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Webster 1913 Edition
Corban
Cor′ban
(kôr′băn)
, Noun.
[Heb.
qorbān
, akin to Ar. qurbān.] 1.
(Jewish Antiq.)
An offering of any kind, devoted to God and therefore not to be appropriated to any other use; esp., an offering in fulfillment of a vow.
☞ In the old Testament the hebrew word is usually translated “oblation” as in
Numb. xviii. 9, xxxi. 50.
☞ The traditionists laid down that a man might interdict himself by vow, not only from using for himself, but from giving to another, or receiving from him, some particular object, whether of food or any other kind. A person might thus exempt himself from assisting parents in distress, under plea of corban.
Dr. W. Smith.
2.
An alms basket; a vessel to receive gifts of charity; a treasury of the church, where offerings are deposited.
Webster 1828 Edition
Corban
CORBAN
,Noun.
1.
In Jewish antiquity, an offering which had life; an animal offered to God; in opposition to the mincha, which was an offering without life.It is a gift, corban, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; that is, I have devoted that to God which you ask of me, and it is no longer mine to give.
2.
An alms-basket; a vessel to receive gifts of charity; a gift; an alms; a treasury of the church, where offerings are deposited.3.
Among Mohammedans, a ceremony performed at the foot of mount Arrarat in Arabia, near Mecca. It consists in killing the number of sheep, and distributing them among the poor.Definition 2024
corban
corban
English
Alternative forms
Noun
corban (plural corbans)
- An offering to God, especially in fulfilment of a vow.
- 1901, The Bible, American Standard Version, 7:11
- 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];
- 1901, The Bible, American Standard Version, 7:11
- An alms basket; a vessel to receive gifts of charity; a treasury of the church, where offerings are deposited.
Usage notes
- In the Old Testament, the Hebrew word is usually translated oblation, as in Numbers xviii. 9, xxxi. 50.
- The traditionists laid down that a man might interdict himself by vow, not only from using for himself, but from giving to another, or receiving from him, some particular object, whether of food or any other kind. A person might thus exempt himself from assisting parents in distress, under plea of corban.
Latin
Noun
corban
- gift
- votive offering
References
- CORBAN in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)