מְגִלָּה megillah

Hebrew word for “scroll” · Strong’s H4039 · used 21 times in 19 verses

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Meaning

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

How it is translated

Glosses given for megillah in context, with how often each is used:

• scroll 21

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Jeremiah 36 (12), Ezekiel 3 (3), Zechariah 5 (2), Psalms 40 (1), Ezekiel 2 (1)

Forms

• המגלה 12
• מגלה 4
• מגלת 3
• במגלת 1
• במגלה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with megillah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• כָּתַב katav “to write” 8
• בָּרוּךְ barukh “Baruch” 4
• שָׂרַף saraph “to burn” 5
• יְהוּדִי yehudi “Jehudi” 3
• סֵפֶר sepher “scroll” 5
• פֶּה peh “lip” 6
• נֵרִיָהוּ neriyyah “Neriah” 3
• דָּבָר davar “word” 7
• סָפַר saphar “to recount” 4
• אֹזֶן ozen “ear” 4
• יְהוֹיָקִים yehoyaqim “Jehoiakim” 3
• קָרָא qara “to call” 5

Key verses

The verses using megillah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Psalms 40:7 — Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
• Jeremiah 36:2 — 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…
• Jeremiah 36:4 — Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll…
• Jeremiah 36:6 — Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD’s house upon the…
• Jeremiah 36:23 — And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all…
• Jeremiah 36:25 — Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.
• Jeremiah 36:29 — And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of…
• Jeremiah 36:32 — Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book…
• Ezekiel 2:9 — And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;
• Ezekiel 3:1 — Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel.
• Ezekiel 3:3 — And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as…
• Zechariah 5:1 — Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.