What does κρανίον (kraníon) mean in the Bible?
κρανίον (kraníon) is a Greek word meaning "a skull ("cranium")".
Greek · G2898
κρανίον
A skull ("cranium")
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κρανίον G2898
Pronunciation kraníon
What does κρανίον (kraníon) mean in the Bible?
κρανίον (kraníon) is a Greek word meaning "a skull ("cranium")".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2898?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include of the Skull (3), The Skull (1).
Where does κρανίον (kraníon) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 27:33. Its strongest book concentrations include John (1), Luke (1), Mark (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It of the Skull 3× Matthew 27:33, Mark 15:22, John 19:17
The Skull 1× Luke 23:33
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 27:33
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 4
Matthew 1 Mark 1 Luke 1 John 1
Source forms
Κρανίου 2x Kraniou Mark 15:22, John 19:17
Κρανίον 1x Kranion Luke 23:33
κρανίου 1x kraniou Matthew 27:33
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular 3x Matthew 27:33, Mark 15:22, John 19:17
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular 1x Luke 23:33
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a skull ("cranium")
Strong's G2898
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 2 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a skull ("cranium")
Extended definition
:--Calvary, skull.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 27:33 Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
κρανίου kraniou
a skull
Read verse Mark 15:22 Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
κρανίου kraniou
a skull
Read verse Luke 23:33 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
Κρανίον, kranion
a skull
Read verse John 19:17 Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
Κρανίου kraniou
a skull
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Genitive (3) Number pattern Singular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Matt 27:33 · Mark 15:22 · John 19:17 3×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Luke 23:33 1×
Word Origins
κρανίον is built from this root:
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain