Quick Definition
a skull
Strong's Definition
a skull ("cranium")
Derivation: diminutive of a derivative of the base of G2768 (κέρας);
KJV Usage: Calvary, skull
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κρανίον, κρανίου, τό (diminutive of the noun κράνον (i. e. κάρα; Curtius, § 38)), a skull (Vulg.calvaria): Mat_27:33; Mar_15:22; Luk_23:33; Joh_19:17; see Γολγοθᾶ. (Jdg_9:53; 2Ki_9:35; Homer, Iliad 8, 84; Pindar, Euripides, Plato, Lucian, Herodian)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κρανίον kranion 4x
a skull, Mat_27:33 ; Mar_15:22 ; Luk_23:33 ; Joh_19:17 * Calvary; Golgatha; skull.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κρανίον , -ου , τό
( < κάρα , the head),
[in LXX : Jdg_9:53 , 2Ki_9:35 ( H1538 ) * ;]
a skull: Mat_27:33 , Mar_15:22 , Luk_23:33 , Joh_19:17 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κρανίον [page 357]
κρανίον is found bis in the magic P Lond 125 verso (v/A.D.) (= I. pp. 123, 125) .2 ἴβιος κρανίον , .37 τὸ κρανίον τοῦ ὄνου . P Ryl II. 152 .17 (A.D. 42) ἐκρανοκόπησαν πλῖστα φυτ (ά ), they cut the heads off very many young trees (Edd.), shows a new equivalent of καρατομέω .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
κρανίον κρα_νίον, ου, τό, [Etym: κάρα] "the upper part of the head, the skull", Il. , Pind. , Eur.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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.†
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