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G4462 is the respectful address Rabboni, which John explicitly explains as Teacher. Its two governed forms are direct appeals to Jesus: Bartimaeus asks to see again after Jesus asks what he wants, and Mary Magdalene answers with the title when the risen Jesus speaks her name.
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G4462 is the respectful address Rabboni, which John explicitly explains as Teacher. Its two governed forms are direct appeals to Jesus: Bartimaeus asks to see again after Jesus asks what he wants, and Mary Magdalene answers with the title when the risen Jesus speaks her name.
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Rabboni (2).
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Mark 10:51. Its strongest book concentrations include John (1), Mark (1).
G4462 is the respectful address Rabboni, which John explicitly explains as Teacher. Its two governed forms are direct appeals to Jesus: Bartimaeus asks to see again after Jesus asks what he wants, and Mary Magdalene answers with the title when the risen Jesus speaks her name. Both uses are vocative and personal, but the title by itself does not carry every Christological claim made elsewhere in the Gospels.
Mark 10 centers Jesus' mercy, Bartimaeus's expressed request, restored sight, and following Jesus on the road. John 20 moves from grief and mistaken recognition to Jesus' address, Mary's response, his instruction, and her announcement to the disciples. John describes the title as spoken in Hebrew and translates it for his readers. That wording should be retained without forcing a modern Hebrew-versus-Aramaic boundary onto the verse or treating the title as secret speech.
These two occurrences cannot support a general doctrine of spiritual titles, audible revelation, disability, grief, or guaranteed healing. Jesus' acceptance of the address does not authorize Christian leaders to demand exalted titles, unquestioning loyalty, private access, or dependence. Bartimaeus is permitted to state what he wants, and Mary is entrusted with testimony. Pastoral use should honor disabled people, grieving people, and women's witness while preserving consent, mental-health care, medical care, reporting, and safeguarding.
Two governed vocative forms address Jesus as Rabboni in settings of requested sight and resurrection recognition.
Rabboni, said the blind man
Bartimaeus uses the respectful title while voicing his own request to Jesus.
Rabboni! (which means Teacher)
Mary responds to the risen Jesus with a familiar title that John translates for his readers.
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Greek word. corresponding to
:--Lord, Rabboni.
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Rabbi, my master
Read verseRabbi, my master
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Rabboni is spoken to Jesus by two people whose voices matter in the narratives. Bartimaeus is not treated as an object lesson; Jesus asks what he wants, and he answers for himself. Mary is not left only in private consolation; after recognizing Jesus, she receives instruction and announces the risen Lord to the disciples. The title marks respect and relationship, but the Gospels do the theological work.
A sermon can honor the tenderness of personal address without promising that grief will be resolved through an audible voice or that healing will follow a particular form of prayer. It can honor teachers without granting them Jesus' unique authority. It can also notice that disabled people and women speak, request, receive, follow, and bear witness rather than being reduced to illustrations for others.
John.20.16
Both governed forms are masculine singular vocatives used in direct address. John supplies the translation Teacher. Vocative form identifies address; it does not determine every implication of the speaker's faith or the addressee's identity.
Biblical disciples address teachers and leaders with respect, but the two direct G4462 occurrences concern Jesus. Wider title practices require their own textual evidence.
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