Word Study · Strong's H2770 · Hebrew
חֶרְמֵשׁ
chermesh
kher-mashe'
Strong's 1890 spelling: chermêsh
“a sickle (as cutting)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a sickle (as cutting)
Rendered in the KJV as
sickle.
- 2occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- וְחֶרְמֵשׁ֙1
- חֶרְמֵשׁ֙1
How it is rendered · 2
- a sickle1
- and a sickle1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1
- noun · masculine singular1
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- HC/Ncmsa · 1
- HNcmsa · 1
All 2, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Deuteronomy2 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 16:9חֶרְמֵשׁ֙chermeshnoun · masculine singularYou are to count off seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain.here: a sickle
- Deuteronomy 23:25וְחֶרְמֵשׁ֙vechermeshconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularWhen you enter your neighbor’s grainfield, you may pluck the heads of grain with your hand, but you must not put a sickle to your neighbor’s grain.here: and a sickle