rbb

rbb

Definition: Also rby. To be(come) much, many, great. 1a. rabbi, reb², rebbe, from Hebrew and Aramaic rabbî, my master, from rab(b), master, chief, from rab, to be(come) much, many, great; b. rabbinical, probably from Aramaic rabbin, plural of rab(b), master (see above). 2. Jeroboam, from Hebrew yārob^cām, the (divine) kinsman increased, from yārob, archaic preterite of rābab, to be(come) many, much (^cām, kinsman; see mm-2). 3. rebec, from Arabic rabāb, rebec, from rabba, to be master, control.