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Strong G1115Γολγοθᾶ

Golgotha

Transliteration
Golgotha
Pronunciation
gol-goth-ah'
Morphology
Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

Of Chaldee origin (compare [H1538]);
the skull;
Golgotha a knoll near Jerusalem: - Golgotha.

Meaning of the name

Golgotha, "skull"

Detailed definition

Γολγοθά (Rec. -θᾶ; WH, mg., Γολγόθ, Jo, l.with, Aram. גָּלְגָּלְתָּא = Heb. גֻּלְגֹּלֶת, LXX, κρανίον, Jdg.9:53, 2Ki.9:35); indecl. (exc. Mrk.15:22, -άν),
Golgotha, the place of the crucifixion: Mat.27:33, Mrk.15:22, Jhn.19:17.†
(AS)

In the biblical story

Golgotha

The place where Jesus was crucified, meaning "Place of a Skull."

Golgotha, also known as the Place of a Skull, was the site outside Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified (Matthew 27:33; Mark 15:22; Luke 23:33; John 19:17).

In the Bible

Strong G1115 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • golgotha3

First verses

  1. Matthew 27:33
    And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,
  2. Mark 15:22
    And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.
  3. John 19:17
    And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:
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