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ˈgɒl gə θəgol·go·tha

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Calvary, Golgothanoun

    a hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified

Wiktionary

  1. Golgothanoun

    The hill outside Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified.

  2. Golgothanoun

    At Oxbridge colleges in the 18th and 19th centuries, a slang term for the rooms of the heads of the colleges (i.e. a pun on 'the place of the skulls or heads').

  3. Etymology: From the Γολγοθᾶ from the גּלגּלת.

Wikipedia

  1. Golgotha

    Calvary (Latin: Calvariae or Calvariae locus) or Golgotha (Greek: Γολγοθᾶ, Golgothâ) was a site immediately outside Jerusalem's walls where Jesus was said to have been crucified according to the canonical Gospels. Since at least the early medieval period, it has been a destination for pilgrimage. The exact location of Calvary has been traditionally associated with a place now enclosed within one of the southern chapels of the multidenominational Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a site said to have been recognized by the Roman empress Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, during her visit to the Holy Land in 325. Other locations have been suggested: in the 19th century, Protestant scholars proposed a different location near the Garden Tomb on Green Hill (now "Skull Hill") about 500 m (1,600 ft) north of the traditional site and historian Joan Taylor has more recently proposed a location about 175 m (574 ft) to its south-southeast.

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    Golgotha is a term derived from Aramaic (gulgulta) and Hebrew (gulgoleth) languages, which means "skull." In Christian tradition, it is referred to as the site located just outside Jerusalem's walls where Jesus Christ was crucified. Sometimes it is also called Calvary, from the Latin 'calva', which also means 'skull'. The exact location of Golgotha remains uncertain and is a subject of much debate.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Golgothanoun

    calvary. See the Note under Calvary

Wikidata

  1. Golgotha

    Golgotha is a 1935 French film about the death of Jesus Christ. It was directed by Julien Duvivier, and stars Harry Baur as Herod and Jean Gabin as Pontius Pilate. Robert Le Vigan plays Christ. It opened in the U.S. in 1937. The film played throughout Europe too, but the British Board of Film Censors "would not allow British eyes to see it." Le Vigan's performance marks the first direct portrayal of Christ in a sound film. For the most part, Jesus is shown from a respectful distance as was also the case in Ben-Hur, Quo Vadis, or The Robe, but there are also a few closer shots and even close-ups. The National Board of Review named the film the sixth best foreign film of 1937. The score for the movie was composed by French composer Jacques Ibert.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Golgotha

    gol′go-tha, n. the scene of our Lord's crucifixion, near Jerusalem: a charnel-house. [Heb.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Golgotha in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Golgotha in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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