Mark 4:29:9Mark.4.29.W9TAB
δρέπανον
drepanon
“sickle”
- Transliteration
- DRE-pa-non
- Extended
- DREH-pah-nohn
- IPA
- /ˈdre.pa.non/
Meaning by language
- English
- sickle
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Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
DRE-pa-non
- sentence
HO-tan de pa-ra-DOI ho kar-POS eu-THYS a-po-STEL-lei to DRE-pa-non HO-ti pa-RE-stê-ken ho the-ris-MOS
Exegesis
The direct object is to drepanon {τὸ δρέπανον | tò dré-pa-non} ‘the sickle,’ introducing the harvesting imagery.
In context — Mark 4:29
But when the fruit is ripe, he immediately puts in the sickle, because the harvest has arrived .
About this coordinate
Mark 4:29:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Mark 4:29, so the Greek word δρέπανον (drepanon) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Mark.4.29.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.4.29.W9.S1) and character.