Quick Definition
ῥαββί Hebr. Rabbi, my master, teacher
Strong's Definition
of Hebrew origin (7227 with pronominal suffix); my master, i.e Rabbi, as an official title of honor
KJV Usage: Master, Rabbi
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | ραββουνι
33.246 · Communication · Teach
rabbi, teacher (a borrowing from Aramaic) a Jewish teacher and scholar recognized for expertise in interpreting the Jewish Scriptures
MAT 23:7 · MAT 23:8 · MAT 26:25 · MAT 26:49 · MRK 9:5 · MRK 11:21 · MRK 14:45 · JHN 1:38 · JHN 1:49 · JHN 3:2 · JHN 3:26 · JHN 4:31 · JHN 6:25 · JHN 9:2 · JHN 11:8
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ῥαββί, TWH ῥαββεί [cf. B. p.6; WH. App. p. 155; see et,¢], (Hebr. "3", fr. 31 much, great), prop. my great one, my honorable sir; (others incorrectly regard the ‘= as the yodh paragogic); Rabbi, a title with which the Jews were wont to address their teachers (and also to honor them when not addressing them; ef. the French monsieur, monseigneur): Mt. xxiii. 7; translated into Greek by διδάσκαλος, Mt. xxiii. 8 GLT Tr WH; John the Baptist is addressed by this title, Jn. iii. 26; Jesus: both by his disciples, Mt. xxvi. 25, 49; Mk. ix. 5; xi. 21; Jn. i. 38 (39), 49 (50); iv. 31; ix.2; xi.8; and by others, Jn. iii. 2; vi. 25; repeated to indicate earnestness [cf. W. § 65, 5 a.] ῥαββί. ῥαββί, RG in Mt. xxiii. 7 and Mk. xiv. 45; (so "2 "2 for "33 aN in the Targ. on 2K. ii. 12). Cf. Lghifl. Horae Hebr. et Talmud. on Mt. xxiii. 7; Pressel in Herzog ed. 1 xii. p. 471 sq.; [Ginsburg in Alex.’s Kitto, 5. v. Rabbi; Hamburger, Real-Encyclopiidie, s. v. Rabban, vol. ii. p. 948 sq.].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ῥαββί rhabbi 15x
also spelled ῥαββεί, rabbi, my master, teacher, Mt. 23:7, 8; 26:25, 49
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† ῥαββεί (Rec. -βί, v. WH, App., 155)
(Heb. and Aram. רַבִּי, my master; v. Dalman, Words, 327, 331 ff.),
a title of respectful address to Jewish teachers, Rabbi: Mt 23:7, 8; of John, Jo 3:26; of Christ, Mt 26:25, 49, Mk 9:5 11:21 14:45, Jo 1:30, 50 3:2 4:31 6:25 9:2 11:8; κύριε ῥ., Mk 10:51 (WH, mg., v.s. ῥαββουνεί).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ῥαββεί. For the accentuation ῥαββέι (ῥα ββουνέι) in Cod. Vaticanus, showing that εἰ was regarded as a diphthong, cf. Nestle in ZNTW vii. (1906), p. 184. See also Dalman Words, pp. 324 ff., 340.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ῥαββί (rhabbi) — Rabbi. ῥαββί, O my Master, Hebrew word in [NT]; also ῥαββονί or ῥαββουνί, [NT]