Difference between revisions of "Volume"

<p> (1): (n.) [[Anything]] of a rounded or swelling form resembling a roll; a turn; a convolution; a coil. </p> <p> (2): (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. </p> <p> (3): (n.) A roll; a scroll; a written document rolled up for keeping or for use, after the manner of the ancients. </p> <p> (4): (n.) Amount, fullness, quantity, or caliber of voice or tone. </p> <p> (5): (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. </p>

<p> ''''' vol´ū́m ''''' : This word (from [[Latin]] <i> volvere </i> , "roll"), twice used in the King James Version ( [[Psalm]] 40:7 (Hebrew <i> '''''meghillāh''''' </i> ); Hebrews 10:7 ), is better in English as "roll" in the Revised Version (British and American). See [[Roll]] . </p>

<p> (מַגַלָּה, Psalms 40:7, a roll, as elsewhere rendered; κεφαλίς, Hebrews 10:7, a chapter). See Book. </p>