Revelation 14:16:9Rev.14.16.W9TAB
δρέπανον
drepanon
“sickle”
- Transliteration
- DRE-pa-non
- Extended
- DREH-pah-nohn
- IPA
- /ˈdre.pa.non/
Meaning by language
- English
- sickle
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
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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The word
Word in context
- word
DRE-pa-non
- sentence
KAI E-ba-len ho ka-THEE-me-nos e-PEE TÊS ne-FE-lês to DRE-pa-non au-TOU e-PEE tên gÊN KAI e-the-REES-thê hê gÊ
Exegesis
Its object to drepanon autou {τὸ δρέπανον αὐτοῦ | tò dré-pa-non au-toû} ‘his sickle’ uses the genitive autou to mark possession and agency.
Root and etymology
drepodelta–rho–epsilon–pi–ō–mu
“to pluck, reap”
In context — Revelation 14:16
And He who sat on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.
About this coordinate
Revelation 14:16:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Revelation 14:16, 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 Rev.14.16.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.14.16.W9.S1) and character.