Golgotha refers to a place or occasion of great suffering, or a burial place. The name comes from the site of Jesus's crucifixion near Jerusalem.
Golgotha bezeichnet einen Ort oder Anlass großer Leiden, oder einen Begräbnisplatz. Der Name stammt von dem Ort der Kreuzigung Jesu in der Nähe von Jerusalem.
| Front | golgotha \GOL-guh-thuh\ |
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| Back | noun 1. A place or occasion of great suffering. 2. A burial place. [After Golgotha, the hill near Jerusalem believed to be the site of Jesus's crucifixion. From Latin, from Greek golgotha, from Aramaic gulgulta, from Hebrew gulgolet (skull). The hill was perhaps named from the resemblance of its shape to a skull. Earliest documented use: 1597.] "A soldier from Mississippi called Spotsylvania 'one vast Golgotha in immensity of the number of the dead'." - Michael Ruane; 'Were Turned into Fiends and Brutes'; The Washington Post; Apr 27, 2014. |
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