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scroll
Related Ideas:
book, certificate, document, literature
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.
- The word "book" in the Biblerefers to scrolls or paper that had writing on them.
- A "document" is an official written record.
- A "certificate of divorce" is an official document that a man could give to his wife to end their marriage.
- "Literature" is written things that educated people considered to be great.
(See also: seal, synagogue, word of God)
Picture of a Scroll:
Bible References:
Word Data:
- Strong's: H4039, H4040, H5612, G974, G975
Forms Found in the English ULB:
book, books, certificate, document, documents, literature, scroll, scrolls