What does δρέπανον (drépanon) mean in the Bible?
δρέπανον (drépanon): Curved cutting tool for harvest or pruning, symbolizing divine judgment's swift reaping action
Greek · G1407
δρέπανον
A gathering hook (especially for harvesting)
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δρέπανον G1407
Pronunciation drépanon
What does δρέπανον (drépanon) mean in the Bible?
δρέπανον (drépanon): Curved cutting tool for harvest or pruning, symbolizing divine judgment's swift reaping action
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1407?
The BSB source-word alignment has 8 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include sickle (8).
Where does δρέπανον (drépanon) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Mark 4:29. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (7), Mark (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It sickle 8× Mark 4:29, Revelation 14:14, Revelation 14:15, Revelation 14:16
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Mark 4:29 δρέπανον to sickle Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Revelation 14:14 δρέπανον to sickle Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Revelation 14:15 δρέπανόν to sickle Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Revelation 14:16 δρέπανον to sickle Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Revelation 14:17 δρέπανον to sickle Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Revelation 14:18 δρέπανον to sickle Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Revelation 14:18 δρέπανον to sickle Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Revelation 14:19 δρέπανον to sickle Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Mark 4:29
Aligned rows 8
Books represented 2
Mark 1 Revelation 7
Source forms
δρέπανον 7x drepanon Mark 4:29, Revelation 14:14, Revelation 14:16, Revelation 14:17
δρέπανόν 1x drepanon Revelation 14:15
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular 8x Mark 4:29, Revelation 14:14, Revelation 14:15, Revelation 14:16
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Curved cutting tool for harvest or pruning, symbolizing divine judgment's swift reaping action
Strong's G1407
Lexical occurrences 8 verses Greek text appearances 8 times Word forms 1 form 8 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a gathering hook (especially for harvesting)
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Curved cutting tool for harvest or pruning, symbolizing divine judgment's swift reaping action
(later form of Attic δρεπάνη, δρέπω, to pluck), [in LXX for מַזְמֵדָה, חֶרְמֵשׁ, etc. ;] a sickle, pruning-hook; Mrk.4:29, Rev.14:14-19.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
8 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Mark 4:29 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
δρέπανον, drepanon
a sickle
Read verse Revelation 14:14 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
δρέπανον drepanon
a sickle
Read verse Revelation 14:15 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
δρέπανόν drepanon
a sickle
Read verse Revelation 14:16 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
δρέπανον drepanon
a sickle
Read verse Revelation 14:17 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
δρέπανον drepanon
a sickle
Read verse Revelation 14:18 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
δρέπανον drepanon
a sickle
Read verse Revelation 14:18 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
δρέπανον drepanon
a sickle
Read verse Revelation 14:19 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
δρέπανον drepanon
a sickle
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 8 Case pattern Accusative (8) Number pattern Singular (8)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Mark 4:29 · Rev 14:14 · Rev 14:15 · Rev 14:16 · Rev 14:17 · Rev 14:18 · Rev 14:19 8×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Witnesses
Mark 4:26–29 δρέπανον drépanon
sickle
Showing 1 selected witness from 8 lexical occurrence verses.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain