Lectionary Calendar
Thursday, April 25th, 2024
the Fourth Week after Easter
the Fourth Week after Easter
Attention!
Partner with StudyLight.org as God uses us to make a difference for those displaced by Russia's war on Ukraine.
Click to donate today!
Click to donate today!
Bible Dictionaries
olgotha
Smith's Bible Dictionary
Resource Toolbox
Additional Links
Gol'gotha. (skull). The Hebrew name of the spot at which our Lord was crucified. Matthew 27:33; Mark 15:22; John 19:17. By these three evangelists, it is interpreted to mean the "place of a skull". Two explanations of the name are given:
(1) that it was a spot where executions ordinarily took place, and therefore, abounded in skulls; or
(2) it may come from the look or form of the spot itself, bald, round and skull-like, and therefore, a mound or hillock, in accordance with the common phrase - for which there is no direct authority - "Mount Calvary." Whichever of these is the correct explanation, Golgotha seems to have been a known spot.
Copyright Statement
These files are public domain.
These files are public domain.
Bibliography Information
Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'olgotha'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​o/olgotha.html. 1901.
Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'olgotha'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​o/olgotha.html. 1901.