Quick Definition
κρανίον, ου, τό n.n. a skull
Strong's Definition
a skull ("cranium")
Derivation: diminutive of a derivative of the base of G2768 (κέρας);
KJV Usage: Calvary, skull
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -ου
8.11 · Body, Body Parts, and Body Products · Parts of the Body
skull (in the NT κρανίον is used only as a name for the hill of Golgotha) the bony framework of the head, especially the upper portion In rendering κρανίου τόπος ‘place of the skull’ it may be necessary to indicate clearly the relationship between place and skull. A literal rendering of such a phrase might simply mean ‘a place where there was a skull.’ However the meaning of Golgotha has been interpreted generally as ‘a hill resembling a skull’ and therefore κρανίου τόπος may be more satisfactorily rendered as ‘a place resembling a skull’ or ‘a hill looking like a skull.’ See 93.453.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κρανίον, -ov, τό, (dimin. of the noun κρᾶνον [i. 6. κάρα; Curtius § 387), @ skull (Vulg. calvaria): Mt. xxvii. 33; Mk. xv. 22; Lk. xxiii. 83; Jn. xix. 17; see Γολγοθά. (Judg. ix. 53; 2 K. ix. 35; Hom. Il. 8, 84; Pind., Eur., Plat., Leian., Hdian.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κρανίον kranion 4x
a skull, Mt. 27:33; Mk. 15:22; Lk. 23:33; Jn. 19:17*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κρανίον, -ου, τό
(< κάρα, the head), [in LXX: Jg 9:53, IV Ki 9:35 (גֻּלְגֹּלֶת)*;]
a skull: Mt 27:33, Mk 15:22, Lk 23:33, Jo 19:17.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κρανίον (kranion) — Skull. κρᾱνίον, τό, (κάρα) upper part of the head, skull (κεφαλῆς τὸ τριχωτὸν μέρος [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of horses, ὅθι τε πρῶται τρίχες ἵππων κρανίῳ ἐμπεφύασι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of men, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, head, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. headache, [Refs]