מְגִלָּה (mĕgillâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning roll. It appears 21 times in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4039).

Also rendered

• scroll

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 353m)

Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

מְגִלָּה noun, feminine: roll

roll (writing, book; late)

Strong's H4039 מְגִלָּה: a roll
KJV:roll, volume.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 353: גָּלַל gālal — roll, roll away; roll up, along; garment rolled, in blood; roll oneself over and over; commit, remove, run down, seek occasion, trust, wallow

• גִּלּוּל gillûl — idols
• גִּלְגָּל gilgāl — Gilgal
• גַּל gal — heap
• גָּלַל gālal — roll
• גֻּלָּה gullâ — basin
• גֻּלְגֹּלֶת gulgōlet — skull
• גַּלְגַּל galgal — wheel
• גְלִילָה gĕlîlâ — circuit

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