Strong's Concordance rhabbi: my master, my teacher Original Word: ῥαββίPart of Speech: Hebrew Form (Indclinable) Transliteration: rhabbi Phonetic Spelling: (hrab-bee') Short Definition: Rabbi, my master, teacher Definition: Rabbi, my master, teacher; a title of respect often applied to Christ. HELPS Word-studies 4461 rhabbí– a rabbi; a teacher-scholar recognized by the Jewish public for accumulating a great number of Bible-facts, i.e. respected for his accumulation of knowledge. [4461 (rhabbí) literally means "great in number," probably referring to the great number of facts (Bible knowledge) acquired by a rabbi.  See OT 7727a (rab). "Rabbi" literally means, " 'My great one; my honorable sir.'  Explained by Jesus himself as (1320 /didáskalos), 'teacher' (Mt 23:8), . . . Used by the Jews in addressing their teachers, and formed from a Hebrew root meaning 'great' " (WS, 403).] Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4461: ῤαββίῤαββί,  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 French monsieur, monseigneur):  Matthew 23:7; translated into Greek by  διδάσκαλος,  Matthew 23:8 G L T Tr WH; John the Baptist is addressed by this title,  John 3:26; Jesus: both by his disciples,  Matthew 26:25, 49;  Mark 9:5;  Mark 11:21;  John 1:38 (39),49(50);  ; and by others, John 3:2; John 6:25; repeated to indicate earnestness (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 65, 5 a.) ῤαββί, ῤαββί, R G in Matthew 23:7 and Mark 14:45; (so רבי רבי for אבי אבי in the Targ. on 2 Kings 2:12). Cf. Lightfoot Horae Hebrew et Talmud. on Matthew 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).   
 
 Strong's Exhaustive Concordance Master, Rabbi. Of Hebrew origin (rab with pronominal suffix); my master, i.e Rabbi, as an official title of honor -- Master, Rabbi.  see HEBREW rab  Forms and Transliterations Ραββει Ῥαββεί ραββί ῥαββί rabbi rhabbi rhabbíLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 4461 15 Occurrencesῥαββί — 15 Occ.Matthew 23:7 HebGRK: τῶν ἀνθρώπων ῥαββί NAS:  and being called  Rabbi by men. KJV:  of men,  Rabbi, Rabbi. INT: men  RabbiMatthew 23:8 Heb GRK: μὴ κληθῆτε ῥαββί εἷς γάρ NAS:  But do not be called Rabbi; for One KJV:  ye called Rabbi: for one INT: not shall be called Rabbi one indeed Matthew 26:25 Heb GRK: ἐγώ εἰμι ῥαββί λέγει αὐτῷ NAS:  Surely it is not I, Rabbi? Jesus said to him, You have said KJV:  answered and said, Master, is it INT: I is it Rabbi He says to him Matthew 26:49 Heb GRK: εἶπεν Χαῖρε ῥαββί καὶ κατεφίλησεν NAS:  Hail, Rabbi! and kissed KJV:  and said, Hail, master; and kissed INT: he said Greetings Rabbi and kissed Mark 9:5 Heb GRK: τῷ Ἰησοῦ ῥαββί καλόν ἐστιν NAS:  to Jesus, Rabbi, it is good KJV:  and said to Jesus, Master, it is good INT: to Jesus Rabbi good it is Mark 11:21 Heb GRK: λέγει αὐτῷ ῥαββί ἴδε ἡ NAS:  said to Him, Rabbi, look, KJV:  unto him, Master, behold, INT: says to him Rabbi look the Mark 14:45 Heb GRK: αὐτῷ λέγει ῥαββί καὶ κατεφίλησεν NAS:  to Him, saying, Rabbi! and kissed KJV:  to him, and saith, Master, master; and INT: to him he says Rabbi and kissed John 1:38 Heb GRK: εἶπαν αὐτῷ ῥαββί ὃ λέγεται NAS:  They said to Him, Rabbi (which KJV:  unto him, Rabbi, (which INT: they said to him Rabbi which is to say John 1:49 Heb GRK: αὐτῷ Ναθαναήλ ῥαββί σὺ εἶ NAS:  answered Him, Rabbi, You are the Son KJV:  saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art INT: him Nathanael Rabbi you are John 3:2 Heb GRK: εἶπεν αὐτῷ ῥαββί οἴδαμεν ὅτι NAS:  and said to Him, Rabbi, we know KJV:  said unto him, Rabbi, we know that INT: said to him Rabbi we know that John 3:26 Heb GRK: εἶπαν αὐτῷ ῥαββί ὃς ἦν NAS:  and said to him, Rabbi, He who KJV:  said unto him, Rabbi, he that was INT: said to him Rabbi he who was John 4:31 Heb GRK: μαθηταὶ λέγοντες ῥαββί φάγε  NAS:  were urging Him, saying, Rabbi, eat. KJV:  him, saying, Master, eat. INT: disciples saying Rabbi eat John 6:25 Heb GRK: εἶπον αὐτῷ ῥαββί πότε ὧδε NAS:  they said to Him, Rabbi, when KJV:  unto him, Rabbi, when INT: they said to him Rabbi when here John 9:2 Heb GRK: αὐτοῦ λέγοντες ῥαββί τίς ἥμαρτεν NAS:  asked Him, Rabbi, who KJV:  him, saying, Master, who did sin, INT: of him saying Rabbi who sinned John 11:8 Heb GRK: οἱ μαθηταί ῥαββί νῦν ἐζήτουν NAS:  said to Him, Rabbi, the Jews KJV:  say unto him, Master, the Jews of late INT: the disciples Rabbi now were seeking 15 Occurrences
 
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