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CORBAN, n. L. G., a wicker basket.
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.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Corban'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/c/corban.html.
Entry for 'Corban'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/c/corban.html.
