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 elaborate greetings in the marketplaces, and to have people call them 'Rabbi.' But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for you have one Teacher and you are all brothers.
So Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three shelters -- one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."
Jesus turned around and saw them following and said to them, "What do you want?" So they said to him, "Rabbi" (which is translated Teacher), "where are you staying?"
Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel!"
came to Jesus at night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs that you do unless God is with him."
So they came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, the one who was with you on the other side of the Jordan River, about whom you testified -- see, he is baptizing, and everyone is flocking to him!"
When they found him on the other side of the lake, 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 elaborate greetings in the marketplaces, and to have people call them 'Rabbi.' But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for you have one Teacher and you are all brothers.
But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for you have one Teacher and you are all brothers.
So Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three shelters -- one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."
Peter remembered and said to him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered."
When Judas arrived, he went up to Jesus immediately and said, "Rabbi!" and kissed him.
Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon who was righteous and devout, looking for the restoration of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
Jesus turned around and saw them following and said to them, "What do you want?" So they said to him, "Rabbi" (which is translated Teacher), "where are you staying?"
Jesus said to him, "Because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater things than these."
came to Jesus at night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs that you do unless God is with him."
Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, "Rabbi, eat something."
When they found him on the other side of the lake, they said to him, "Rabbi, when did you get here?"
His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who committed the sin that caused him to be born blind, this man or his parents?"
The disciples replied, "Rabbi, the Jewish leaders were just now trying to stone you to death! Are you going there again?"
You call me 'Teacher' and 'Lord,' and do so correctly, for that is what I am.
But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. For he will not speak on his own authority, but will speak whatever he hears, and will tell you what is to come.
Jesus said to her, "Mary." She turned and said to him in Aramaic, "Rabboni" (which means Teacher).
and if you are convinced that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are 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 elaborate greetings in the marketplaces, and to have people call them 'Rabbi.'
Then Judas, the one who would betray him, said, "Surely not I, Rabbi?" Jesus replied, "You have said it yourself."
Immediately he went up to Jesus and said, "Greetings, Rabbi," and kissed him.
So Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three shelters -- one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."
Then Jesus said to him, "What do you want me to do for you?" The blind man replied, "Rabbi, let me see again."
Peter remembered and said to him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered."
When Judas arrived, he went up to Jesus immediately and said, "Rabbi!" and kissed him.
Jesus turned around and saw them following and said to them, "What do you want?" So they said to him, "Rabbi" (which is translated Teacher), "where are you staying?"
Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel!"
came to Jesus at night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs that you do unless God is with him."
You yourselves can testify that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but rather, 'I have been sent before him.'
Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, "Rabbi, eat something."
When they found him on the other side of the lake, they said to him, "Rabbi, when did you get here?"
His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who committed the sin that caused him to be born blind, this man or his parents?"
The disciples replied, "Rabbi, the Jewish leaders were just now trying to stone you to death! Are you going there again?"
Jesus said to her, "Mary." She turned 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,' for you have one Teacher and you are all brothers.
So Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three shelters -- one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."
Peter remembered and said to him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered."
When Judas arrived, he went up to Jesus immediately and said, "Rabbi!" and kissed him.
Jesus turned around and saw them following and said to them, "What do you want?" So they said to him, "Rabbi" (which is translated Teacher), "where are you staying?"
Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel!"
came to Jesus at night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs that you do unless God is with him."
So they came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, the one who was with you on the other side of the Jordan River, about whom you testified -- see, he is baptizing, and everyone is flocking to him!"
Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, "Rabbi, eat something."
When they found him on the other side of the lake, they said to him, "Rabbi, when did you get here?"
His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who committed the sin that caused him to be born blind, this man or his parents?"
The disciples replied, "Rabbi, the Jewish leaders were just now trying to stone you to death! 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 elaborate greetings in the marketplaces, and to have people call them 'Rabbi.' But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for you have one Teacher and you are all brothers.
Then Judas, the one who would betray him, said, "Surely not I, Rabbi?" Jesus replied, "You have said it yourself."
Immediately he went up to Jesus and said, "Greetings, Rabbi," and kissed him.
(For they were afraid, and he did not know what to say.)
Peter remembered and said to him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered."
When Judas arrived, he went up to Jesus immediately and said, "Rabbi!" and kissed him.
Jesus turned around and saw them following and said to them, "What do you want?" So they said to him, "Rabbi" (which is translated Teacher), "where are you staying?"
Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel!"
came to Jesus at night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs that you do unless God is with him."
So they came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, the one who was with you on the other side of the Jordan River, about whom you testified -- see, he is baptizing, and everyone is flocking to him!"
Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, "Rabbi, eat something."
When they found him on the other side of the lake, they said to him, "Rabbi, when did you get here?"
His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who committed the sin that caused him to be born blind, this man or his parents?"
The disciples replied, "Rabbi, the Jewish leaders were just now trying to stone you to death! Are you going there again?"
Jesus said to her, "Mary." She turned and said to him in Aramaic, "Rabboni" (which means Teacher).
Watsons
RABBI. See RAB.