Word Study · Strong's G1407 · Greek
δρέπανον
drepanon
drep'-an-on
Strong's 1890 spelling: drépanon
“a gathering hook (especially for harvesting)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a gathering hook (especially for harvesting)
Rendered in the KJV as
sickle.
- 8occurrencesin the New Testament
- 2 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 8 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- δρέπανον7
- δρέπανόν1
How it is rendered · 2
- sickle6
- a sickle2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular8
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- N-ASN · 8
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Revelation7 occurrences
- Revelation 14:14δρέπανονdrepanonnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularAnd 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.here: a sickle
- Revelation 14:15δρέπανόνdrepanonnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularThen 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.”here: sickle
- Revelation 14:16δρέπανονdrepanonnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularSo the One seated on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.here: sickle
- Revelation 14:17δρέπανονdrepanonnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularThen another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.here: a sickle
- Revelation 14:18δρέπανονdrepanonnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularStill another angel, with authority over the fire, came from the altar and called out in a loud voice to the angel with the sharp sickle, “Swing your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the vine of the earth, because its grapes are ripe.”here: sickle
- Revelation 14:18δρέπανονdrepanonnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularStill another angel, with authority over the fire, came from the altar and called out in a loud voice to the angel with the sharp sickle, “Swing your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the vine of the earth, because its grapes are ripe.”here: sickle
- Revelation 14:19δρέπανονdrepanonnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularSo the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered the grapes of the earth, and he threw them into the great winepress of God’s wrath.here: sickle