גֻּלְגֹּלֶת
gulgôleth · gul-go'-leth
a skull (as round); by implication, a head (in enumeration of persons)
Lexicon
Derivation: by reduplication from H1556 (גָּלַל);
a skull (as round); by implication, a head (in enumeration of persons)
- a skull (as round)
- by implication, a head (in enumeration of persons)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: head, every man, poll, skull.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › authority, the one who leads › to carry, to lift up › authority, the one who leads › the mark, the covenant sign
To carry, to lift up of authority, the one who leads that works to carry, to lift up of authority, the one who leads of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גֻּלְגֹּלֶת above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- by their polls6 · 50%
- for every man2 · 17%
- apiece by the poll1 · 8%
- his skull1 · 8%
- the skull1 · 8%
- his head1 · 8%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.