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δρέπανον

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
δρέπανον, ου, τό
Greek transliteration: 
drepanon
Simplified transliteration: 
drepanon
Numbers
Strong's number: 
1407
GK Number: 
1535
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
8
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-2c
Gloss: 
sickle
Definition: 
an instrument with a curved blade, as a sickle, Mk. 4:29; Rev. 14:14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19*

Greek-English Concordance for δρέπανον

Mark 4:29 And when And the grain is ripe, immediately he sends in the sickle (drepanon | δρέπανον | acc sg neut), because the harvest has come.”
Revelation 14:14 Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man. He had a golden crown on his head and a sharp sickle (drepanon | δρέπανον | acc sg neut) in his hand.
Revelation 14:15 Then another angel came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to the one who was sitting on the cloud, “Thrust in your sickle (drepanon | δρέπανον | acc sg neut) and reap, for the hour to reap has come, because the harvest of the earth is ripe.”
Revelation 14:16 So the one who sat on the cloud swung his sickle (drepanon | δρέπανον | acc sg neut) across the earth, and the earth was reaped.
Revelation 14:17 Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle (drepanon | δρέπανον | acc sg neut).
Revelation 14:18 Then another angel, the one who had authority over the fire, came out from the altar and called with a loud voice to the angel who had the sharp sickle (drepanon | δρέπανον | acc sg neut), “Thrust in your sickle (drepanon | δρέπανον | acc sg neut) and gather the clusters of grapes from the vine of the earth, for its grapes are ripe.”
Revelation 14:19 So the angel swung his sickle (drepanon | δρέπανον | acc sg neut) across the earth and gathered the grape harvest of the earth and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.