Revelation 14:17:15Rev.14.17.W15TAB
δρέπανον
drepanon
“sickle”
- Transliteration
- DRE-pa-non
- Extended
- DREH-pah-non
- 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
KAI AL-los AN-ge-los ek-SEEL-then ek tou na-OU tou en tôi ou-ra-NÔI E-khōn KAI au-TOS DRE-pa-non o-KSY
Exegesis
The participle echōn {ἔχων | é-chōn} with autos {αὐτὸς | au-tós} intensifies the subject and introduces the instrument drepanon oxu {δρέπανον ὀξύ | dré-pa-non o-xý} as a circumstantial qualifier. In English, the formal maintains the participial nuance as “he held,” while the dynamic recasts it as “he carried” for narrative flow.
Root and etymology
drepanēdelta rho epsilon pi alpha nu eta
“sickle, curved blade”
In context — Revelation 14:17
And another angel came forth from the temple in heaven, and he held a sharp sickle .
About this coordinate
Revelation 14:17:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Revelation 14:17, 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.14.17.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.14.17.W15.S1) and character.