Word Study · Strong's H4039 · Hebrew
מְגִלָּה
megillah
meg-il-law'
Strong's 1890 spelling: mᵉgillâh
“a roll”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a roll
Rendered in the KJV as
roll, volume.
- 21occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 12inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 21 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 12
- הַמְּגִלָּה֙3
- הַמְּגִלָּ֣ה3
- מְגִלָּ֣ה3
- מְגִלַּת־3
- הַמְּגִלָּ֔ה2
- בַמְּגִלָּ֣ה1
- בִּמְגִלַּת־1
- הַמְּגִלָּ֗ה1
- הַמְּגִלָּ֑ה1
- הַמְּגִלָּ֤ה1
- הַמְּגִלָּ֥ה1
- מְגִלָּ֥ה1
How it is rendered · 5
- the scroll12
- a scroll4
- a scroll of3
- in [the] scroll of1
- in the scroll1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular12
- noun · feminine singular4
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)3
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HTd/Ncfsa · 12
- HNcfsa · 4
- HNcfsc · 3
- HR/Ncfsc · 1
- HRd/Ncfsa · 1
All 21, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Jeremiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Jeremiah14 occurrences
- Jeremiah 36:2מְגִלַּת־megilat-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)“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.here: a scroll of
- Jeremiah 36:4מְגִלַּת־megilat-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)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.here: a scroll of
- Jeremiah 36:6בַמְּגִלָּ֣הvamegilahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singularso 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.here: in the scroll
- Jeremiah 36:14הַמְּגִלָּ֗הhamegilahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThen 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.here: the scroll
- Jeremiah 36:14הַמְּגִלָּה֙hamegilahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThen 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.here: the scroll
- Jeremiah 36:20הַמְּגִלָּ֣הhamegilahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularSo 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.here: the scroll
- Jeremiah 36:21הַמְּגִלָּ֔הhamegilahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThen 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.here: the scroll
- Jeremiah 36:23הַמְּגִלָּ֔הhamegilahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularAnd 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.here: the scroll
- Jeremiah 36:25הַמְּגִלָּ֑הhamegilahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularEven though Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.here: the scroll
- Jeremiah 36:27הַמְּגִלָּה֙hamegilahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularAfter the king had burned the scroll containing the words that Baruch had written at Jeremiah’s dictation, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:here: the scroll
- Jeremiah 36:28מְגִלָּ֣הmegilahnoun · feminine singular“Take another scroll and rewrite on it the very words that were on the original scroll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah has burned.here: a scroll
- Jeremiah 36:28הַמְּגִלָּה֙hamegilahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular“Take another scroll and rewrite on it the very words that were on the original scroll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah has burned.here: the scroll
- Jeremiah 36:29הַמְּגִלָּ֤הhamegilahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularYou are to proclaim concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah that this is what the LORD says: You have burned the scroll and said, ‘Why have you written on it that the king of Babylon would surely come and destroy this land and deprive it of man and beast?’here: the scroll
- Jeremiah 36:32מְגִלָּ֣הmegilahnoun · feminine singularThen Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to the scribe Baruch son of Neriah, and at Jeremiah’s dictation he wrote on it all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And many similar words were added to them.here: a scroll
Ezekiel4 occurrences
- Ezekiel 2:9מְגִלַּת־megilat-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Then I looked and saw a hand reaching out to me, and in it was a scroll,here: a scroll of
- Ezekiel 3:1הַמְּגִלָּ֣הhamegilahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular“Son of man,” He said to me, “eat what you find here. Eat this scroll, then go and speak to the house of Israel.”here: the scroll
- Ezekiel 3:2הַמְּגִלָּ֥הhamegilahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularSo I opened my mouth, and He fed me the scroll.here: the scroll
- Ezekiel 3:3הַמְּגִלָּ֣הhamegilahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular“Son of man,” He said to me, “eat and fill your stomach with this scroll I am giving you.” So I ate, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.here: the scroll
Zechariah2 occurrences
- Zechariah 5:1מְגִלָּ֥הmegilahnoun · feminine singularAgain I lifted up my eyes and saw before me a flying scroll.here: a scroll
- Zechariah 5:2מְגִלָּ֣הmegilahnoun · feminine singular“What do you see?” asked the angel. “I see a flying scroll,” I replied, “twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.”here: a scroll
Same headword in Strong's