rabbi

• rabbin (dated), rabboni

From Middle English raby, from Ecclesiastical Latin rabbi, and its source Koine Greek ῥαββί (rhabbí), from (post-Tanakh) Hebrew רַבִּי (rabbi, “my master”), from רַב (rav, “master”) +‎ ־ִי (-í, “my”). Compare late Old English rabbi. Doublet of rebbe and related to rav.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹæ.baɪ/

• Audio (US):

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rabbi (plural rabbis or (archaic) rabbies or rabbanim or rabbanin or rabbonim or rabbonin)

1. A Jewish scholar or teacher of halacha (Jewish law), capable of making halachic decisions.
   • 2019 September 10, Rachel Timoner, “Book Review: Textual Activism by Rabbi Mike Moskowitz”, in Tikkun:

     Next, R. Moskowitz brings us to the Slonimer Rebbe, a late 20th century Hasidic rabbi, who taught that the evil of Esav was that very sense of completion, the self-perception that he had no need for growth or further transformation.

2. A Jew who is the leader or is qualified to be the leader of a Jewish congregation.

   Hypernym: cleric

   • 2023 November 17, Maggie Harrison Dupré, “Rabbis Warn That Elon Musk Is Spreading the Type of Antisemitism "That Leads to Massacres””, in Futurism‎^[1]:

     "Elon Musk is spreading the kind of antisemitism that leads to massacres," reads the decree, which was signed by 164 "rabbis, leaders of Jewish organizations, artists, activists, and academics." "And advertisers are funding the platform that allows him to spread his ideology to hundreds of millions [of] people."

3. (law enforcement, slang) A senior officer who acts as a mentor.
   • 2006 September 17, David Mills, “Soft Eyes”, in The Wire, season 4, episode 2, spoken by Clarence Royce (Glynn Turman):

     Hoskins? He doesn't have a better rabbi in the department than that?

   • 2013 September 17, Dan Goor, Michael Schur, “Pilot”, in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Amy Santiago (Melissa Fumero):

     If I'm ever gonna make Captain, I need a good mentor. I need my rabbi.

• rabbi card

• rav, rabbeinu, rebbe, reb, rebbetzin

Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin rabbi, from Koine Greek ῥαββί (rhabbí), from Hebrew רַבִּי (rabbi, “my master”).

• IPA^(key): /rabi/ [ra.β̞i]
• Rhymes: -abi, -i

rabbi anim

1. (Judaism) rabbi

   Synonym: errabino

   • 1571, Joanes Leizarraga, editor, Iesus Christ Gure Iaunaren Testamentu Berria‎^[2], La Rochelle, Ioann 1:38:

     Eta itzuliric Ieſuſec, eta ikuſſiric hec çarreitzala, dioſte hæy, Ceren bilha çabiltzate? Eta hec erran cieçoten, Rabbi (erran nahi baita hambat nola Magiſtrua) non egoiten aiz?

     [Eta itzulirik Jesusek, eta ikusirik hek zarreitzala, dioste haei, Zeren bilha zabiltzate? Eta hek erran ziezoten, Rabbi (erran nahi baita hanbat nola Majistrua) non egoten haiz?]

     Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master) where dwellest thou? – KJV

• “rabbi”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “rabbi”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

From Late Latin rabbi, and its source Koine Greek ῥαββί (rhabbí), from (post-biblical) Hebrew רבי (rabbi, “my master”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑ.bi/

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• Hyphenation: rab‧bi

rabbi m (plural rabbi's, diminutive rabbietje n)

1. (Judaism) rabbi

• rabbijn

• Negerhollands: rabbi

From Ecclesiastical Latin rabbi, from Koine Greek ῥαββί (rhabbí), from Hebrew רַבִּי.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑbːi/, [ˈrɑ̝bːi]
• Rhymes: -ɑbːi
• Syllabification^(key): rab‧bi
• Hyphenation^(key): rab‧bi

rabbi

1. rabbi

• rabbiini

• “rabbi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• barbi

From Latin rabbi, from Ancient Greek ῥαββί (rhabbí), from Hebrew רַבִּי (rabí).

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɒbːi]
• Hyphenation: rab‧bi
• Rhymes: -bi

rabbi (plural rabbik)

1. (Judaism) rabbi

• rabbi in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

rabbi

1. indefinite dative singular of rabb

From Late Latin rabbī, from Ancient Greek ῥαββί (rhabbí, literally “O my Master”), from Hebrew רבי (rabbī, “rabbi”, “spiritual teacher”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈrab.bi/
• Rhymes: -abbi
• Hyphenation: ràb‧bi

rabbi m

1. rabbi

• rabbino

• barbi, birba

• R. (abbreviation)

From the Ancient Greek ῥαββί (rhabbí, literally “O my Master”), from Biblical Hebrew רבי (rabī, “rabbi”, “spiritual teacher”), from רב (raḇ, “master”) +‎ ־י (-ī, “of mine”, “my”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈrab.biː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈrab.bi]

rabbī m (indeclinable)

1. (Late Latin, chiefly used as an honorific) Master, Doctor, and especially Rabbi

   Rabbī Mōsēs Maimōnidēs

   Rabbi Moses Maimonides

• rabinus

• → Catalan: rabí
• → Dutch: rabbi
• → Finnish: rabbi
• → German: Rabbi
• → Hungarian: rabbi
• → Irish: raibí
• → Maltese: rabbi
• → Middle English: raby, rabi, rabby
  • English: rabbi
  • Scots: rabbi
  • → Welsh: rabi
• ⇒ Late Latin: rabbinus, rabinus
  • → Albanian: rabin
  • → Asturian: rabín
  • → Belarusian: рабін (rabin)
  • → Czech: rabín
  • → Danish: rabbiner
  • → Dutch: rabbijn
  • → English: rabbin
  • → Finnish: rabbiini
  • → French: rabbin
  • → Galician: rabino
  • → Georgian: რაბინი (rabini)
  • → German: Rabbiner
  • → Italian: rabbino
    • → Bulgarian: равин (ravin)
    • → Greek: ραββίνος (ravvínos)
    • → Russian: раввин (ravvin)
      • → Azerbaijani: ravvin
      • → Crimean Tatar: ravvin
      • → Kazakh: раввин (ravvin)
      • → Kyrgyz: раввин (ravvin)
      • → Uzbek: ravvin
  • → Latvian: rabīns
  • → Lithuanian: rabinas
  • → Macedonian: рабин (rabin)
  • → Norwegian: rabbiner
  • → Polish: rabin
  • → Romanian: rabin
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: рабин

    Latin script: rabin

  • → Slovak: rabín
  • → Slovene: rabin
  • → Spanish: rabino
    • → Tagalog: rabino
  • → Swedish: rabbin
  • → Vilamovian: raobin

• rabbi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,309/1.

rabbi c

1. a rabbi

   Synonym: rabbin

Usually followed by a rabbi's name. Compare rabbin.

• rabbi in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• rabbi in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• rabbi in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

rabbi m (plural rabiniaid or rabïaid, not mutable)

1. alternative spelling of rabi