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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

VOLUME

vol'-um: This word (from Latin volvere, "roll"), twice used in the King James Version (Psalm 40:7 (Hebrew meghillah); Hebrews 10:7), is better in English as "roll" in the Revised Version (British and American).

See ROLL.

Greek

2777. kephalis -- a little head, a roll
... a little head, a roll. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: kephalis
Phonetic Spelling: (kef-al-is') Short Definition: a roll, volume Definition: (lit ...
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976. biblos -- (the inner) bark (of a papyrus plant), hence a ...
... a book. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: biblos Phonetic Spelling:
(bib'-los) Short Definition: a written book, roll, or volume Definition: a ...
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3551. nomos -- that which is assigned, hence usage, law
... food or grazing to animals); law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive
case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume); also of the ...
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380. anaptusso -- to unroll
... Word Origin another reading for anoigo, qv. to unroll From ana (in the sense of
reversal) and ptusso; to unroll (a scroll or volume) -- open. see GREEK ana. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

4039. megillah -- a scroll
... Word Origin from galal Definition a scroll NASB Word Usage scroll (18), scroll*
(3). roll, volume. From galal; a roll -- roll, volume. see HEBREW galal. ...
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4884. mesurah -- a measure
... measure. Word Origin of uncertain derivation Definition a measure NASB
Word Usage capacity (1), measure (2), volume (1). measure. ...
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4060a. middah -- measure, measurement, stature, size, a garment
... measurement, stature, size, a garment NASB Word Usage area (1), extent (1), measure
(6), measurement (7), measurements (13), measures of volume (1), measuring ...
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6282. athar -- suppliant, worshiper
... suppliant, thick From athar; incense (as increasing to a volume of smoke); hence
(from athar) a worshipper -- suppliant, thick. see HEBREW athar. ...
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Library

History of the Christian Church, Volume I
History of the Christian Church, Volume I. <. History of the Christian
Church, Volume I Philip Schaff. Table of Contents. Title Page. ...
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Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1
Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1. <. Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 Herbert
Carl Leupold. Table of Contents. Title Page. INTRODUCTION. ...
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Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 5: 1859
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 5: 1859. <. Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 5: 1859 Charles
Haddon Spurgeon. Table of Contents. Title Page. Satan's Banquet. ...
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Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 4: 1858
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 4: 1858. <. Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 4: 1858 Charles
Haddon Spurgeon. Table of Contents. Title Page. The Warning Neglected. ...
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Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 3: 1857
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 3: 1857. <. Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 3: 1857
Charles Haddon Spurgeon. Table of Contents. Title Page. Faith. ...
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Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 2: 1856
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 2: 1856. <. Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 2: 1856 Charles
Haddon Spurgeon. Table of Contents. Title Page. Christ Our Passover. ...
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Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 17: 1871
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 17: 1871. <. Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 17: 1871
Charles Haddon Spurgeon. Table of Contents. Title Page. Life In Christ. ...
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Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 1: 1855
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 1: 1855. <. Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 1:
1855 Charles Haddon Spurgeon. Table of Contents. Title Page. ...
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Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 37: 1891
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 37: 1891. <. Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 37:
1891 Charles Haddon Spurgeon. Table of Contents. Title Page. ...
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Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 6: 1860
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 6: 1860. <. Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 6: 1860 Charles
Haddon Spurgeon. Table of Contents. Title Page. A Woman's Memorial. ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A roll; a scroll; a written document rolled up for keeping or for use, after the manner of the ancients.

2. (n.) Hence, a collection of printed sheets bound together, whether containing a single work, or a part of a work, or more than one work; a book; a tome; especially, that part of an extended work which is bound up together in one cover; as, a work in four volumes.

3. (n.) Anything of a rounded or swelling form resembling a roll; a turn; a convolution; a coil.

4. (n.) Dimensions; compass; space occupied, as measured by cubic units, that is, cubic inches, feet, yards, etc.; mass; bulk; as, the volume of an elephant's body; a volume of gas.

5. (n.) Amount, fullness, quantity, or caliber of voice or tone.

Thesaurus

Volume (4 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) Dimensions; compass; space occupied, as measured by cubic units, that is,
cubic inches, feet, yards, etc.; mass; bulk; as, the volume of an elephant's ...
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Swell (9 Occurrences)
... 2. (vi) To increase in size or extent by any addition; to increase in volume or
force; as, a river swells, and overflows its banks; sounds swell or diminish. ...
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Esther (48 Occurrences)
... It is usually headed "Megillath Esther" (the volume of Esther), and sometimes
"Megillah" (the volume). Maimonides says that the ...
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Roll (57 Occurrences)
... The common form of ancient books. The Hebrew word rendered "roll" or "volume" is
meghillah, found in Ezra 6:2; Psalm 40:7; Jeremiah 36:2, 6, 23, 28, 29; Ezek. ...
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Sink (16 Occurrences)
... to decrease. 5. (vi) To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to
become diminished in volume or in apparent height. 6. (vt ...
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Dictionaries
... on a large scale and stand for the latest and best scholarship, and the same quality
is reflected in at least two of the recent single-volume dictionaries, A ...
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Nile (37 Occurrences)
... The indirect cause is the rain and melting snow on the equatorial mountains in Central
Africa, which maintains steadily a great volume of water in the White ...
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Elamites (2 Occurrences)
... Hawizeh marshes. The Ab-e-Diz, a river with a greater volume of water,
is formed by the uniting of two streams above Dizful. It ...
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Talmud
... The only codex of the Palestinian Talmud is in Leyden; Louis Ginsberg, Yerushalmi
Fragments from the Genizah, volume I, text with various readings from the ...
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Elam (24 Occurrences)
... Hawizeh marshes. The Ab-e-Diz, a river with a greater volume of water,
is formed by the uniting of two streams above Dizful. It ...
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Bible Concordance

Volume (4 Occurrences)

Hebrews 10:7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
(KJV WBS YLT)

Judges 20:38 And there was the appointed sign to the men of Israel with the ambush -- their causing to go up a great volume of smoke from the city.
(YLT)

Judges 20:40 and the volume hath begun to go up from the city -- a pillar of smoke -- and Benjamin turneth behind, and lo, gone up hath the perfection of the city toward the heavens.
(YLT)

Psalms 40:7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
(KJV DBY WBS)

Subtopics

Volume

Related Terms

Swell (9 Occurrences)

Esther (48 Occurrences)

Roll (57 Occurrences)

Sink (16 Occurrences)

Dictionaries

Nile (37 Occurrences)

Elamites (2 Occurrences)

Talmud