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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the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called 'Rabbi' by men. But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for one is your Teacher, and all of you are brothers.
Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three tents: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."
And Jesus turned and saw them following, and said to them, "What are you looking for?" They said to him, "Rabbi" (which translated means Teacher), "where are you staying?"
Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God. You are King of Israel."
The same came to him by night, and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him."
They came to John, and said to him, "Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, look, he is baptizing, and everyone is coming 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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the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called 'Rabbi' by men. But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for one is your Teacher, and all of you are brothers.
But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for one is your Teacher, and all of you are brothers.
Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three tents: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."
Peter, remembering, said to him, "Teacher, look. The fig tree which you cursed has withered away."
When he had come, immediately he came to him, and said, "Rabbi." and kissed him.
At that time there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him.
And Jesus turned and saw them following, and said to them, "What are you looking for?" They said to him, "Rabbi" (which translated means Teacher), "where are you staying?"
Jesus answered him, "Because I told you, 'I saw you underneath the fig tree,' do you believe? You will see greater things than these."
The same came to him by night, and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him."
When they found him on the other side of the sea, they asked him, "Rabbi, when did you come here?"
His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"
The disciples told him, "Rabbi, the Jewish leaders were just trying to stone you, and are you going there again?"
You call me, 'Teacher' and 'Lord.' You say so correctly, for so I am.
However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak on his own; but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you things that are coming.
Jesus said to her, "Mary." She turned and said to him in Hebrew, "Rabboni." which is to say, "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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Judas, who betrayed him, answered, "It is not me, is it, Rabbi?" He said to him, "You said it."
Immediately he came to Jesus, and said, "Hail, Rabbi." and kissed him.
Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three tents: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."
Jesus asked him, "What do you want me to do for you?" The blind man said to him, "Rabboni, that I may see again."
Peter, remembering, said to him, "Teacher, look. The fig tree which you cursed has withered away."
When he had come, immediately he came to him, and said, "Rabbi." and kissed him.
And Jesus turned and saw them following, and said to them, "What are you looking for?" They said to him, "Rabbi" (which translated means Teacher), "where are you staying?"
Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God. You are King of Israel."
The same came to him by night, and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him."
You yourselves bear me witness that I said, 'I am not the Messiah,' but, 'I have been sent before him.'
When they found him on the other side of the sea, they asked him, "Rabbi, when did you come here?"
His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"
The disciples told him, "Rabbi, the Jewish leaders were just trying to stone you, and are you going there again?"
Jesus said to her, "Mary." She turned and said to him in Hebrew, "Rabboni." which is to say, "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 all of you are brothers.
Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three tents: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."
Peter, remembering, said to him, "Teacher, look. The fig tree which you cursed has withered away."
When he had come, immediately he came to him, and said, "Rabbi." and kissed him.
And Jesus turned and saw them following, and said to them, "What are you looking for?" They said to him, "Rabbi" (which translated means Teacher), "where are you staying?"
Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God. You are King of Israel."
The same came to him by night, and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him."
They came to John, and said to him, "Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, look, he is baptizing, and everyone is coming to him."
When they found him on the other side of the sea, they asked him, "Rabbi, when did you come here?"
His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was 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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the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called 'Rabbi' by men. But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for one is your Teacher, and all of you are brothers.
Judas, who betrayed him, answered, "It is not me, is it, Rabbi?" He said to him, "You said it."
Immediately he came to Jesus, and said, "Hail, Rabbi." and kissed him.
Peter, remembering, said to him, "Teacher, look. The fig tree which you cursed has withered away."
When he had come, immediately he came to him, and said, "Rabbi." and kissed him.
And Jesus turned and saw them following, and said to them, "What are you looking for?" They said to him, "Rabbi" (which translated means Teacher), "where are you staying?"
Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God. You are King of Israel."
The same came to him by night, and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him."
They came to John, and said to him, "Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, look, he is baptizing, and everyone is coming to him."
When they found him on the other side of the sea, they asked him, "Rabbi, when did you come here?"
His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"
The disciples told him, "Rabbi, the Jewish leaders were just trying to stone you, and are you going there again?"
Jesus said to her, "Mary." She turned and said to him in Hebrew, "Rabboni." which is to say, "Teacher."
Watsons
RABBI. See RAB.