Strong G1407δρέπανον

sickle

Transliteration
drepanon
Pronunciation
drep'-an-on
Morphology
Greek Noun Neuter

Definition

From δρέπω drepō (to pluck); a gathering hook (especially for harvesting): - sickle.

Detailed definition

δρέπανον, -ου, τό
(later form of Attic δρεπάνη, δρέπω, to pluck), [in LXX for מַזְמֵדָה, חֶרְמֵשׁ, etc.;]
a sickle, pruning-hook; Mrk.4:29, Rev.14:14-19.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G1407 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • sickle7
  • the1

First verses

  1. Mark 4:29
    But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.
  2. Revelation 14:14
    And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
  3. Revelation 14:15
    And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
  4. Revelation 14:16
    And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.
  5. Revelation 14:17
    And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
  6. Revelation 14:18
    And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
  7. Revelation 14:19
    And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
δρέπᾰνον, τό,
also δράπανον (which see), (δρέπω) ={δρεπάνη}, δ. εὐκαμπές [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.368; χαλκέοις ἤμα δ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 534)]; the usual form in Prose and Comedy texts, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.125, etc.; δ. θεριστικόν “PMagd.” 8.6 (3rd c.BC).)]
2 pruning-knife, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 333d.)]
3 scythe, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.1.30.)]
4 curved sword, scimitar, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.112, 7.93, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 576.)]