Gift both and gorban

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  • ref → Mark 7.11 (Jesus answering the Pharisees): "But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is Corban’ (that is, a gift committed to God) .."
    • corban - among the ancient Hebrews, an offering given to God, esp. in performance of a vow
  • Gift: (German) poison
  • gorb: (Anglo-Irish) ravenous eater, glutton
  • gorban: (Ruthenian) hunchback