H4039 - מְגִלָּה (mᵉgillâh)

H4039 מְגִלָּה (mᵉgillâh) meg-il-law'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

scroll

Strong's Definition

a roll

Derivation: from H1556 (גָּלַל);

KJV Usage: roll, volume.

TWOT Reference: 353m

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) roll, book, writing

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G975 G2777 G5489

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

roll, book, writing Aramaic equivalent: me.gil.lah (מְגִלָּה "scroll" H4040)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מְגִלָּה megillâh BDB Definition: 1) roll, book, writing Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H1556 Same Word by TWOT Number: 353m Total KJV Occurrences: 15

Bible Occurrences (19)

40:7

36:2 36:4 36:6 36:14 36:20 36:21 36:23 36:25 36:27 36:28 36:29 36:32

2:9 3:1 3:2 3:3

5:1 5:2

Jeremiah 36:2

Take a scroll... and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel,... Judah,... and all the nations, from the day I first spoke to you during the reign of Josiah until today.......

Jeremiah 36:4

So Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah, and at the dictation of Jeremiah, Baruch wrote on a scroll... all the words that the LORD had spoken to Jeremiah.

Jeremiah 36:6

so you are to go to the house of the LORD on a day of fasting, and in the hearing of the people you are to read the words of the LORD from the scroll you have written at my dictation. Read them in the hearing of all [the people of] Judah who are coming from their cities.

Jeremiah 36:14

Then all the officials sent word to Baruch through Jehudi son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, saying, Bring... the scroll that you read in the hearing of the people, and come [here]. So Baruch son of Neriah took... the scroll and went to them.

Jeremiah 36:20

So [the officials] went to the king in the courtyard. And having stored the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, they reported everything... to the king.

Jeremiah 36:21

Then the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he took it from the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it in the hearing of the king... and all the officials who were standing beside [him].

Jeremiah 36:23

And as soon as Jehudi had read three or four columns, Jehoiakim would cut [them off] with a scribe’s knife and throw [them] into the firepot... -, until the entire scroll had been consumed by the fire -.

Jeremiah 36:25

Even though Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.