HyperDic: dead_sea_scrolls

English > 1 sense of the expression Dead Sea scrolls:
NOUNcommunicationDead Sea scrolls(Old Testament) a collection of written scrolls (containing nearly all of the Old Testament) found in a cave near the Dead Sea in the late 1940s
English > Dead Sea scrolls: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
Meaning(Old Testament) a collection of written scrolls (containing nearly all of the Old Testament) found in a cave near the Dead Sea in the late 1940s.
CategoryOld TestamentThe collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people
Instance ofscroll, rollA document that can be rolled ... / rolled up (as for storage)

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