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polled

Meaning of “polled”

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of poll, meaning to cut the hair from the head.

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3 occurrences1 verse1 bookKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: 2 Samuel 14:26

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2 Samuel 14:26
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And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year’s end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king’s weight.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 14:26 · retained source text

And when he polled his head, (for it was at euery yeres end that he polled it: because the haire was heauy on him, therefore he polled it) hee weighed the haire of his head at two hundred shekels after the kings weight.

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Definition evidence

1 · Direct Scripture definition

2 Samuel 14:26

The single verse contains all three claims and directly explains polling by the hair's weight and its subsequent weighing. Cutting the hair is intrinsic, not an external inference.