A transliterated Hebrew title of respect meaning literally 'my great one' or 'my master,' used to address recognized teachers of the Torah. In the New Testament it functions as a direct address to Jesus by his disciples and others who acknowledge his teaching authority. Judas addresses Jesus as 'Rabbi' at the betrayal (Matt 26:25, 49), and Peter uses it at the Transfiguration (Mark 9:5). Jesus himself critiques the Pharisees' love of being called 'Rabbi' (Matt 23:7) and instructs his followers not to seek the title for themselves (Matt 23:8). The Gospel of John translates the term for Greek-speaking readers as didaskalos, 'teacher' (John 1:38). The word entered virtually every target language untranslated—Spanish 'Rabbí,' French 'Rabbi,' German 'Rabbi'—testifying to its status as a culturally embedded loanword.