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qorban

qorban is the alternative form of corban.

Meaning of corban

Noun

corban (plural corbans or corbanot or corbanoth)

  1. An offering to God, especially in fulfilment of a vow.
    • 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
  2. An alms basket; a vessel to receive gifts of charity; a treasury of the church, where offerings are deposited.

Forms of qorban

pluralqorbans
pluralqorbanot
pluralqorbanoth

Questions about qorban

What is qorban the alternative form of?
Qorban is the alternative form of corban.

Words near qorban in the dictionary

  1. Qoqand
  2. QOR
  3. Qor'an
  4. Qoran
  5. Qoranic
  6. qorban
  7. qorbanot
  8. qorbanoth
  9. qorbans
  10. qorma
  11. qormas

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