corban

Definitions

1. An offering to God, especially in fulfilment of a vow.
2. An alms basket; a vessel to receive gifts of charity; a treasury of the church, where offerings are deposited.

Equivalents

Examples

“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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