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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 - And the chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, “It is not lawful to put them into the temple G2878 treasury G2878, since it is the price of blood.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:11 - but you say, ‘If a man says to his father or his mother, whatever you might benefit from me is Corban G2878 (that is to say, [fn]given to God),’
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