where are you staying?"
Jesus answered, "You believe because I told you I had seen you under that fig tree? You shall see more than that."
he came one night to Jesus and said, "Rabbi, we know you have come from God to teach us, for no one could perform these Signs of yours unless God were with him."
When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said, "Rabbi, when did you get here?"
and his disciples asked him, "Rabbi, for whose sin ??for his own or for his parents' ??was he born blind?"
"Rabbi," said the disciples, "the Jews were trying to stone you only the other day; are you going back there?"
You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right: that is what I am.
However, when the Spirit of truth comes, he will lead you into all the truth; for he will not speak of his own accord, he will say whatever he is told, and he will disclose to you what is to come.
"Mary!" said Jesus. She started round and said, "Rabboni!" (a Hebrew word meaning 'teacher').
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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Then Judas his betrayer said, "Surely it is not me, rabbi?" He said to him, "Is it not?"
So he went up at once to Jesus; "Hail, rabbi!" he said, and kissed him.
So Peter addressed Jesus, saying, "Rabbi, it is a good thing we are here; let us put up three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah"
Jesus spoke to him and said, "What do you want me to do for you?" The blind man said, "Rabboni, I want to regain my sight."
Then Peter remembered. "Rabbi," he said, "there is the fig tree you cursed, all withered!"
So when he arrived he at once went up to him and said, "Rabbi [rabbi]," and kissed him.
Now Jesus turned, and when he observed them coming after him, he asked them, "What do you want?" They replied, "Rabbi" (which may be translated, 'teacher'), "where are you staying?"
"Rabbi," said Nathanael, "you are the Son of God, you are the king of Israel!"
he came one night to Jesus and said, "Rabbi, we know you have come from God to teach us, for no one could perform these Signs of yours unless God were with him."
You can bear me out, that I said, 'I am not the Christ'; what I said was, 'I have been sent in advance of him.'
When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said, "Rabbi, when did you get here?"
and his disciples asked him, "Rabbi, for whose sin ??for his own or for his parents' ??was he born blind?"
"Rabbi," said the disciples, "the Jews were trying to stone you only the other day; are you going back there?"
"Mary!" said Jesus. She started round and said, "Rabboni!" (a Hebrew word meaning '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,' for One is your teacher, and you are all brothers;
So Peter addressed Jesus, saying, "Rabbi, it is a good thing we are here; let us put up three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah"
Then Peter remembered. "Rabbi," he said, "there is the fig tree you cursed, all withered!"
So when he arrived he at once went up to him and said, "Rabbi [rabbi]," and kissed him.
Now Jesus turned, and when he observed them coming after him, he asked them, "What do you want?" They replied, "Rabbi" (which may be translated, 'teacher'), "where are you staying?"
"Rabbi," said Nathanael, "you are the Son of God, you are the king of Israel!"
he came one night to Jesus and said, "Rabbi, we know you have come from God to teach us, for no one could perform these Signs of yours unless God were with him."
and they came and told John, "Rabbi, the man who was with you on the opposite side of the Jordan, the man to whom you bore testimony ??here he is, baptizing, and everybody goes to him!"
When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said, "Rabbi, when did you get here?"
and his disciples asked him, "Rabbi, for whose sin ??for his own or for his parents' ??was he born blind?"
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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they like to be saluted in the marketplaces and to be called 'rabbi' by men. But you are not to be called 'rabbi,' for One is your teacher, and you are all brothers;
Then Judas his betrayer said, "Surely it is not me, rabbi?" He said to him, "Is it not?"
So he went up at once to Jesus; "Hail, rabbi!" he said, and kissed him.
Then Peter remembered. "Rabbi," he said, "there is the fig tree you cursed, all withered!"
So when he arrived he at once went up to him and said, "Rabbi [rabbi]," and kissed him.
Now Jesus turned, and when he observed them coming after him, he asked them, "What do you want?" They replied, "Rabbi" (which may be translated, 'teacher'), "where are you staying?"
"Rabbi," said Nathanael, "you are the Son of God, you are the king of Israel!"
he came one night to Jesus and said, "Rabbi, we know you have come from God to teach us, for no one could perform these Signs of yours unless God were with him."
and they came and told John, "Rabbi, the man who was with you on the opposite side of the Jordan, the man to whom you bore testimony ??here he is, baptizing, and everybody goes to him!"
When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said, "Rabbi, when did you get here?"
and his disciples asked him, "Rabbi, for whose sin ??for his own or for his parents' ??was he born blind?"
"Rabbi," said the disciples, "the Jews were trying to stone you only the other day; are you going back there?"
"Mary!" said Jesus. She started round and said, "Rabboni!" (a Hebrew word meaning 'teacher').
Watsons
RABBI. See RAB.