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CORBAN

(Heb. qorbān; Gk. Korbán)

A term referring to religious gifts reserved for God. The gift could be an animal for sacrifice (Lev. 1:2, 3, 10), a vegetable offering (Lev. 2:1, 5), or a gift of precious metals (Num. 7:13; 31:50). In Leviticus the term distinguishes the animal separated from the rest of the herd (Lev. 22:27) or the grain sheaf taken from the harvest (23:14) as an offering to the Lord, thus removing this property from mundane uses. In the NT Jesus warns about the practice of declaring property as “corban” to evade responsibilities toward parents (Mark 7:11-13), a strategy allowing the owner to avoid spending it to support parents in their old age, thus permitting the setting aside of an obligation toward God.

Dennis Gaertner






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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