Golgotha — Bible place

The common name of the spot where Jesus was crucified. It is interpreted by the evangelists as meaning “the place of a skull” (Matt. 27:33; Mark 15:22; John 19:17). This name represents in Greek letters the Aramaic word Gulgaltha, which is the Hebrew Gulgoleth (Num. 1:2; 1 Chr. 23:3, 24; 2 Kings 9:35), meaning “a skull.” It is identical with the word Calvary (q.v.). It was a little knoll rounded like a bare skull. It is obvious from the evangelists that it was some well-known spot outside the gate (comp. Heb. 13:12), and near the city (Luke 23:26), containing a “garden” (John 19:41), and on a thoroughfare leading into the country. Hence it is an untenable idea that it is embraced within the present “Church of the Holy Sepulchre.” The hillock above Jeremiah’s Grotto, to the north of the city, is in all probability the true site of Calvary. The skull-like appearance of the rock in the southern precipice of the hillock is very remarkable.

Recorded scripture occurrences (3)

References recorded in the source data; this is not an exhaustive list of mentions.

Show passage in OET: JHN 19:17

OET-RV JHN 19:17

17 Carrying the pole himself, Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) arrived at the Place of the Skull (called Golgotha in Hebrew) just out of the city

OET-LV JHN 19:17

17 And bearing the stake to _himself, he _came _out to the place being _called:
place Of_the_skull, which is _being _called In _Hebraios, Golgotha/(Gulgolet),

Show passage in OET: MRK 15:22

OET-RV MRK 15:22

22 and so they all arrived at Golgotha (which means ‘Place of the skull’).

OET-LV MRK 15:22

22 And they _are _bringing him to the Golgotha/(Gulgolet), place which is being _translated:
place Of_the_skull.

Show passage in OET: MAT 27:33

OET-RV MAT 27:33

33 When they arrived at the place called Golgotha (which means ‘Place of the skull’),

OET-LV MAT 27:33

33 And having _come to a_place being _called Golgotha/(Gulgolet), which is being _called place Of_the_skull,

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