ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Corban

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Corban is a noun meaning An offering to God, especially in fulfilment of a vow.

Meaning

An offering to God, especially in fulfilment of a vow.

More Meanings

  1. An alms basket; a vessel to receive gifts of charity; a treasury of the church, where offerings are deposited.

Example Sentences

but ye say, If a man shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is Corban, that is to say, Given [to God];

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Related dictionary entries include ex-voto, offering, sacrifice, oblation, oath, testament.

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