rabbi
/ˈɹæ.baɪ/
rabbi noun: a Jewish scholar or teacher of halacha (Jewish law), capable of making halachic decisions.
Noun (1)
rabbi (plural rabbis or (archaic) rabbies or rabbanim or rabbanin or rabbonim or rabbonin)
- A Jewish scholar or teacher of halacha (Jewish law), capable of making halachic decisions.
- 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.2019 September 10, Rachel Timoner, “Book Review: Textual Activism by Rabbi Mike Moskowitz”, in Tikkun, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2019
- A Jew who is the leader or is qualified to be the leader of a Jewish congregation.
- "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...2023 November 17, Maggie Harrison Dupré, “Rabbis Warn That Elon Musk Is Spreading the Type of Antisemitism "That Leads to Massacres””, in Futurism, archived from the original on 24 Mar 2024
- A senior officer who acts as a mentor.
- Hoskins? He doesn't have a better rabbi in the department than that?2006 September 17, David Mills, “Soft Eyes”, in The Wire, season 4, episode 2, spoken by Clarence Royce (Glynn Turman)
- If I'm ever gonna make Captain, I need a good mentor. I need my rabbi.2013 September 17, Dan Goor, Michael Schur, “Pilot”, in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Amy Santiago (Melissa Fumero)
Noun (2) capitalized: Rabbi
Rabbi (plural Rabbis)
- The title of a rabbi (a Jewish scholar or teacher); used before or instead of the rabbi's name.
- This past weekend, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach set off a firestorm with his full-page ad in the New York Times accusing National Security Adviser Susan E. Rice of turning a blind eye to the Rwandan genocide when she was on President Bill Clinton’s national security team in the 1990s.2015 March 4, Jill Jacobs, “Shmuley Boteach isn’t ‘America’s rabbi’”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2023
rabbi meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
rabbi in Hindi
- Jewish scholar or teacher
- रब्बी rabbī
rabbi in Marathi
- rabbi
- राब्बी rābbī
rabbi in Urdu
- Jewish scholar or teacher
- ربی rabī
rabbi in Bengali
- Jewish scholar or teacher
- রব্বি robbi
More languagesFewer languages
- rabbi in Telugu
- రబ్బీ, రబ్బి
- rabbi in Malayalam
- റബ്ബാൻ ṟabbāṉ, മോല്യാര് mōlyārŭ
- rabbi in Kannada
- ರಬ್ಬಿ, ರಬ್ಬೀ
- rabbi in Punjabi
- ਰੱਬੀ rabbī, ربّی rabbī
- rabbi in Gujarati
- રબ્બી, રબ્બિ, રાબ્બી
- rabbi in Nepali
- रब्बी
- rabbi in Tagalog
- rabi, rabino
- rabbi in Arabic
- حَاخَام ḥāḵām, حَبْر ḥabr, رَابِي rābī
- rabbi in Malay
- rabai
- rabbi in Indonesian
- rabi, rabbi
- rabbi in Persian
- خاخام xâxâm, ربی rabi
- rabbi in Thai
- รับบี
Examples of rabbi in a sentence
- Rabbi David Hacohen of Corfu supported a ḥerem against dancing by men with married women.
- After 70 CE, the rabbis of the Mishnah faced perhaps an even greater tragedy.
- Maimonides, the 12th century scholar, rabbi and physician also extolled the health benefits of wine in moderation.
Forms of rabbi
| plural | rabbis |
|---|---|
| plural | rabbanim |
| plural | rabbanin |
| plural | rabbonim |
| plural | rabbonin |
| alternative form | rabboni |
| plural | Rabbis |
| plural (archaic) | rabbies |
| alternative form (dated) | rabbin |
Origin of rabbi
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.
Words formed from rabbi
Phrases with rabbi
Questions about rabbi
- What does rabbi mean?
- Rabbi means a Jewish scholar or teacher of halacha (Jewish law), capable of making halachic decisions.
- What is rabbi in Hindi?
- Rabbi in Hindi is रब्बी (rabbī). See Rabbi meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is rabbi?
- Rabbi is a noun.
- How do you pronounce rabbi?
- Rabbi is pronounced /ˈɹæ.baɪ/ (US).
- What is the plural of rabbi?
- The plural of rabbi is rabbis.
Words near rabbi in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: rabbi (page history and authors); Rabbi (page history and authors); राब्बी (Marathi) (page history and authors); rabbi (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); മോല്യാര് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); rabbi (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rabbi (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rabbi (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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