Word Study · Strong's H4038 · Hebrew

מַגָּל

maggal

mag-gawl'

Strong's 1890 spelling: maggâl

“a sickle”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a sickle

Rendered in the KJV as

sickle.

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

מַגָּ֖ל1
מַגָּ֔ל1

How it is rendered · 2

[the] sickle1
a sickle1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 1

noun · masculine singular2

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HNcmsa · 2

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Where this word lives

Jeremiah1 of 2 · 50%
Joel1 of 2 · 50%

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Jeremiah1 occurrence

Jeremiah 50:16מַגָּ֖לmagalnoun · masculine singularCut off the sower from Babylon, and the one who wields the sickle at harvest time. In the face of the oppressor’s sword, each will turn to his own people, each will flee to his own land.here: a sickle

Joel1 occurrence

Joel 3:13מַגָּ֔לmagalnoun · masculine singularSwing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because their wickedness is great.here: [the] sickle

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