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Strong's #1115: Golgotha (pronounced gol-goth-ah')

of Chaldee origin (compare 1538); the skull; Golgotha, a knoll near Jerusalem:--Golgotha.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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Golgotha

Golgotha = "skull"

1) the name of a place outside Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified; so called, apparently because its form resembled a skull

Part of Speech: noun proper locative




Usage:

This word is used 3 times:

Matthew 27:33: "unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place"
Mark 15:22: "him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull."
John 19:17: "which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:"









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