7133. qorban
Lexical Summary
qorban: Offering, Sacrifice, Gift

Original Word: קָרְבָּן
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: qorban
Pronunciation: kor-BAHN
Phonetic Spelling: (kor-bawn')
KJV: oblation, that is offered, offering
Word Origin: [from H7126 (קָרַב - offer)]

1. something brought near the altar, i.e. a sacrificial present

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
oblation, that is offered, offering

Or qurban {koor-bawn'}; from qarab; something brought near the altar, i.e. A sacrificial present -- oblation, that is offered, offering.

see HEBREW qarab

Brown-Driver-Briggs
קָרְבָּן80 noun masculineLev 6:13 offering, oblation (Assyrian kurbannu, id., apparently always with כ DlHWB 351); — absolute ׳ק Leviticus 1:2 +; construct קָרְבַּן Leviticus 2:1 +; Sf. קָרְבָּנִי Numbers 28:2 plural suffix קָרְבְּנֵיהֶם Leviticus 7:38; — offering, oblation, General term for all kinds of offering (only Ezekiel Leviticus Numbers [H P]): animal Leviticus 1:2,3,10 +, vegetable Leviticus 2:1 (twice in verse); Leviticus 2:5 +, articles of gold Numbers 31:50, silver Numbers 7:13 +, etc., as accusative of congnate meaning with verb after הִקְרִיב Leviticus 1:2 (twice in verse); Leviticus 3:14; Numbers 6:14 + (see √ Hiph`il 2 b (5)); cstr מִנְחָה ׳ק Leviticus 2:1,4,13 רֵאשִׁית ׳ק Leviticus 2:12 אִשֶּׁה ׳ק Leviticus 22:27; ׳י ׳ק Numbers 9:7,13 (compareNumbers 31:50).

[קֻרְבָּן] noun [masculine] offering; — construct קֻרְבַּן הָעֵצִים wood-offering for second temple Nehemiah 10:35; Nehemiah 13:31.

II. קרב (√ of following; compare Assyrian kirbu, midst; Late Hebrew [קֶרֶב] plural entrails (rare); MI23,24 בקרב in the midst of the city; perhaps also Arabic heart).

Topical Lexicon
Essential Concept

קָרְבָּן (qorban) describes any gift presented to the LORD at His sanctuary. Unlike terms that specify type (burnt, grain, sin, etc.), qorban stresses the act of drawing near to God with something dedicated to Him. At its heart stands the principle that access to the Holy One requires a divinely-appointed offering, whether for atonement, thanksgiving, fellowship, or consecration.

Occurrences and Distribution

Approximately eighty-two instances appear almost entirely in Leviticus (forty-two) and Numbers (thirty-four), with a small cluster in Ezekiel’s temple vision (six). The concentration in priestly literature underlines its technical liturgical character. Typical formula: “If anyone presents a qorban to the LORD…” (Leviticus 1:2).

Categories of Offerings Referred to as Qorban

1. Burnt Offering (Leviticus 1:2-17).
2. Grain Offering (Leviticus 2:1-16).
3. Fellowship/Peace Offering (Leviticus 3:1-17).
4. Sin Offering (Leviticus 4:23-32).
5. Guilt/Reparation Offering (Leviticus 5:15-18).
6. Dedication Gifts for Tabernacle service (Numbers 7:3-88).
7. Voluntary tribute on special occasions, e.g., the officers’ jewels after war (Numbers 31:50).

All five principal sacrifices could be termed “qorban,” demonstrating that every approach to God—voluntary or obligatory—was grounded in His ordained means.

Function in Covenant Worship

1. Mediation of Atonement

“Then the priest shall make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven” (Leviticus 4:31). Qorban therefore safeguarded the covenant relationship by satisfying divine justice.
2. Fellowship and Communion

The peace offering was “the food of the LORD’s offering by fire” (Leviticus 3:11), a shared meal symbolizing harmony between worshiper, priest, and God.
3. Thanksgiving and Praise

Freewill grain offerings (Leviticus 2:1) expressed gratitude for daily provision; inclusion of salt (Leviticus 2:13) signified covenant permanence.
4. Consecration of Persons and Things

Nazirite completion offerings (Numbers 6:14) and Levitical ordination (Numbers 8:11-12) employed qorban to set servants apart for holy duty.
5. Sanctification of Sacred Space

Tribal leaders’ gifts (Numbers 7) equipped the altar before regular service began, illustrating communal responsibility for corporate worship.

Holiness and Atonement

Qorban theology intertwines God’s holiness and mercy. Sin alienates; sacrifice restores. The repeated refrain “an aroma pleasing to the LORD” (e.g., Leviticus 1:9) signifies divine acceptance, not because of intrinsic animal value, but by obedient faith in God’s provision. Blood applied “on the horns of the altar” (Leviticus 4:25) dramatized substitutionary death, prefiguring ultimate redemption.

Voluntary Devotion and Thankfulness

While some qorbanot were mandatory, many were spontaneous. “If someone brings a freewill offering to the LORD…” (Leviticus 22:18). Such liberty safeguarded the heart of worship from mere ritualism, teaching Israel that the covenant God delights in cheerful givers (compare 2 Corinthians 9:7).

Prophetic and Eschatological Outlook

Ezekiel’s temple vision reaffirms qorban in the future order: “You shall provide a lamb a year old without blemish as a daily burnt offering to the LORD” (Ezekiel 46:13). The language intentionally recalls the Torah, assuring exiles of restored worship and foreshadowing Messianic fulfillment rather than instituting an alternate means of salvation.

Christological and New Covenant Fulfillment

All qorbanot converge in Jesus Christ:
• He is the once-for-all sin offering—“Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God” (Ephesians 5:2).
• He embodies the grain offering—unleavened, anointed, wholly pleasing.
• He is our peace—“having made peace through the blood of His cross” (Colossians 1:20).

The tearing of the veil (Matthew 27:51) proclaims that the goal of qorban, access to God, is permanently achieved in the Messiah.

Practical Ministry Implications Today

1. Preaching the Gospel: Old Testament qorban provides rich imagery for expounding substitutionary atonement.
2. Worship: Though animal sacrifice is obsolete, the principle of coming to God on His terms endures (Hebrews 10:19-22).
3. Stewardship: Voluntary offerings encourage believers to present “your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God” (Romans 12:1).
4. Corporate Unity: Israel’s communal presentations (Numbers 7) model collective responsibility for the house of God.

Thus קָרְבָּן unfolds the storyline of Scripture: sinners draw near through a divinely appointed offering, culminating in the supreme self-offering of Jesus Christ, by whom “we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place” (Hebrews 10:19).

Forms and Transliterations
הַקָּרְבָֽן׃ הקרבן׃ וְקָרְבָּנ֞וֹ וּלְקֻרְבַּ֧ן ולקרבן וקרבנו לְקָרְבַּ֥ן לקרבן קָ֠רְבָּנָם קָרְבְּנֵיהֶ֛ם קָרְבַּ֖ן קָרְבַּ֣ן קָרְבַּ֤ן קָרְבַּ֥ן קָרְבַּן֩ קָרְבַּנְכֶֽם׃ קָרְבָּ֔ן קָרְבָּ֖ן קָרְבָּן֙ קָרְבָּנ֑וֹ קָרְבָּנ֔וֹ קָרְבָּנ֖וֹ קָרְבָּנ֛וֹ קָרְבָּנ֜וֹ קָרְבָּנ֞וֹ קָרְבָּנ֣וֹ קָרְבָּנ֤וֹ קָרְבָּנ֧וֹ קָרְבָּנְךָ֖ קָרְבָּנִ֨י קָרְבָּנֶ֑ךָ קָרְבָּנָ֔ם קָרְבָּנָ֖ם קָרְבָּנָ֜ם קָרְבָּנָהּ֙ קָרְבָּנֽוֹ׃ קָרְבָּנוֹ֙ קֻרְבַּ֣ן קרבן קרבנה קרבנו קרבנו׃ קרבני קרבניהם קרבנך קרבנכם׃ קרבנם hakkareVan haq·qā·rə·ḇān haqqārəḇān karBan kareBan karebaNah karebaNam karebanChem karebaNecha karebaNi karebaNo Karebanom karebeneiHem korban kurBan lə·qā·rə·ban lekarBan ləqārəban qā·rə·bā·nāh qā·rə·bā·nām qā·rə·bā·ne·ḵā qā·rə·bā·nə·ḵā qā·rə·bā·nî qā·rə·bā·nōw qā·rə·ban qā·rə·ban·ḵem qā·rə·bə·nê·hem qār·bān qārbān qārəban qārəbānāh qārəbānām qārəbāneḵā qārəbānəḵā qārəbānî qārəbanḵem qārəbānōw qārəbənêhem qur·ban qurban ū·lə·qur·ban ulekurBan ūləqurban vekarebaNo wə·qā·rə·bā·nōw wəqārəbānōw
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Leviticus 1:2
HEB: יַקְרִ֥יב מִכֶּ֛ם קָרְבָּ֖ן לַֽיהוָ֑ה מִן־
NAS: of you brings an offering to the LORD,
KJV: of you bring an offering unto the LORD,
INT: brings at an offering to the LORD at

Leviticus 1:2
HEB: תַּקְרִ֖יבוּ אֶת־ קָרְבַּנְכֶֽם׃
NAS: you shall bring your offering of animals
KJV: ye shall bring your offering of the cattle,
INT: the flock shall bring your offering

Leviticus 1:3
HEB: אִם־ עֹלָ֤ה קָרְבָּנוֹ֙ מִן־ הַבָּקָ֔ר
NAS: If his offering is a burnt offering
KJV: If his offering [be] a burnt sacrifice
INT: If burnt his offering from the herd

Leviticus 1:10
HEB: מִן־ הַצֹּ֨אן קָרְבָּנ֧וֹ מִן־ הַכְּשָׂבִ֛ים
NAS: But if his offering is from the flock,
KJV: And if his offering [be] of the flocks,
INT: is from the flock his offering at of the sheep

Leviticus 1:14
HEB: הָע֛וֹף עֹלָ֥ה קָרְבָּנ֖וֹ לַֽיהוָ֑ה וְהִקְרִ֣יב
NAS: But if his offering to the LORD
KJV: And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the LORD
INT: of birds burnt his offering to the LORD shall bring

Leviticus 1:14
HEB: הַיּוֹנָ֖ה אֶת־ קָרְבָּנֽוֹ׃
NAS: then he shall bring his offering from the turtledoves
KJV: then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves,
INT: young pigeons his offering

Leviticus 2:1
HEB: כִּֽי־ תַקְרִ֞יב קָרְבַּ֤ן מִנְחָה֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה
NAS: a grain offering as an offering to the LORD,
KJV: a meat offering unto the LORD,
INT: now when presents an offering offering to the LORD

Leviticus 2:1
HEB: סֹ֖לֶת יִהְיֶ֣ה קָרְבָּנ֑וֹ וְיָצַ֤ק עָלֶ֙יהָ֙
NAS: to the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour,
KJV: unto the LORD, his offering shall be [of] fine flour;
INT: fine become his offering shall pour and

Leviticus 2:4
HEB: וְכִ֥י תַקְרִ֛ב קָרְבַּ֥ן מִנְחָ֖ה מַאֲפֵ֣ה
NAS: Now when you bring an offering of a grain offering
KJV: And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering
INT: for bring an offering offering baked

Leviticus 2:5
HEB: עַל־ הַֽמַּחֲבַ֖ת קָרְבָּנֶ֑ךָ סֹ֛לֶת בְּלוּלָ֥ה
NAS: If your offering is a grain offering
KJV: And if thy oblation [be] a meat offering
INT: on the griddle your offering fine mixed

Leviticus 2:7
HEB: מִנְחַ֥ת מַרְחֶ֖שֶׁת קָרְבָּנֶ֑ךָ סֹ֥לֶת בַּשֶּׁ֖מֶן
NAS: Now if your offering is a grain offering
KJV: And if thy oblation [be] a meat offering
INT: offering A pan your offering of fine oil

Leviticus 2:12
HEB: קָרְבַּ֥ן רֵאשִׁ֛ית תַּקְרִ֥יבוּ
NAS: As an offering of first fruits
KJV: As for the oblation of the firstfruits,
INT: an offering of first shall bring

Leviticus 2:13
HEB: וְכָל־ קָרְבַּ֣ן מִנְחָתְךָ֮ בַּמֶּ֣לַח
NAS: Every grain offering of yours, moreover, you shall season
KJV: And every oblation of thy meat offering
INT: Every your offerings offering salt

Leviticus 2:13
HEB: עַ֥ל כָּל־ קָרְבָּנְךָ֖ תַּקְרִ֥יב מֶֽלַח׃
NAS: with all your offerings you shall offer
KJV: from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer
INT: with all your offerings shall offer salt

Leviticus 3:1
HEB: זֶ֥בַח שְׁלָמִ֖ים קָרְבָּנ֑וֹ אִ֤ם מִן־
NAS: Now if his offering is a sacrifice
KJV: And if his oblation [be] a sacrifice
INT: sacrifice of peace his offering if out

Leviticus 3:2
HEB: עַל־ רֹ֣אשׁ קָרְבָּנ֔וֹ וּשְׁחָט֕וֹ פֶּ֖תַח
NAS: on the head of his offering and slay
KJV: upon the head of his offering, and kill
INT: on the head of his offering and slay the doorway

Leviticus 3:6
HEB: מִן־ הַצֹּ֧אן קָרְבָּנ֛וֹ לְזֶ֥בַח שְׁלָמִ֖ים
NAS: But if his offering for a sacrifice
KJV: And if his offering for a sacrifice
INT: is from the flock his offering A sacrifice of peace

Leviticus 3:7
HEB: מַקְרִ֖יב אֶת־ קָרְבָּנ֑וֹ וְהִקְרִ֥יב אֹת֖וֹ
NAS: a lamb for his offering, then he shall offer
KJV: a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer
INT: he to offer his offering shall offer before

Leviticus 3:8
HEB: עַל־ רֹ֣אשׁ קָרְבָּנ֔וֹ וְשָׁחַ֣ט אֹת֔וֹ
NAS: on the head of his offering and slay
KJV: upon the head of his offering, and kill
INT: on the head of his offering and slay before

Leviticus 3:12
HEB: וְאִ֥ם עֵ֖ז קָרְבָּנ֑וֹ וְהִקְרִיב֖וֹ לִפְנֵ֥י
NAS: Moreover, if his offering is a goat,
KJV: And if his offering [be] a goat,
INT: if goat his offering shall offer before

Leviticus 3:14
HEB: וְהִקְרִ֤יב מִמֶּ֙נּוּ֙ קָרְבָּנ֔וֹ אִשֶּׁ֖ה לַֽיהוָ֑ה
NAS: From it he shall present his offering as an offering by fire
KJV: And he shall offer thereof his offering, [even] an offering made by fire
INT: shall present at his offering an offering to the LORD

Leviticus 4:23
HEB: וְהֵבִ֧יא אֶת־ קָרְבָּנ֛וֹ שְׂעִ֥יר עִזִּ֖ים
NAS: to him, he shall bring for his offering a goat,
KJV: he shall bring his offering, a kid
INT: has committed shall bring his offering A kid of the goats

Leviticus 4:28
HEB: חָטָ֑א וְהֵבִ֨יא קָרְבָּנ֜וֹ שְׂעִירַ֤ת עִזִּים֙
NAS: to him, then he shall bring for his offering a goat,
KJV: then he shall bring his offering, a kid
INT: has committed shall bring his offering A goat of the goats

Leviticus 4:32
HEB: כֶּ֛בֶשׂ יָבִ֥יא קָרְבָּנ֖וֹ לְחַטָּ֑את נְקֵבָ֥ה
NAS: a lamb as his offering for a sin offering,
KJV: for a sin offering, he shall bring
INT: A lamb brings his offering A sin A female

Leviticus 5:11
HEB: וְהֵבִ֨יא אֶת־ קָרְבָּנ֜וֹ אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָטָ֗א
NAS: pigeons, then for his offering for that which
KJV: shall bring for his offering the tenth
INT: pigeons shall bring his offering which has sinned

82 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 7133
82 Occurrences


haq·qā·rə·ḇān — 1 Occ.
qā·rə·ban — 1 Occ.
qā·rə·ban — 22 Occ.
qā·rə·bā·nāh — 1 Occ.
qā·rə·bā·nām — 5 Occ.
qā·rə·ban·ḵem — 1 Occ.
qā·rə·bā·ne·ḵā — 3 Occ.
qā·rə·bā·nî — 1 Occ.
qā·rə·bā·nōw — 36 Occ.
qā·rə·bā·nām — 1 Occ.
qā·rə·bə·nê·hem — 1 Occ.
qār·bān — 5 Occ.
qur·ban — 1 Occ.
lə·qā·rə·ban — 1 Occ.
ū·lə·qur·ban — 1 Occ.
wə·qā·rə·bā·nōw — 1 Occ.

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