Strong's Lexicon
G2898
G2898 — κρανίον
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
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