noun · neuter
drepanem
Greekδρέπανον (drepanon)
Strong’sG1407
a sickle
stem drepan-8 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books0 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
δρέπανον, -ου, τό
(later form of Attic δρεπάνη, < δρέπω, to pluck), [in LXX for מַזְמֵרָה, חֶרְמֵשׁ, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1407 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddrep'-an-on
a gathering hook (especially for harvesting)
Fromfrom δρέπω (to pluck);
King Jamessickle.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | drepanem | drepaneim |
| of, belonging to genitive | drepaneu | drepaneiu |
| to, for dative | drepane | drepanei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
drepane is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
8 occurrences, every one of them listed
drepanem8×
Mark 4:29“sickle”hotan de paradōateia tos karpos, euthuos apostelatō tem drepanem, hoti paristanatē tos therismos.And as soon as the grain is ripe, he swings the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
Revelation 14:14“sickle”Kai horama, kai idou nefelas leukas, kai epi tan nefelan katherōton homoion huion anthrōpou, echarōtos epi tau kefalau autou stefanon chrusouon kai en ta cheira autou drepanem oxuem.And 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.
Revelation 14:15“sickle”kai allos angelos exerchata ek tou naou krazarōtos en fōna mega to katherōto epi tau nefelau; Pempasar tem drepanem su kai therizasar, hoti erchata tas hōras therizara, hoti xērainita tos therismos tau gēau.Then 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.”
Revelation 14:16“sickle”kai ballata tos katherōtos epi tau nefelau tem drepanem autou epi tan gēan, kai therizita tas gēas.So the One seated on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.
Revelation 14:17“sickle”Kai allos angelos exerchata ek tou naou tou en to ourano, echarōtos kai autos drepanem oxuem.Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.
Revelation 14:18“sickle”kai allos angelos ek teu thusiastērieu, tos echarōtos exousian epi teu pureu, kai fōnata fōna mega to echarōto tem drepanem tem oxuem legarōtos; Pempasar su tem drepanem tem oxuem kai trugasar toin botruoin tau ampelau tau gēau, hoti akmazala tais stafulais autau.Still 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.”
Revelation 14:18“sickle”kai allos angelos ek teu thusiastērieu, tos echarōtos exousian epi teu pureu, kai fōnata fōna mega to echarōto tem drepanem tem oxuem legarōtos; Pempasar su tem drepanem tem oxuem kai trugasar toin botruoin tau ampelau tau gēau, hoti akmazala tais stafulais autau.Still 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.”
Revelation 14:19“sickle”kai ballata tos angelos tem drepanem autou eis tan gēan, kai trugata tan ampelan tau gēau, kai ballata eis tan lēnan tou thumou tou theou ton megon.So 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.