drepanon · sickle

What it means

drepanon (δρέπανον) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “sickle”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A curved blade for cutting grain.

From Abbott-Smith (1922)

Where it appears

• Mark×1
• Revelation×7

• Mark 4:29

  But when the grain permits, at once he sends in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

• Revelation 14:14

  And I looked, and look, a white cloud, and on the cloud one who sat like a son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.

• Revelation 14:15

  And another angel came out of the sanctuary, crying out with a loud voice to the one who sat on the cloud, “Send in your sickle and reap, because the hour to reap has come, because the harvest of the earth is fully ripe.”

• Revelation 14:16

  And the one who sat on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.

• Revelation 14:17

  And another angel came out of the sanctuary that is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.

• Revelation 14:18

  And another angel came out from the altar, the one who has authority over the fire, and he called out with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, saying, “Send in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, because its grapes are ripe.”

• Revelation 14:19

  And the angel swung his sickle to the earth and gathered the vine of the earth, and threw it into the great winepress of the fury of God.

And 1 more times.