δρέπανον
drepanon
“sickle”
Definition
a gathering hook (especially for harvesting)
from (to pluck);
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logos (G3056)
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Neuter)
G:N-N
Greek Noun, Neuter
Occurrences
δρέπανον appears 7 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
And as soon as the grain is ripe, he swings the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
And I looked and saw a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was One like the Son of Man, with a golden crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand.
Then another angel came out of the temple, crying out in a loud voice to the One seated on the cloud, “Swing Your sickle and reap, because the time has come to harvest; for the crop of the earth is ripe.”
So the One seated on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.
Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.
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