megila · scroll

What it means

megila (מְגִלָּה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “scroll”.

A long strip of skin or papyrus, written and rolled up; this was the form of books.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A book written on a long rolled strip.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Psalms×1
• Jeremiah×14
• Ezekiel×4
• Zechariah×2

• Psalms 40:7

  Then I said, “Look, I have come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me.

• Jeremiah 36:2

  “Take for yourself a scroll of a book, and write on it all the words that I have spoken to you concerning Israel and concerning Judah and concerning all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah until this day.

• Jeremiah 36:4

  And Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah, and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of YHWH that he had spoken to him on a scroll of a book.

• Jeremiah 36:6

  So you go and read from the scroll that you have written from my mouth the words of YHWH in the ears of the people in the house of YHWH on a day of fasting; and also in the ears of all Judah who come from their cities you shall read them.

• Jeremiah 36:14

  Then all the princes sent to Baruch Jehudi son of Nethaniah, son of Shelemiah, son of Cushi, saying, “The scroll from which you read in the ears of the people, take it in your hand and come.” So Baruch son of Neriah took the scroll in his hand and came to them.

• Jeremiah 36:20

  And they went in to the king to the court, but the scroll they had deposited in the chamber of Elishama the scribe; and they told in the ears of the king all the words.

• Jeremiah 36:21

  And the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he got it from the chamber of Elishama the scribe; and Jehudi read it in the ears of the king and in the ears of all the princes who were standing beside the king.

• Jeremiah 36:23

  And it happened, whenever Jehudi read three or four columns, the king would cut them off with the razor of the scribe and throw them into the fire that was in the brazier, until the whole scroll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier.

• Jeremiah 36:25

  And even though Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah pleaded with the king not to burn the scroll, he did not listen to them.

• Jeremiah 36:27

  And the word of YHWH came to Jeremiah, after the king had burned the scroll and the words that Baruch had written from the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,

• Jeremiah 36:28

  “Again take for yourself another scroll, and write on it all the former words that were on the first scroll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah burned.

• Jeremiah 36:29

  And concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah you shall say, ‘Thus says YHWH: You have burned this scroll, saying, “Why have you written on it, saying, The king of Babylon will certainly come and destroy this land, and make human being and livestock cease from it?”

• Jeremiah 36:32

  And Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to Baruch son of Neriah, the scribe; and he wrote on it from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire; and besides, there were added to them many words like them.

• Ezekiel 2:9

  And I looked, and look, a hand stretched out to me, and look, in it was a scroll of a book.

• Ezekiel 3:1

  And he said to me, “Son of man, what you find, eat; eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.”

• Ezekiel 3:2

  And I opened my mouth, and he made me eat this scroll.

• Ezekiel 3:3

  And he said to me, “Son of man, feed your belly and fill your insides with this scroll that I am giving you.” And I ate it, and it was in my mouth like honey for sweetness.

• Zechariah 5:1

  And again I lifted up my eyes and saw, and look, a flying scroll.

• Zechariah 5:2

  And he said to me, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see a flying scroll; its length twenty cubits, and its width ten cubits.”

And 2 more times.