[kal-vuh-ree] 
| 1. | Golgotha, the place where Jesus was crucified. Luke 23:33. |
| 2. | (often lowercase ) a sculptured representation of the Crucifixion, usually erected in the open air. |
| 3. | (lowercase) an experience or occasion of extreme suffering, esp. mental suffering. |
| Cal·va·ry 1 (kāl'və-rē, kāl'vrē) A hill outside ancient Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified. |
| Cal·va·ry 2 also cal·va·ry (kāl'və-rē) n. pl. Cal·va·ries also cal·va·ries
[French calvaire, from Calvaire, Calvary (hill). Sense 2, from Calvary1.] |
The hill near Jerusalem on which Jesus was crucified. The name is Latin for “Place of the Skull”; it is also called Golgotha. (See Crucifixion.)
Calvary
only in Luke 23:33, the Latin name Calvaria, which was used as a translation of the Greek word _Kranion_, by which the Hebrew word _Gulgoleth_ was interpreted, "the place of a skull." It probably took this name from its shape, being a hillock or low, rounded, bare elevation somewhat in the form of a human skull. It is nowhere in Scripture called a "hill." The crucifixion of our Lord took place outside the city walls (Heb. 13:11-13) and near the public thoroughfare. "This thing was not done in a corner." (See GOLGOTHA.)
