δρέπανονdrépanon
a gathering hook (especially for harvesting)
Greek (New Testament) · G1407
Meanings
a sickle, pruning-hook; Mark 4:29, Revelation 14:14-19.
Where it appears
Appears 8 times in the Bible.
- Mark 4:29 And as soon as the grain is ready, the farmer comes and harvests it with a sickle, for the harvest time has come.”
- Revelation 14:14 Then I saw a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was someone like the Son of Man. He had a gold crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.
- Revelation 14:15 Then another angel came from the Temple and shouted to the one sitting on the cloud, “Swing the sickle, for the time of harvest has come; the crop on earth is ripe.”
- Revelation 14:16 So the one sitting on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the whole earth was harvested.
- Revelation 14:17 After that, another angel came from the Temple in heaven, and he also had a sharp sickle.
- Revelation 14:18 Then another angel, who had power to destroy with fire, came from the altar. He shouted to the angel with the sharp sickle, “Swing your sickle now to gather the clusters of grapes from the vines of the earth, for they are ripe for judgment.”
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.