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Lexicon :: Strong's G2878 - korban

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κορβᾶν
Transliteration
korban (Key)
Pronunciation
kor-ban'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Hebrew and Aramaic origin respectively קָרְבָּן (H7133)
mGNT
2x in 2 unique form(s) TR
2x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:860,459

Strong’s Definitions

†κορβᾶν korbân, kor-ban'; of Hebrew and Chaldee origin respectively (H7133); a votive offering and the offering; a consecrated present (to the Temple fund); by extension (the latter term) the Treasury itself, i.e. the room where the contribution boxes stood:—Corban, treasury.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G2878 in the following manner: treasury (1x), corban (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G2878 in the following manner: treasury (1x), corban (1x).

  1. a gift offered (or to be offered) to God

  2. the sacred treasury

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†κορβᾶν korbân, kor-ban'; of Hebrew and Chaldee origin respectively (H7133); a votive offering and the offering; a consecrated present (to the Temple fund); by extension (the latter term) the Treasury itself, i.e. the room where the contribution boxes stood:—Corban, treasury.
STRONGS G2878:
κορβᾶν (κορβᾶν WH; but see Tdf. Proleg., p. 102), indeclinable, and κορβανᾶς, accusative κορβᾶν (Buttmann, 20 (18)), ὁ (Hebrew קָרְבָּן i. e. an offering, the Sept. everywhere δῶρον, a term which comprehends all kinds of sacrifices, the bloody as well as the bloodless);
1. κορβᾶν, a gift offered (or to be offered) to God: Mark 7:11 (Josephus, Antiquities 4, 4, 4, of the Nazarites, οἱ κορβᾶν αὑτούς ὀνομασαντες τῷ Θεῷ, δῶρον δέ τοῦτο σημαίνει κατά Ἑλλήνων γλῶτταν; cf. contracted Apion. 1, 22, 4; (BB. DD. under the word, Corban; Ginsburg in the Bible Educator, 1:155)).
2. κορβανᾶς, κορβανα (see Buttmann, as above), the sacred treasury: Matthew 27:6 (L marginal reading Tr marginal reading κορβᾶν) (τόν ἱερόν θησαυρόν, καλεῖται δέ κορβανᾶς, Josephus, b. j. 2, 9, 4).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
27:6
Mark
7:11

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Strong's Number G2878 matches the Greek κορβᾶν (korban),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:6 - But the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, “It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is blood money.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:11 - But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever you would have gained from me is Corban”’ (that is, given to God)[fn]—
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