noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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US:/ˈɹæ.baɪ/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
A Jewish scholar or teacher of halacha (Jewish law), capable of making halachic decisions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Judaism, countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A Jew who is the leader or is qualified to be the leader of a Jewish congregation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Judaism, countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cleric
3
noun
Meaning 3
A senior officer who acts as a mentor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, slang
Topics: government, law-enforcement
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
The title of a rabbi (a Jewish scholar or teacher); used before or instead of the rabbi's name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
a Hebrew title of respect for a Jewish scholar or teacher
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: title, title of respect, form of address
6
noun
Meaning 6
spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation; qualified to expound and apply Jewish law
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spiritual leader
Narrower terms: amora, Hillel
History
Etymology
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.
Across languages
Translations
96 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
rabbyn
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Albanian:
rabin
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Arabic:
حَاخَام
(ḥāḵām)
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Arabic:
حَبْر
(ḥabr)
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Arabic:
رَابِي
(rābī)
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Tunisian Arabic:
ربّي
(rǝbbi)
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Aramaic:
רִבִּי
(ribbī)
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Lishana Deni:
מעלם
(maʕalləm)
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Lishana Deni:
חאכם
(ḥāxam)
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Armenian:
րաբբի
(rabbi)
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Asturian:
rabín
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Azerbaijani:
ravvin
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Azerbaijani:
xaxam
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Belarusian:
рабі́н
(rabín)
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Belarusian:
ра́бін
(rábin)
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Bengali:
রব্বি
(robbi)
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Bulgarian:
рави́н
(ravín)
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Catalan:
rabí
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Chinese Mandarin:
拉比
(lābǐ)
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Czech:
rabín
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Danish:
rabbiner
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Dutch:
rabbijn
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Esperanto:
rabeno
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Esperanto:
rabenino
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Estonian:
rabi
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Finnish:
rabbiini
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Finnish:
rabbi
— Jewish scholar or teacher
French:
rabbin
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Galician:
rabino
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Georgian:
რაბინი
(rabini)
— Jewish scholar or teacher
German:
Rabbiner
— Jewish scholar or teacher
German:
Rabbinerin
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Gothic:
𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌴𐌹
(rabbaunei)
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Greek:
ραββίνος
(ravvínos)
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Ancient Greek:
ῥαββουνί
(rhabbouní)
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Hebrew:
רַב
(rav)
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Hebrew:
רַבִּי
(rabí)
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Hindi:
रब्बी
(rabbī)
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Hungarian:
rabbi
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Icelandic:
rabbíni
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Ido:
rabino
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Indonesian:
rabi
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Indonesian:
rabbi
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Interlingua:
rabbi
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Irish:
raibí
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Italian:
rabbino
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Italian:
rabbina
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Japanese:
ラビ
(rabi)
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Kazakh:
раввин
(ravvin)
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Khmer:
រ៉ាប៊ី
(raabii)
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Korean:
랍비
(rapbi)
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Kyrgyz:
раввин
(ravvin)
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Ladino:
חכם
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Ladino:
haham
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Latin:
rabbi
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Latvian:
rabīns
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Lithuanian:
rabinas
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Macedonian:
рабин
(rabin)
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Malay:
rabai
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Maltese:
rabbi
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Norwegian Bokmål:
rabbiner
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Norwegian Nynorsk:
rabbin
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Norwegian Nynorsk:
rabbinar
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Persian:
خاخام
(xâxâm)
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Persian:
ربی
(rabi)
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Polish:
rabin
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Portuguese:
rabino
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Punjabi:
ਰੱਬੀ
(rabbī)
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Punjabi:
ربّی
(rabbī)
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Romanian:
rabin
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Russian:
равви́н
(ravvín)
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Russian:
ра́бби
(rábbi)
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Russian:
ре́бе
(rɛ́bɛ)
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Serbo-Croatian:
ра̀бӣн
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Serbo-Croatian:
ràbīn
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Slovak:
rabín
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Slovene:
rabin
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Spanish:
rabino
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Swedish:
rabbin
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Swedish:
rabbi
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Tagalog:
rabi
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Tagalog:
rabino
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Tajik:
хохом
(xoxom)
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Thai:
รับบี
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Turkish:
haham
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Turkish:
rabbi
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Ottoman Turkish:
خاخام
(haham)
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Ukrainian:
раби́н
(rabýn)
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Ukrainian:
рави́н
(ravýn)
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Ukrainian:
ра́бі
(rábi)
— Jewish scholar or teacher
Ukrainian:
ре́бе
(rébe)
— Jewish scholar or teacher