גֻּלְגֹּלֶת
gulgōlet
skull
Strong's H1538NounHebrewTWOT 353l

גֻּלְגֹּלֶת (gulgōlet) is a Hebrew noun meaning skull. It appears 12 times in 5 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H1538).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 353l)

Range of meaning (TWOT 353l)skull, head, poll; round; every man
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

גֻּלְגֹּ֫לֶת noun, feminine: skull, head, poll

Strong's H1538 גֻּלְגֹּלֶת: a skull (as round); by implication, a head (in enumeration of persons)
KJV:head, every man, poll, skull.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 353: גָּלַל gālal — roll, roll away; roll up, along; garment rolled, in blood; roll oneself over and over; commit, remove, run down, seek occasion, trust, wallow

See it in Scripture

Exodus 16:16Numbers 1:2Judges 9:53

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