The word "rav" in turn derives from the Semitic root ר-ב-ב (R-B-B), which in Biblical Aramaic means "great" in many senses, including "revered", but appears primarily as a prefix in construct forms. Although the usage "rabbim" "many" (as 1 Kings 18:25, הָרַבִּים) "the majority, the multitude" occurs for the assembly of the community in the Dead Sea Scrolls, there is no evidence to support an association with the later title "rabbi". The root is cognate to Arabic ربّ "rabb", meaning "lord" (generally used when talking about God, but also about temporal lords), and to the Syriac word "rabi".