UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Strong’s: G2878

Associated OET lemmas: κορβᾶν · κορβανᾶς

UBS dictionary entries sharing a lemma or Strong’s identifier: κορβανᾶς (G2878a)

Form 1

Part of speech: noun (Aramaic loanword)

Inflections: κορβᾶν; indeclinable

Related lemmas: κορβανᾶς

Sense 1: gift to God, offering, corban

Semantic entry: 53.22

Semantic domains: Religious Activities

Subdomains: Offering, Sacrifice

Definition: (a borrowing from Hebrew) that which has been set aside as a gift to be given later to God, but which is still at the disposal of the owner

Notes: In some languages it is important to translate ‘corban’ as ‘what I have promised to later give to God.’

Show passage in OET: MRK 7:11

OET-RV MRK 7:11

11 But when you all encourage people to say, ‘Whatever I had that may have helped you guys has been given to God’,

OET-LV MRK 7:11

11 But you _all are _saying:
If a_person may _say to _the father or the mother:
whatever you _may _be _benefitted if from me it _is Korban (that is ‘a_gift’),

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

κορβᾶν

Form 1

Sense 1: gift to God, offering, corban