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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: κρανίον

(Strong's #2898 — Noun Neuter — kranion — kran-ee'-on )

Lat., cranium (akin to kara, "the head"), is used of the scene of the Crucifixion, Matthew 27:33; Mark 15:22; John 19:17; in Luke 23:33 , RV, "(the place which is called) The skull," AV, "Calvary" (from Latin calvaria, "a skull:" marg., "the place of a skull"). The locality has been identified by the traces of the resemblance of the hill to a "skull". In the Sept., Judges 9:53; 2 Kings 9:35 .

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Skull'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​s/skull.html. 1940.
 
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