Skull
κρανίονStrong’s G2898kranion
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Kranion is the Greek word usually translated “skull”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,”
Meaning
Usually translated “skull”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- of a skull 2
- skull 1
- of the skull 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- Mark 1
- Luke 1
- John 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 15:22And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.
- Luke 23:33And 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.
- John 19:17And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:
Greek dictionary
κρανίον kranion · Skull
κρανίον, -ου, τό (κάρα, the head), [in LXX: Jdg.9:53, 4Ki.9:35 (גֻּלְגֹּלֶת)* ;] a skull: Mat.27:33, Mrk.15:22, Luk.23:33, Jhn.19:17.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “skull” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SKULL, noun
- The bone that forms the exterior of the head, and incloses the brain; the brain-pan.
- A person.
- skull for skeal or school, of fish
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.