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Golgotha

A heap of skulls; something skull-shaped Golgotha is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “a heap of skulls; something skull-shaped.” This unified study connects 7 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Historical Reference: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
  • Historical Reference: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
  • Historical Reference: concordance
  • Historical Reference: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)
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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G1115
Hebrew
גֻּלְגֹּלֶת · gulgôleth
Greek
Γολγοθᾶ · Golgotha
Name meaning
a heap of skulls; something skull-shaped According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Γολγοθᾶ

G1115
Transliteration
Golgotha
Language
Greek
Part of speech
N:N--L
Indexed occurrences
3

Glosses

Golgotha

Lexicon definition

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)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

Γολγοθᾶ

G1115
Transliteration
Golgothâ
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
3

Glosses

Golgotha

Lexicon definition

the skull

Golgotha, a knoll near Jerusalem

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

גֻּלְגֹּלֶת

H1538
Transliteration
gulgôleth
Pronunciation
gul-go'-leth
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
12

Glosses

head, every man, poll, skull.

Lexicon definition

a skull (as round)

by implication, a head (in enumeration of persons)

Complete dictionary entries

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Golgotha

a heap of skulls; something skull-shaped

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Golgotha

Indexed occurrences: 3

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Topical Bible

Bible Names

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Golgotha

Meaning:
a heap of skulls; something skull-shaped

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