Strong's Lexicon

G2898

G2898 — κρανίον

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekkranionnounOccurrences: 4

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G2898
Word:κρανίον
Part of Speech:noun
Etymology:diminutive of a derivative of the base of G2768
Language:Greek
Occurrences:4
Transliteration:kranion
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:kran-ee'-on
Meaning:1. a skull ("cranium")
KJV Renderings:Calvary, skull

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

κρανίον, κρανίου, τό (diminutive of the noun κράνον (i. e. κάρα; Curtius, § 38)), a skull (Vulg.calvaria): Mat 27:33; Mar 15:22; Luk 23:33; Joh 19:17; see Γολγοθᾶ. (Jdg 9:53; 2Ki 9:35; Homer, Iliad 8, 84; Pindar, Euripides, Plato, Lucian, Herodian)

Englishman's Greek Concordance

κρανίον (Calvary)

Matthew 27:33

KJV: And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha that is to say a place of a skull
GK: και ελθόντες εις τόπον λεγόμενον Γολγοθά ο εστι λεγόμενος κρανίου τόπος

Mark 15:22

KJV: And they bring him unto the place Golgotha which is being interpreted The place of a skull
GK: και φέρουσιν αυτόν επί Γολγοθά τόπον ο εστι μεθερμηνευόμενον κρανίου τόπος

Luke 23:33

KJV: And when they were come to the place which is called Calvary there they crucified him and the malefactors one on the right hand and the other on the left
GK: και ότε απήλθον επί τον τόπον τον καλούμενον κρανίον εκεί εσταύρωσαν αυτόν και τους κακούργους ον μεν εκ δεξιών ον δε εξ αριστερών

John 19:17

KJV: And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called of a skull which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha
GK: και βαστάζων τον σταυρόν αυτού εξήλθεν εις τον λεγόμενον κρανίου τόπον ος λέγεται Εβραϊστί Γολγοθά
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