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Golgotha
Biblical Persons & Places
Golgotha
Golgotha= near Jerusalem (Jerusalem@Gen.14.18-Rev=H3389)
A location near Jerusalem first mentioned at Mat.27.33;
referred to as Golgotha (Γολγοθᾶ), or Skull (KJV= Calvary) (κρανίον).
Strong's Definition
the skull; Golgotha, a knoll near Jerusalem
Derivation: of Chaldee origin (compare H01538);
KJV Usage: Golgotha
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Γολγοθᾶ (Tr WH, or Γολγοθᾶ R G L T (see Tdf. Proleg., p. 102; Kautzsch, p. 10); also Γολγοθᾶ L WH marginal reading in Joh_19:17; accusative Γολγοθᾶν Tdf. in Mar_15:22 (WH Γολγοθᾶν, see their Appendix, p. 160), elsewhere indeclinable, Winers Grammar, 61 (60)), Golgotha, Chaldean βΛΜμΐβΘμΐϊΘΰ, Heb. βΛΜμΐβΙΜμΖϊ (from βΘΜμΗμ to roll), i. e. κρανίον, a skull (Latincalvaria], the name of a place outside of Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified; so called, apparently, because its form resembled a skull: Mat_27:33; Mar_15:22; Joh_19:17. Cf. Tobler, Golgatha. St. Gall. 1851; Furrer in Schenkel ii. 506ff; Keim, Jesus von Naz. iii. 404f; (Porter in Alex.'s Kitto under the word; F. Howe, The true Site of Calvary, N. Y., 1871).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
Γολγοθᾶ Golgotha 3x
Golgotha, pr. name, Mat_27:33 ; Mar_15:22 ; Joh_19:17
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
Γολγοθά
( Rec. -θᾶ ; WH , mg ., Γολγόθ , Jo, l.c ., Aram. ΰתּμגּμגּ = Heb H1538 , LXX , κρανίον , Jdg_9:53 , 2Sam 9:35);
indecl . ( exc . Mar_15:22 , -άν ),
Golgotha, the place of the crucifixion: Mat_27:33 , Mar_15:22 , Joh_19:17 .†
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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)