κορβᾶν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Hebrew קָרְבָּן (qorbān, “offering, sacrifice”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kor.bâːn/ → /korˈβan/ → /korˈvan/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kor.bâːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /korˈban/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /korˈβan/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /korˈvan/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /korˈvan/

Noun

κορβᾶν • (korbân) m (indeclinable)

1. corban, gift or votive offering for the service of God

Declension

Declension of ὁ κορβᾶν; τοῦ κορβᾶν (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ κορβᾶν ho korbân
Genitive	τοῦ κορβᾶν toû korbân
Dative	τῷ κορβᾶν tôi korbân
Accusative	τὸν κορβᾶν tòn korbân
Vocative	κορβᾶν korbân
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κορβανᾶς (korbanâs)

Descendants

• → English: corban
• → Gothic: 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌽 (kaurban)
• → Old Armenian: կորբան (korban)

Further reading

• “κορβᾶν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κορβᾶν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G2878 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible