Strong’s definition
a skull (as round); by implication, a head (in enumeration of persons)
KJV gloss list in the source
head, every man, poll, skull.
Source pronunciation notation: gul-go'-leth
Derivation recorded by Strong
by reduplication from H1556 (גָּלַל);
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