Lexical Summary kranion: a skull Original Word: κρανίονTransliteration: kranion Phonetic Spelling: (kran-ee'-on) Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Short Definition: a skull Meaning: a skull Strong's Concordance Calvary, skull. Diminutive of a derivative of the base of keras; a skull ("cranium") -- Calvary, skull. see GREEK keras Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2898: κρανίονκρανίον, κρανίου, τό (diminutive of the noun κράνον (i. e. κάρα; Curtius, § 38)), a skull (Vulg.calvaria): Matthew 27:33; Mark 15:22; Luke 23:33; John 19:17; see Γολγοθᾶ. (Judges 9:53; 2 Kings 9:35; Homer, Iliad 8, 84; Pindar, Euripides, Plato, Lucian, Herodian) |
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