Word Summary
drepanon: a sickle, a pruning hook
Original Word: δρέπανονTransliteration: drepanon
Phonetic Spelling: (drep'-an-on)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a sickle, a pruning hook
Meaning: a sickle, a pruning hook
Strong's Concordance
sickle.
From drepo (to pluck); a gathering hook (especially for harvesting) -- sickle.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1407: δρέπανονδρέπανον,
δρεπανου,
τό (equivalent to
δρεπάνη, from
δρέπω, to pluck, pluck off),
a sickle, a pruning-hook, a hooked vine-knife, such as reapers and vine-dressers use:
Mark 4:29;
Revelation 14:14-19. (
Homer and subsequent writings; the
Sept..)