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Scroll
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Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
Scroll - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
SCROLL, n. [probably formed from roll, or its root.]
A roll of paper or parchment; or a writing formed into a roll.
Here is the scroll of every man's name.
The heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll. Isa 34.
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
The article in Easton + Webster 1828International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)
skrol.
See ROLL.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
The article in ISBE 1915Translation Words
Definition
In ancient times, a scroll was a type of book made of one long, rolled-up sheet of papyrus or leather.
- After writing on a scroll or reading from it, people rolled it up by using the rods attached to its ends.
- Scrolls were used for legal documents and scripture.
- Sometimes scrolls that were delivered by a messenger were sealed with wax. If the wax was still present when the scroll was received, then the receiver knew that no one had opened the scroll to read it or write on it since it had been sealed.
- Scrolls containing the Hebrew Scriptures were read aloud in the synagogues.
(See also: seal, synagogue, word of God)
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