Ρααβ (and Ῥαχάβ, Mat 1:5; Ρ᾽αχαβη, Ρ᾽αχαβης, in Josephus (Antiquities 5, 1, 2 etc.)), ἡ (øÈçÈá ’brῤαββί, T WH ῥαββει (cf. Buttmann, p. 6; WHs Appendix, p. 155; see εἰ, ἰ) (Hebrew øÇáÄÌé from øÇá, much, great), properly, my great one, my honorable sir; (others incorrectly regard the ÄÎé as the yodh paragogic); Rabbi, a title with which the Jews were accustomed to address their teachers (and also to honor them when not addressing them; cf. the Frenchmonsieur, monseigneur): Mat 23:7; translated into Greek by διδάσκαλος, Mat 23:8 G L T Tr WH; John the Baptist is addressed by this title, Joh 3:26; Jesus: both by his disciples, Mat 26:25; Mat 26:49; Mar 9:5; Mar 11:21; Joh 1:38 (39),49(50); ; and by others, Joh 3:2; Joh 6:25; repeated to indicate earnestness (cf. Winer’s Grammar, § 65, 5 a.) ῤαββί, ῤαββί, R G in Mat 23:7 and Mar 14:45; (so øáé øáé for àáé àáé in the Targ. on 2Ki 2:12). Cf. Lightfoot Horae Hebrew et Talmud. on Mat 23:7; Pressel in Herzog edition 1 xii, p. 471f; (Ginsburg in Alex.’s Kitto, under the word Rabbi; Hamburger, Real-Encyclopהdie, under Rabban, vol. ii., p. 943f).

oad’, ’ample’), Rahab, a harlot of Jericho: Heb 11:31; Jas 2:25. (Cf. B. D. under the word; Lightfoot Clement of Rome, Appendix (London, 1877), p. 413.)