Strong's Lexicon

H4039

H4039 — מְגִלָּה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewmgillahnoun femOccurrences: 21TWOT: 353m

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4039
Word:מְגִלָּה
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:from H1556
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:21
Transliteration:mgillah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:meg-il-law'
Meaning:1. a roll
KJV Renderings:roll, volume.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB1664

מְגִלָּה noun feminine roll (writing, book; late) — ׳ מ Jer 36:28 + 16 t.; construct מְגִלַּתֿ Ps 40:8 + 3 t.; — roll of writing, book מְגִלַּתסֵֿפֶר Jer 36:2; Jer 36:4; Ezek 2:9; Ps 40:8 ׳ מ alone Jer 36:6; Jer 36:14 (twice in verse); Jer 36:20; Jer 36:21; Jer 36:23; Jer 36:25; Jer 36:27; Jer 36:28 (twice in verse); Jer 36:29; Jer 36:32; Ezek 3:1; Ezek 3:2; Ezek 3:3 Ze Ezek 5:1; Ezek 5:2.


BDB9416

מְגִלָּה noun feminine (book-)roll ( ᵑ7 Biblical Hebrew); — Ezra 6:2.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מגלה (’gil-l)

Psalms 40:38

EHCC: in the volume of the book

Jeremiah 36:2

KJV: Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day.
EHCC: Take thee a roll of a book,

Ezekiel 2:9

KJV: And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;
EHCC: 4 roll of ם book (was) therein ;

Ezekiel 2:1

KJV: And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee.
EHCC: see a Aying roll;
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