The Definition of the word Roll

Roll

The common form of ancient books. The Hebrew word rendered "roll or "volume" is meghillah, found in Ezra 6:2; Ps. 40:7;" "Jer. 36:2, 6, 23, 28, 29; Ezek. 2:9; 3:1-3; Zech. 5:1, 2." "Rolls (Chald. pl. of sephar, corresponding to Heb. sepher) in" "Ezra 6:1 is rendered in the Revised Version "archives." In the" "New Testament the word "volume" (Heb. 10:7; R.V., "roll") occurs" "as the rendering of the Greek kephalis, meaning the head or top" "of the stick or cylinder on which the manuscript was rolled, and" hence the manuscript itself. (See [537]BOOK.)