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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).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 - they love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by others.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:8 - “But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:25 - Then Judas, the one who would betray him, said, “Surely you don’t mean me, Rabbi?” Jesus answered, “You have said so.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:49

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:49 - Going at once to Jesus, Judas said, “Greetings, Rabbi!” and kissed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:5 - Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters—one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:21 - Peter remembered and said to Jesus, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:45 - Going at once to Jesus, Judas said, “Rabbi!” and kissed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:38 - Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, “What do you want?” They said, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:49

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:49 - Then Nathanael declared, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:2 - He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:26 - They came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, that man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan—the one you testified about—look, he is baptizing, and everyone is going to him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:31 - Meanwhile his disciples urged him, “Rabbi, eat something.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:25 - When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:2 - His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:8 - “But Rabbi,” they said, “a short while ago the Jews there tried to stone you, and yet you are going back?”
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