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rabbi

 

  4  definitions  found 
 
  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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