corban

or kor·ban

[ kawr-buhn; Sephardic Hebrew kawr-bahn; Ashkenazic Hebrew kawr-buhn ]

noun

1. a sacrifice or offering made to God, especially among the ancient Hebrews in fulfillment of a vow.

corban

/ kɔrˈban; ˈkɔːbən /

noun

1. Old Testament a gift to God
2. New Testament Judaism the Temple treasury or a consecration or gift to it (Matthew 27:6; Mark 7:11)

Word History and Origins

Origin of corban¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Hebrew qorbān literally, a drawing near

Word History and Origins

Origin of corban¹

C14: from Late Latin, from Greek korban, from Hebrew qorbān offering, literally: a drawing near

Example Sentences

In October of that year, the federal court allowed three Christian post-secondary schools represented by lawyers at the Alliance Defending Freedom — Corban University, William Jessup University and Phoenix Seminary — to intervene in the lawsuit.

From Washington Times

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From Los Angeles Times

A truly injurious nuisance is at the heart of novelist Corban Addison’s first nonfiction endeavor, “Wastelands: The True Story of Farm Country on Trial.”

From Los Angeles Times

“Wastelands,” by Corban Addison, tells the extraordinary story of how some neighbors of hog operations in North Carolina battled a meatpacking company polluting their neighborhoods.

From New York Times

Corban Addison hasn’t written a polemic about hog factories, like my paragraph above.

From New York Times