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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 the salutations in the market-places, and to be called by men, Rabbi, Rabbi.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:8 - 'And ye -- ye may not be called Rabbi, for one is your director -- the Christ, and all ye are brethren;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:25

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:49

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:49 - and immediately, having come to Jesus, he said, 'Hail, Rabbi,' and kissed him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:5 - And Peter answering saith to Jesus, 'Rabbi, it is good to us to be here; and we may make three booths, for thee one, and for Moses one, and for Elijah one:'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:21 - and Peter having remembered saith to him, 'Rabbi, lo, the fig-tree that thou didst curse is dried up.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:45 - and having come, immediately, having gone near him, he saith, 'Rabbi, Rabbi,' and kissed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:38 - And Jesus having turned, and having beheld them following, saith to them, 'What seek ye?' and they said to them, 'Rabbi, (which is, being interpreted, Teacher,) where remainest thou?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:49

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:49 - Nathanael answered and saith 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 - this one came unto him by night, and said to him, 'Rabbi, we have known that from God thou hast come -- a teacher, for no one these signs is able to do that thou dost, if God may not be with him.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:26 - and they came unto John, and said to him, 'Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou didst testify, lo, this one is baptizing, and all are coming unto him.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:31 - And in the meanwhile his disciples were asking him, saying, 'Rabbi, eat;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:25 - and having found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, 'Rabbi, when hast thou come hither?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:2 - and his disciples asked him, saying, 'Rabbi, who did sin, this one 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, now were the Jews seeking to stone thee, and again thou dost go thither!'
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