H1538Hebrewgulgōleṯ

גֻּלְגֹּלֶת

a skull (as round); by implication, a head (in enumeration of persons)

12
Total Occurrences
5
Books
12
Old Testament
0
New Testament

Strong’s Definition

a skull (as round); by implication, a head (in enumeration of persons)

Etymology & Derivation

by reduplication from H1556 (גָּלַל);

KJV Usage

head, every man, poll, skull.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

  • 1.head, poll, skull
  • 2.skull
  • 3.head, poll (of census)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: gulgôleth; Pronunciation: gul-go'-leth