κορβᾶνkorbân
an offering, a gift offered to God: Mark 7:11 (cf.
Greek (New Testament) · G2878
Meanings
κορβανᾶς).
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 27:6 The leading priests picked up the coins. “It wouldn’t be right to put this money in the Temple treasury,” they said, “since it was payment for murder.”
- Mark 7:11 But you say it is all right for people to say to their parents, ‘Sorry, I can’t help you. For I have vowed to give to God what I would have given to you.’
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.