Mar 7:11 | RWP | e4.org | Corban ( κορβαν ο εστιν δωρον ). See on . Mark preserves the Hebrew word for a gift or offering to God ( ; ), indeclinable here, meaning gift ( δωρον ), but declinable κορβανας in , meaning sacred treasury. The rabbis ( but ye say , υμεις δε λεγετε ) actually allowed the mere saying of this word by an unfaithful son to prevent the use of needed money for the support of father or mother. It was a home thrust to these pettifogging sticklers for ceremonial punctilios. They not only justified such a son's trickery, but held that he was prohibited from using it for father or mother, but he might use it for himself.

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Corban ( κορβαν ο εστιν δωρον ). See on Mt 15:5. Mark preserves the Hebrew word for a gift or offering to God (Ex 21:17; Le 20:9), indeclinable here, meaning

gift ( δωρον ), but declinable κορβανας in Mt 27:6, meaning sacred treasury. The rabbis ( but ye say, υμεις δε λεγετε ) actually allowed the mere saying of this word by an unfaithful son to prevent the use of needed money for the support of father or mother. It was a home thrust to these pettifogging sticklers for ceremonial punctilios. They not only justified such a son's trickery, but held that he was prohibited from using it for father or mother, but he might use it for himself.