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Calvary

Calvary

12 9.5
A hill near Jerusalem where Christians say Jesus was put to death on a cross
  • proper noun
  • /ˈkæl.və.ri/
  • Literature
translation icon : Gólgota
  • Some people think the Crucifixion only took place on Calvary.
  • Mount Calvary
  • Calvary Hill
  • way to Calvary

Lord Jesus, I recognise that you died on that cross at Calvary for my sins.

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Examples

  • Welcome to Calvary Chapel College.

  • At first, he worked in metal in a basement workshop at Calvary Church.

    Blog text (9)
  • Thank God for the Calvary.

  • We're getting married at the Calvary Chapel church.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Lord Jesus, I recognise that you died on that cross at Calvary for my sins.

  • The program is also aired in Great Britain on Calvary Chapel Radio UK.

    Blog text (20)
  • This movement started at Calvary, but it can't stay here.

  • In the Bible, Jesus Christ's atoning death on the cross of Calvary was hardly a "useless journey."

    Blog text (10)
  • Rather, the symbol evokes images of Calvary, the crucifixion of Jesus, eternal life, and other Christian concepts.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The congregation held a service to honor the sacrifice made at Calvary.

Synonyms

Golgotha
vsCalvary
  • Literature
3 9.9

A hill outside Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified, also called Calvary

is an alternative name for the same hill

Compounds

A plant that lives for one year with spiny seed pods and dark spots on its leaves

A Latin cross set on three steps often on gravestones or altars

9.9

A long, very painful time after a big emotional loss

A cross on three steps that represents the hill where Jesus died on a cross

Surface Forms

Calvary main

Etymology

The word Calvary comes from the Latin Calvaria, which means 'skull', and it matches the Bible name Golgotha, the 'place of the skull'. So Calvary is the hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was killed on the cross.