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Lexicon :: Strong's H1538 - gulgōleṯ

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גֻּלְגֹּלֶת
Transliteration
gulgōleṯ
Pronunciation
gul-go'-leth
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
By reduplication from גָּלַל (H1556)
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TWOT Reference: 353l

Strong’s Definitions

גֻּלְגֹּלֶת gulgôleth, gul-go'-leth; by reduplication from H1556; a skull (as round); by implication, a head (in enumeration of persons):—head, every man, poll, skull.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's H1538 in the following manner: poll (7x), scull (2x), every man (2x), head (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's H1538 in the following manner: poll (7x), scull (2x), every man (2x), head (1x).

  1. head, poll, skull

    1. skull

    2. head, poll (of census)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גֻּלְגֹּלֶת gulgôleth, gul-go'-leth; by reduplication from H1556; a skull (as round); by implication, a head (in enumeration of persons):—head, every man, poll, skull.
STRONGS H1538: Abbreviations
† גֻּלְגֹּ֫לֶת noun feminine skull, head, poll (person) (on formation compare BaNB 205; Aramaic גּוּלְגַּלְתָּא) — absolute ג׳ 2 Kings 9:35 + 3 times; suffix גֻּלְגָּלְתּוֺ Judges 9:53; 1 Chronicles 10:10; plural suffix גֻּלְגְּלֹתָם Numbers 1:2 + 5 times; —
1. skull, as broken by a stone Judges 9:53; as severed from body 2 Kings 9:35; 1 Chronicles 10:10.
2. head, poll (in counting, taxing, etc.; only P and late) עֹמֶר לַגּ׳ Exodus 16:16 an omer for every man; compare Exodus 38:26; Numbers 1:2, 18, 20, 22; Numbers 3:47; 1 Chronicles 23:3, 24.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

16:16; 38:26

Numbers

1:2; 1:2; 1:18; 1:20; 1:22; 3:47

Judges

9:53; 9:53

2 Kings

9:35; 9:35

1 Chronicles

10:10; 10:10; 23:3; 23:24

H1538

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1538 matches the Hebrew גֻּלְגֹּלֶת (gulgōleṯ),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:16 - This is the bread which the Lord has given you to eat. This is that which the Lord has appointed: gather of it each man for his family, a homer for each person, [fn]according to the number of your souls, gather each of you with his fellow-lodgers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26 - (LXX 39:3) Every one that passed the survey from twenty years old and upwards to the number of six hundred thousand, and three thousand five hundred and fifty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:2 - Take the sum of all the congregation of Israel according to their kindreds, according to the houses of their fathers' families, according to their number by their names, according to their heads: every male

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:18 - And they assembled all the congregation on the first day of the month in the second year; and they [fn]registered them after their lineage, after their families, after the number of their names, from twenty years old and upwards, every male according to their [fn]number:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:20 - And the sons of Ruben the first-born of Israel according to their kindreds, according to their divisions, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names, according to their heads, were—all males from twenty years old and upward, every one that went out with the host—

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:22 - For the children of Symeon according to their kindreds, according to their divisions, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names, according to their polls, all males from twenty years old and upward, every one that goes out with the host,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:47 - thou shalt even take five shekels a head; thou shalt take them according to the holy didrachm, twenty oboli to the shekel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:53

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:53 - And a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon the head of Abimelech, and broke his skull.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:35 - And they went to bury her; but they found nothing of her but the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:10 - And they put their armour in the house of their god, and they put his head in the house of Dagon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:3 - And the Levites numbered themselves from thirty years old and upward; and their number by their polls amounted to thirty and eight thousand men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:24 - These are the sons of Levi according to the houses of their fathers; chiefs of their families according to their numbering, according to the number of their names, according to their polls, doing the works of service of the house of the Lord, from twenty years old and upward.
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