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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 Box Exo 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:16 - This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Everyone is to gather as much as they need. Take an omer[fn] for each person you have in your tent.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26 - one beka per person, that is, half a shekel,[fn] according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone who had crossed over to those counted, twenty years old or more, a total of 603,550 men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:2 - “Take a census of the whole Israelite community by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:18 - and they called the whole community together on the first day of the second month. The people registered their ancestry by their clans and families, and the men twenty years old or more were listed by name, one by one,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:20 - From the descendants of Reuben the firstborn son of Israel: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, one by one, according to the records of their clans and families.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:22 - From the descendants of Simeon: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were counted and listed by name, one by one, according to the records of their clans and families.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:47

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:47 - collect five shekels[fn] for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:53

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:53 - a woman dropped an upper millstone on his head and cracked his skull.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:35 - But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing except her skull, her feet and her hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 10:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:10 - They put his armor in the temple of their gods and hung up his head in the temple of Dagon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:3 - The Levites thirty years old or more were counted, and the total number of men was thirty-eight thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:24 - These were the descendants of Levi by their families—the heads of families as they were registered under their names and counted individually, that is, the workers twenty years old or more who served in the temple of the LORD.
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