How to Pronounce Golgotha
GAHL-guh-thuh
Golgotha is pronounced GAHL-guh-thuh (ˈɡɑlɡəθə): three syllables, stress on the first. Also heard: GOLE-gah-thah, GAHL-guh-thuh or gahl-GAH-thuh.
What does Golgotha mean?
Golgotha means “a heap of skulls; something skull-shaped”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Where was Golgotha?
The common name of the spot where Jesus was crucified. It is interpreted by the evangelists as meaning “the place of a skull” (Matt. 27:33; Mark 15:22; John 19:17). This name represents in Greek letters the Aramaic word Gulgaltha, which is the Hebrew Gulgoleth (Num. 1:2; 1 Chr. 23:3, 24; 2 Kings 9:35), meaning “a skull.” It is identical with the word Calvary (q.v.). It was a little knoll rounded like a bare skull. It is obvious from the evangelists that it was some well-known spot outside the gate (comp. Heb. 13:12), and near the city (Luke 23:26), containing a “garden” (John 19:41), and on a thoroughfare leading into the country.
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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