Dict: easton - Roll

easton:

Roll @ the common form of ancient books. The Hebrew word rendered "roll" or "volume" is meghillah, found in kjv@Ezra:6:2; kjv@Psalms:40:7; kjv@Jeremiah:36:2 kjv@Jeremiah:36:6, 23, 28, 29; kjv@Ezekiel:2:9 kjv@Ezekiel:3:1-3; kjv@Zechariah:5:1-2. "Rolls" (Chald. pl. of sephar, corresponding to Heb. sepher) in kjv@Ezra:6:1 is rendered in the Revised Version "archives." In the New Testament the word "volume" kjv@Hebrews: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 BOOK.)