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Koine Greek wordlink #20070

SR GNT Mat 27:6 κορβανᾶν (korbanan) ‘them into the temple_treasury because the price of blood’ Strongs=28785 Lemma=korbanas^*
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=masculine number=singular
Year=33 AD

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Only use of identical word form κορβανᾶν (N-AMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘κορβανᾶν’ (N-AMS) is always and only glossed as ‘temple_treasury’.

Mat 27:6 ‘them into the temple_treasury because the price of blood’ SR GNT Mat 27:6 word 15

OET-LV: 6 And the chief _priests having _taken the silver _coins said: It _is_ not _permitting to _put them into the temple _treasury, because it _is the_price of _blood. (MAT_27:6)

OET-RV: 6 The chief priests took the money and decided, “We can’t legally deposit the money to the temple treasury because it’s blood money.” (MAT 27:6)

^*Note: This is also the only occurrence of the word root (lemma) ‘korbanas’ in the Greek originals.

Key: N=noun AMS=accusative,masculine,singular