Home › Words › G › gabbaigabbai/ɡəˈbaɪ/gabbai · noun — A custodian of a synagogue, who often performs assistant duties in services.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).gabbai is pronounced /ɡəˈbaɪ/.EtymologyBorrowed from Hebrew גַּבַּאי (gabái).nounA custodian of a synagogue, who often performs assistant duties in services.A treasurer and/or manager of an organization.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.archisynagogue 59% match — The head of a synagogue. vs gabbai →mashgiach 57% match — Somebody who supervises the kashrut status of food in a restaurant. vs gabbai →badchen 57% match — A kind of Ashkenazic professional wedding entertainer, poet, and master of ceremonies originating in Eastern Europe. vs gabbai →cupbearer 56% match — One who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served. vs gabbai →rabbi 56% match — A Jewish scholar or teacher of halacha (Jewish law), capable of making halachic decisions. vs gabbai →chaver 55% match — A friend or comrade; a chavrusa. vs gabbai →chayav 55% match — responsible, culpable, obligated, typically in either the fulfillment of a mitzvah or in receiving punishment from a beit din vs gabbai →rav 55% match — a rabbi vs gabbai →