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Lexicon :: Strong's G1407 - drepanon

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δρέπανον
Transliteration
drepanon (Key)
Pronunciation
drep'-an-on
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From drepo (to pluck)
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Strong’s Definitions

δρέπανον drépanon, drep'-an-on; from δρέπω drépō (to pluck); a gathering hook (especially for harvesting):—sickle.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's G1407 in the following manner: sickle (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's G1407 in the following manner: sickle (8x).
  1. a sickle, a pruning-hook, a hooked vine knife, such as reapers and vinedressers use

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
δρέπανον drépanon, drep'-an-on; from δρέπω drépō (to pluck); a gathering hook (especially for harvesting):—sickle.
STRONGS G1407:
δρέπανον, -ου, τό, (equivalent to δρεπάνη, from δρέπω, to pluck, pluck off), a sickle, a pruning-hook, a hooked vine-knife, such as reapers and vine-dressers use: Mark 4:29; Revelation 14:14-19. (Homer and subsequent writings; Sept..)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Mark
4:29
Revelation
14:14; 14:15; 14:16; 14:17; 14:18; 14:19

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1407 matches the Greek δρέπανον (drepanon),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:9 - “You shall count seven weeks for yourself; begin to count the seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the grain.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:23 - “That which has gone from your lips you shall keep and perform, for you voluntarily vowed to the LORD your God what you have promised with your mouth.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:20 - But all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen each man’s plowshare, his mattock, his ax, and his sickle;
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:21 - and the charge for a sharpening was a pim[fn] for the plowshares, the mattocks, the forks, and the axes, and to set the points of the goads.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:4 - He shall judge between the nations,
And rebuke many people;
They shall beat their swords into plowshares,
And their spears into pruning hooks;
Nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
Neither shall they learn war anymore.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:5 - For before the harvest, when the bud is perfect
And the sour grape is ripening in the flower,
He will both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks
And take away and cut down the branches.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:16 - Cut off the sower from Babylon,
And him who handles the sickle at harvest time.
For fear of the oppressing sword
Everyone shall turn to his own people,
And everyone shall flee to his own land.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:10 - Beat your plowshares into swords
And your pruning hooks into spears;
Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’ ”
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:13 - Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe.
Come, go down;
For the winepress is full,
The vats overflow—
For their wickedness is great.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:3 - He shall judge between many peoples,
And rebuke strong nations afar off;
They shall beat their swords into plowshares,
And their spears into pruning hooks;
Nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
Neither shall they learn war anymore.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:1 - Then I turned and raised my eyes, and saw there a flying scroll.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:2 - And he said to me, “What do you see?” So I answered, “I see a flying scroll. Its length is twenty cubits and its width ten cubits.”
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