G2878 (G2878) — Greek Word Study

Word Study · Strong's G2878 · Greek

G2878

“a votive offering and the offering”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a votive offering and the offering; a consecrated present (to the Temple fund); by extension (the latter term) the Treasury itself, i.e. the room where the contribution boxes stood

Rendered in the KJV as

Corban, treasury.

2
occurrencesin the New Testament
2 of 27
New Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

κορβᾶν,1
κορβανᾶν1

How it is rendered · 2

[It is] Corban,1
treasury1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular1
noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

N-ASM · 1
N-NSM-T · 1

All 2, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Matthew1 of 2 · 50%
Mark1 of 2 · 50%

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Matthew1 occurrence

Matthew 27:6κορβανᾶνkorbanannoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularThe chief priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, “It is unlawful to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.”here: treasury

Mark1 occurrence

Mark 7:11κορβᾶν,korbannoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularBut you say that if a man says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is Corban’ (that is, a gift devoted to God),here: [It is] Corban,

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