קׇרְבָּן
qorbân · kor-bawn'
something brought near the altar, i.e. a sacrificial present
Lexicon
Derivation: or קֻרְבָּן; from H7126 (קָרַב);
something brought near the altar, i.e. a sacrificial present
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: oblation, that is offered, offering.
Letters
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › the head, the highest › the house, what is within › the seed, life continuing
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the head, the highest of the house, what is within of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קׇרְבָּן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
82 occurrences · 82 OT · 0 NT · 34 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- his offering17 · 23%
- this was the offering12 · 16%
- an offering5 · 7%
- for his offering5 · 7%
- offering5 · 7%
- their offering4 · 5%
- and if his offering3 · 4%
- of his offering3 · 4%
- an oblation2 · 3%
- and if thy oblation2 · 3%
- his oblation2 · 3%
- your offering1 · 1%
- if his offering1 · 1%
- as for the oblation1 · 1%
- and every oblation1 · 1%
- with all thine offerings1 · 1%
- and if his oblation1 · 1%
- thereof his offering1 · 1%
- this is the offering1 · 1%
- out of the whole oblation1 · 1%
- that it is offered1 · 1%
- their oblations1 · 1%
- the offering1 · 1%
- for an offering1 · 1%
- a sacrifice1 · 1%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.