Charity vs Corban - What's the difference?
charity | corban |
(archaic) Christian love; representing God's love of man, man's love of God, or man's love of his fellow-men.
In general, an attitude of kindness and understanding towards others, now especially suggesting generosity.
(uncountable) Benevolence to others less fortunate than ourselves; the providing of goods or money to those in need.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=6 (countable) The goods or money given to those in need.
(countable) An organization, the objective of which is to carry out a charitable purpose.
An offering to God, especially in fulfilment of a vow.
* 1901 , The Bible, American Standard Version,
An alms basket; a vessel to receive gifts of charity; a treasury of the church, where offerings are deposited.
As a proper noun charity
is .As a noun corban is
an offering to god, especially in fulfilment of a vow.charity
English
Noun
- Judge thyself with the judgment of sincerity, and thou will judge others with the judgment of charity . — John Mitchell Mason
citation, passage=‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”. […]’.}}
Synonyms
* (organization) charitable organizationcorban
English
Alternative forms
* korbanNoun
(en noun)7:11
- but ye say, If a man shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is Corban , that is to say, Given [to God];