Word Study · Strong's G2898 · Greek

κρανίον

kranion

kran-ee'-on

Strong's 1890 spelling: kraníon

“a skull ("cranium")”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a skull ("cranium")

Rendered in the KJV as

Calvary, skull.

4
occurrencesin the New Testament
4 of 27
New Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 4 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

κρανίου3
Κρανίον,1

How it is rendered · 3

of a Skull2
[The] Skull,1
of the Skull1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singular3
noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

N-GSN-L · 3
N-ASN-L · 1

All 4, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Matthew1 of 4 · 25%
Mark1 of 4 · 25%
Luke1 of 4 · 25%
John1 of 4 · 25%

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Matthew1 occurrence

Matthew 27:33κρανίουkraniounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularAnd when they came to a place called Golgotha, which means The Place of the Skull,here: of a Skull

Mark1 occurrence

Mark 15:22κρανίουkraniounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularThey brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha, which means The Place of the Skull.here: of a Skull

Luke1 occurrence

Luke 23:33Κρανίον,kranionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularWhen they came to the place called The Skull, they crucified Him there, along with the criminals, one on His right and the other on His left.here: [The] Skull,

John1 occurrence

John 19:17κρανίουkraniounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularCarrying His own cross, He went out to The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha.here: of the Skull

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