גֻּלְגֹּ֫לֶת
gul.go.let
head
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word גֻּלְגֹּ֫לֶת (gul-go-let), Strong's number H1538, is defined as "head". According to the provided data, this word falls within the semantic domain of Body & Health, indicating its primary association with the physical realm. This word is used 12 times in the Bible, demonstrating its significant presence across various texts. The meaning is consistent, referring to the head, a crucial part of the human body. No further nuances or extended meanings are implied by the given data. The significance of this word lies in its everyday relevance to human existence. The head is a vital part of the human body, governing thoughts, sensations, and physical functions. The consistent use of this word throughout the Bible underscores the importance of the head in understanding the human experience.
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Occurrences in Scripture
12 total occurrences across the text
“This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded: ‘Gather of it everyone according to his eating; an omer a head, according to the number of your persons, you shall take it, every man for those who are in his tent.’ ”
Exodus 38:26a beka a head, that is, half a shekel, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for everyone who passed over to those who were counted, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty men.
Numbers 1:2“Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, every male, one by one,
Numbers 1:18They assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month; and they declared their ancestry by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, one by one.
Numbers 1:20The children of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, one by one, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:
Numbers 1:22Of the children of Simeon, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, those who were counted of it, according to the number of the names, one by one, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:
Numbers 3:47you shall take five shekels apiece for each one; according to the shekel of the sanctuary you shall take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs);
Judges 9:53A certain woman cast an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, and broke his skull.
2 Kings 9:35They went to bury her, but they found no more of her than the skull, the feet, and the palms of her hands.
1 Chronicles 10:10They put his armor in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the house of Dagon.
1 Chronicles 23:3The Levites were counted from thirty years old and upward; and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.
1 Chronicles 23:24These were the sons of Levi after their fathers’ houses, even the heads of the fathers’ houses of those who were counted individually, in the number of names by their polls, who did the work for the service of Yahweh’s house, from twenty years old and upward.