Quick Definition
δρέπανον, ου, τό n.n. a sickle
Strong's Definition
a gathering hook (especially for harvesting)
Derivation: from (to pluck);
KJV Usage: sickle
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -ου
6.5 · Artifacts · Instruments Used in Agriculture and Husbandry
sickle a large, curved knife employed in cutting ripe grain or grapes Where there is no receptor language term for sickle, one may often employ a descriptive phrase such as ‘a knife for harvesting grain’ or ‘a curved knife for cutting grain.’
MRK 4:29 · REV 14:14 · REV 14:15 · REV 14:16 · REV 14:17 · REV 14:18 · REV 14:18 · REV 14:19
43.17 · Agriculture
Collocation: βάλλω τὸ δρέπανον
to use a sickle, to swing a sickle, to begin to harvest (an idiom, literally: to throw a sickle) to begin to harvest a crop by cutting ripe grain with a sickle In REV 14:16 and REV 14:19 this idiom occurs in a figurative context, and therefore it may be necessary in some languages to speak of ‘harvesting’ rather than using a phrase which mentions the literal use of a sickle.
43.17 · Agriculture
Collocation: ἀποστέλλω τὸ δρέπανον · πέμπω τὸ δρέπανον
to use a sickle, to swing a sickle, to begin to harvest (idioms, literally: to send a sickle) to begin to harvest a crop by cutting ripe grain with a sickle In REV 14:15 and REV 14:18 this idiom occurs in a figurative context, and therefore it may be necessary in some languages to speak of ‘harvesting’ rather than using a phrase which mentions the literal use of a sickle.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δρέπανον, -ov, τό, (i. q. δρεπάνη, fr. δρέπω to pluck, pluck off), a sickle, a pruning-hook, ahooked vine-knife, such as reapers and vine-dressers use: Mk. iv. 29; Rey. xiv. 14-19. (Hom. and subseq. writ.; Sept.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
δρέπανον drepanon 8x
an instrument with a curved blade, as a sickle, Mk. 4:29; Rev. 14:14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
δρέπανον, -ου, τό
(later form of Attic δρεπάνη, < δρέπω, to pluck), [in LXX for מַזְמֵרָה, חֶרְמֵשׁ, etc. ;]
a sickle, pruning-hook; Mk 4:29, Re 14:14-19.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
δρέπανον. P Magd δ᾽ (B.c. 218) δρέπανον θεριστικὸν οὗ τιμὴ (δραχμαὶ) B, ‘a sickle for reaping worth 2 drachmae,” P Petr Il. 334-18 καὶ φελίου kal Speravov. In two (apparently Jewish or Jewish Christian) inscrr. from Phrygia we find δρέπανον used in connexion with an imprecation— C. and B. ii. p. 565, no. 466, ἐὰν δέ τις αὐτῶν μὴ φοβηθῇ τούτων τῶν καταρῶν, τὸ ἀρᾶς δρέπανον εἰσέλθοιτο εἰς τὰς οἰκήσις αὐτῶν καὶ μηδίναν ἐνκαταλείψετο: cf. 20. p. 652, no. 563. MGr δρεπάνι.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
δρέπανον (drepanon) — sickle. δρέπᾰνον, τό, also δράπανον (which see), (δρέπω) ={δρεπάνη}, δ. εὐκαμπές [Refs 8th c.BC+]; the usual form in Prose and Comedy texts, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. pruning-knife, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. scythe, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
4. curved sword, scimitar, [Refs 5th c.BC+]