G1115
G1115 — Γολγοθᾶ
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
Golgotha (gol-goth-ah`) n/l.
1. the skull
2. Golgotha, a knoll near Jerusalem
[of Chaldee origin]
KJV: Golgotha
Compare: H1538
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
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 âËÌìÀâÈìÀúÈà, Heb. âËÌìÀâÉÌìÆú (from âÈÌìÇì 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).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
Γολγοθᾶ (Golgotha)
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
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