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Lexicon :: Strong's G4461 - rabbi

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ῥαββί
Transliteration
rabbi (Key)
Pronunciation
hrab-bee'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Hebrew origin רַב (H7227) with pronominal suffix
mGNT
15x in 1 unique form(s) TR
17x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:961,982

Strong’s Definitions

ῥαββί rhabbí, hrab-bee'; of Hebrew origin (H7227 with pronominal suffix); my master, i.e Rabbi, as an official title of honor:—Master, Rabbi.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's G4461 in the following manner: Master (Christ) (9x), Rabbi (Christ) (5x), rabbi (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's G4461 in the following manner: Master (Christ) (9x), Rabbi (Christ) (5x), rabbi (3x).

  1. my great one, my honourable sir

  2. Rabbi, a title used by the Jews to address their teachers (and also honour them when not addressing them)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ῥαββί rhabbí, hrab-bee'; of Hebrew origin (H7227 with pronominal suffix); my master, i.e Rabbi, as an official title of honor:—Master, Rabbi.
STRONGS G4461:
ῤαββί, 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 Frenchmonsieur, 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); John 4:31; 9:2; 11:8; 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).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Kings
2:12
Matthew
23:7; 23:7; 23:7; 23:8; 26:25; 26:49
Mark
9:5; 11:21; 14:45
John
1:38; 3:2; 3:26; 4:31; 6:25; 9:2; 11:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4461 matches the Greek ῥαββί (rabbi),
which occurs 17 times in 15 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:7 - and salutations in the market-places, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:8 - But *ye*, be not ye called Rabbi; for one is your instructor, and all *ye* are brethren.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:25 - And Judas, who delivered him up, answering said, Is it *I*, Rabbi? He says to him, *Thou* hast said.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:49

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:49 - And immediately coming up to Jesus he said, Hail, Rabbi, and covered him with kisses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:5 - And Peter answering says to Jesus, Rabbi, it is good that we should be here; and let us make three tabernacles, for thee one, and for Moses one, and for Elias one.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:21 - And Peter, remembering what Jesus had said, says to him, Rabbi, see, the fig-tree which thou cursedst is dried up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:45 - And being come, straightway coming up to him, he says, Rabbi, Rabbi; and he covered him with kisses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:38 - But Jesus having turned, and seeing them following, says to them, What seek ye? And *they* said to him, Rabbi (which, being interpreted, signifies Teacher), where abidest thou?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:49

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:49 - Nathanael answered and said to him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God, thou art the King of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:2 - he came to him by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou art come a teacher from God, for none can do these signs that thou doest unless God be with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:26 - And they came to John and said to him, Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, he baptises, and all come to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:31 - But meanwhile the disciples asked him saying, Rabbi, eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:25 - And having found him the other side of the sea, they said to him, Rabbi, when art thou arrived here?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:2 - And his disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he should be born blind?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:8 - The disciples say to him, Rabbi, even but now the Jews sought to stone thee, and goest thou thither again?
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