Kranion κρανίον

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Kranion
κρανίον
Transliterationkranion
Strong's numberG2898
LanguageGreek
Part of speechneuter noun
GlossSkull
Occurrences4 in 4 verses
Most frequent inMatthew (1)

Kranion (Greek κρανίον, Strong's G2898) is a Greek neuter noun meaning “Skull”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

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.†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVskull (3), calvary (1)
BSBskull (4)

Verses

Every verse with Kranion, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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