What does קׇרְבָּן (qorĕbān) mean in the Bible?
H7133 names an offering brought near to God. 2, worshipers bring an animal from herd or flock, beginning instructions that identify both the giver's approach and the offering's governed treatment.
Hebrew · H7133
קׇרְבָּן
Something brought near the altar, i.e. a sacrificial present
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קׇרְבָּןH7133
Pronunciationqorĕbān
What does קׇרְבָּן (qorĕbān) mean in the Bible?
H7133 names an offering brought near to God. 2, worshipers bring an animal from herd or flock, beginning instructions that identify both the giver's approach and the offering's governed treatment.
Reader summary
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H7133?
The BSB source-word alignment has 82 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include his offering (17), was the offering (12), offering (6), an offering (5), one’s offering (4).
Where does קׇרְבָּן (qorĕbān) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Leviticus 1:2. Its strongest book concentrations include Leviticus (40), Numbers (38), Ezekiel (2), Nehemiah (2).
What This Word Actually Means
H7133 names an offering brought near to God. In Lev. 1. 2, worshipers bring an animal from herd or flock, beginning instructions that identify both the giver's approach and the offering's governed treatment. In Lev. 5. 11, a person unable to afford birds may bring flour, showing that access is not reserved for the wealthy. In Ezek. 20. 28, Israel presents offerings at idolatrous high places, proving that religious giving can provoke God when its object and allegiance are false.
H7133 opens teaching on consecrated giving, ordered worship, economic accommodation, and the danger of using sacred gifts apart from covenant faithfulness. It does not purchase divine favor, excuse neglect of dependents, or make every costly gift acceptable to God.
How the Bible Uses It
H7133 ranges across animal, grain, firstfruits, priestly, communal, and sanctuary offerings. The noun identifies what is brought near, while the surrounding law or narrative determines its kind, purpose, recipient, and acceptability.
- Lev.1.2
“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When any of you brings an offering to the Lord, you may bring as your offering an animal from the herd or the flock.
The opening sacrificial instruction names an offering brought from herd or flock and then governs how it is presented.
- Lev.5.11
But if he cannot afford two turtledoves or two young pigeons, he may bring a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a sin offering. He must not put olive oil or frankincense on it, because it is a sin offering.
A worshiper who cannot afford birds may bring flour, preserving a real avenue of approach for the poor.
- Ezek.20.28
When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them and they saw any high hill or leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices, presented offerings that provoked Me, sent up their fragrant incense, and poured out their drink offerings.
Offerings presented at idolatrous sites provoke God because religious action cannot substitute for covenant allegiance.
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Ithis offering17×Leviticus 1:3, Leviticus 2:1, Leviticus 3:14, Numbers 6:21
was the offering12×Numbers 7:17, Numbers 7:23, Numbers 7:29, Numbers 7:35
offering6×Leviticus 7:14, Leviticus 9:7, Leviticus 9:15, Leviticus 23:14
an offering5×Leviticus 1:2, Leviticus 7:13, Numbers 5:15, Numbers 6:14
one’s offering4×Leviticus 1:10, Leviticus 1:14, Leviticus 3:1, Leviticus 3:12
as an offering3×Leviticus 2:12, Leviticus 27:9, Leviticus 27:11
vvv3×Leviticus 3:6, Numbers 15:25, Numbers 28:2
-2×Leviticus 4:32, Leviticus 5:11
as his offering2×Leviticus 4:23, Leviticus 4:28
of the offering2×Leviticus 3:2, Ezekiel 40:43
your offering2×Leviticus 2:5, Leviticus 2:7
. . .1×Leviticus 1:14
[it]1×Leviticus 7:29
a gift1×Leviticus 22:18
a grain offering1×Leviticus 2:1
an offering of grain1×Leviticus 2:4
as their offering1×Numbers 7:3
as your offering1×Leviticus 1:2
for his offering1×Leviticus 3:7
he offers1×Leviticus 7:16
he offers it1×Leviticus 7:15
I also arranged for contributions1×Nehemiah 13:31
is the offering1×Leviticus 6:20
it as an offering1×Leviticus 17:4
of his offering1×Leviticus 3:8
of your grain offerings1×Leviticus 2:13
of your offerings1×Leviticus 2:13
offerings1×Ezekiel 20:28
presented1×Leviticus 22:27
the donation1×Nehemiah 10:34
The offering1×Numbers 7:19
the offerings1×Numbers 18:9
their offerings1×Leviticus 7:38
with his offering1×Numbers 7:12
with their offerings1×Numbers 7:10
Show sample aligned rows
Leviticus 1:2קָרְבָּ֖ןtoan offeringNoun - masculine singularLeviticus 1:2קָרְבַּנְכֶֽם׃toas your offeringNoun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine pluralLeviticus 1:3קָרְבָּנוֹ֙tohis offeringNoun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularLeviticus 1:10קָרְבָּנ֧וֹtoone’s offeringNoun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularLeviticus 1:14קָרְבָּנ֖וֹtoone’s offeringNoun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularLeviticus 1:14קָרְבָּנֽוֹ׃to. . .Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularLeviticus 2:1קָרְבַּ֤ןtoa grain offeringNoun - masculine singular constructLeviticus 2:1קָרְבָּנ֑וֹtohis offeringNoun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularLeviticus 2:4קָרְבַּ֥ןtoan offering of grainNoun - masculine singular constructLeviticus 2:5קָרְבָּנֶ֑ךָtoyour offeringNoun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowLeviticus 1:2
Aligned rows82
Books represented4
Leviticus40Numbers38Nehemiah2Ezekiel2
Source forms
קָרְבַּ֥ן14xqā·rə·banLeviticus 2:4, Leviticus 2:12, Numbers 7:17, Numbers 7:23
קָרְבָּנ֞וֹ10xqā·rə·bā·nōwNumbers 7:25, Numbers 7:31, Numbers 7:37, Numbers 7:43
קָרְבָּנ֑וֹ6xqā·rə·bā·nōwLeviticus 2:1, Leviticus 3:1, Leviticus 3:7, Leviticus 3:12
קָרְבַּ֣ן4xqā·rə·banLeviticus 2:13, Leviticus 9:15, Numbers 9:13, Numbers 31:50
קָרְבָּנ֖וֹ4xqā·rə·bā·nōwLeviticus 1:14, Leviticus 4:32, Leviticus 7:15, Numbers 15:4
קָרְבָּנ֔וֹ4xqā·rə·bā·nōwLeviticus 3:2, Leviticus 3:8, Leviticus 3:14, Leviticus 7:16
קָרְבַּ֤ן3xqā·rə·banLeviticus 2:1, Leviticus 9:7, Numbers 9:7
קָרְבָּ֖ן3xqār·bānLeviticus 1:2, Leviticus 27:9, Leviticus 27:11
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular36xLeviticus 1:3, Leviticus 1:10, Leviticus 1:14, Leviticus 2:1
Noun - masculine singular construct24xLeviticus 2:1, Leviticus 2:4, Leviticus 2:12, Leviticus 2:13
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural6xNumbers 7:3, Numbers 7:10, Numbers 7:11, Numbers 15:25
Noun - masculine singular5xLeviticus 1:2, Leviticus 7:14, Leviticus 17:4, Leviticus 27:9
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular3xLeviticus 2:5, Leviticus 2:7, Leviticus 2:13
Article | Noun - masculine singular1xEzekiel 40:43
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular1xNumbers 7:13
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct1xNehemiah 13:31
Using This Word Well
Be careful not to...
- Do not use offering language to pressure people to give beyond their means or to buy access, blessing, healing, or leadership influence.
- Do not let institutional gifts conceal abuse, idolatry, unpaid obligations, or neglect of dependents.
Avoid claiming...
- Do not claim that H7133 itself names one single sacrificial category or guarantees an offering's acceptance.
- Do not claim that giving money to a ministry is the direct equivalent of every Israelite altar offering.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Gift brought near to God; emphasizes approach and presentation rather than mere animal sacrifice itself.
Source Gloss
something brought near the altar, i.e. a sacrificial present
Extended definitionSource: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Gift brought near to God; emphasizes approach and presentation rather than mere animal sacrifice itself.
something brought near the altar, i.e. a sacrificial present BDB: offering Usage: oblation, that is offered, offering.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
burnt offering brought to altar as sacrificial present to the Lord
grain offering brought near altar as oblation to be presented to God
peace offering presented as sacrificial gift brought before the Lord
sacrificial present from herd brought near altar as offering to God
Showing 4 selected witnesses from 82 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
קׇרְבָּן is built from this root:
Cross-Language Connections
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Part of These Phrases
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For the Preacher and Teacher
H7133 makes giving concrete and accountable. An offering is brought near, but nearness is not achieved by expense, spectacle, or donor influence. Leviticus assigns different materials and procedures, and its poverty provisions allow flour when animals are unaffordable. The worshiper is not shut out because of limited means, while the gift still enters a holy order not controlled by the giver.
Ezekiel supplies the necessary warning: Israel can bring offerings and still provoke God when the worship is idolatrous. Sacred vocabulary does not cleanse false allegiance. Across these contexts, faithful giving responds to God, respects His instructions, and refuses to exploit the vulnerable. Christian teaching may connect Israel's offerings to Christ's self-giving, but it should not turn H7133 into a fundraising lever.
Gifts serve worship and neighbor love under God's authority; they do not buy access, silence accountability, or replace obedience.
Anchor passage
Lev.1.2
Doctrinal connections
- H7133: an offering is brought near within worship ordered by God rather than invented to control Him.
- H7133: poverty accommodations protect access without pretending that every worshiper possesses equal resources.
- H7133: priestly handling makes sacred gifts a matter of accountable stewardship rather than private donor power.
- H7133: idolatrous offerings reveal that religious generosity can coexist with covenant rebellion.
- H7133: acceptable worship joins material giving to faith, holiness, justice, and allegiance to the true God.
- H7133: Christ's self-offering fulfills sacrificial hope without authorizing ministers to demand gifts as payment for grace.
H7133 is a Hebrew noun related to bringing near. English translations commonly use offering or oblation, but nearby sacrificial terms specify whether the gift is burnt, grain, peace, sin, or another kind.
From Old to New Testament
Jesus condemns religious gift practices that evade care for parents, and the New Testament presents His self-offering as decisive while calling believers to generous, truthful, voluntary giving that serves others under grace.