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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.
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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 Box Exo 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:16 - This is the thing H1697 which H834 the LORD H3068 hath commanded, H6680 Gather H3950 of it every man H376 according H6310 to his eating, H400 an omer H6016 for every man, H1538 according to the number H4557 of your persons; H5315 take H3947 ye every man H376 for them which are in his tents. H168

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26 - A bekah H1235 for every man, H1538 that is, half H4276 a shekel, H8255 after the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary, H6944 for every one that went H5674 to be numbered, H6485 from twenty H6242 years H8141 old H1121 and upward, H4605 for six H8337 hundred H3967 thousand H505 and three H7969 thousand H505 and five H2568 hundred H3967 and fifty H2572 men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:2 - Take H5375 ye the sum H7218 of all the congregation H5712 of the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 after their families, H4940 by the house H1004 of their fathers, H1 with the number H4557 of their names, H8034 every male H2145 by their polls; H1538

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:18 - And they assembled H6950 ➔ all the congregation H5712 together H6950 on the first H259 day of the second H8145 month, H2320 and they declared their pedigrees H3205 after their families, H4940 by the house H1004 of their fathers, H1 according to the number H4557 of the names, H8034 from twenty H6242 years H8141 old H1121 and upward, H4605 by their polls. H1538

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:20 - And the children H1121 of Reuben, H7205 Israel's H3478 eldest son, H1060 by their generations, H8435 after their families, H4940 by the house H1004 of their fathers, H1 according to the number H4557 of the names, H8034 by their polls, H1538 every male H2145 from twenty H6242 years H8141 old H1121 and upward, H4605 all that were able to go forth H3318 to war; H6635

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:22 - Of the children H1121 of Simeon, H8095 by their generations, H8435 after their families, H4940 by the house H1004 of their fathers, H1 those that were numbered H6485 of them, according to the number H4557 of the names, H8034 by their polls, H1538 every male H2145 from twenty H6242 years H8141 old H1121 and upward, H4605 all that were able to go forth H3318 to war; H6635

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:47 - Thou shalt even take H3947 five H2568 shekels H8255 apiece by the poll, H1538 after the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary H6944 shalt thou take H3947 them: (the shekel H8255 is twenty H6242 gerahs:) H1626

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:53

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:53 - And a certain H259 woman H802 cast H7993 a piece H6400 of a millstone H7393 upon Abimelech's H40 head, H7218 and all to brake H7533 his skull. H1538

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:35 - And they went H3212 to bury H6912 her: but they found H4672 no more of her than H518 the skull, H1538 and the feet, H7272 and the palms H3709 of her hands. H3027

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 10:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:10 - And they put H7760 his armour H3627 in the house H1004 of their gods, H430 and fastened H8628 his head H1538 in the temple H1004 of Dagon. H1712

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:3 - Now the Levites H3881 were numbered H5608 from the age H1121 of thirty H7970 years H8141 and upward: H4605 and their number H4557 by their polls, H1538 man by man, H1397 was thirty H7970 and eight H8083 thousand. H505

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:24 - These were the sons H1121 of Levi H3878 after the house H1004 of their fathers; H1 even the chief H7218 of the fathers, H1 as they were counted H6485 by number H4557 of names H8034 by their polls, H1538 that did H6213 the work H4399 for the service H5656 of the house H1004 of the LORD, H3068 from the age H1121 of twenty H6242 years H8141 and upward. H4605
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