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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rabbi \Rab"bi\, n.; pl {Rabbis}or {Rabbies}. [L., fr Gr ?,
Heb. rab[=i] my master, from rab master, lord, teacher, akin
to Ar rabb.]
Master; lord; teacher; -- a Jewish title of respect or honor
for a teacher or doctor of the law. ``The gravest rabbies.''
--Milton.
Be not ye called Rabbi, for one is your Master, even
Christ, and all ye are brethren. --Matt. xxiii.
8.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
rabbi
n : spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation; qualified to
expound and apply the halakhah and other Jewish law
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Rabbi
my master, a title of dignity given by the Jews to their doctors
of the law and their distinguished teachers. It is sometimes
applied to Christ (Matt. 23:7, 8; Mark 9:5 (R.V.); John 1:38,
49; 3:2; 6:25, etc.); also to John (3:26).
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Rabbi, Rabboni, my master
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