Revelation 14:18:20Rev.14.18.W20TAB
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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Word in context
- word
DRE-pa-non
- sentence
KAI AL-los AN-ge-los ek tou thy-si-a-stê-REE-ou ho E-khōn ek-sou-SEE-an e-PI tou py-ROS KAI e-PHŌ-nê-sen phō-NÊ me-GA-lê tō E-khon-ti to DRE-pa-non to ok-SY LE-gōn PEM-pson sou to DRE-pa-non to ok-SY KAI TRY-gê-son tous BO-try-as tês am-PE-lou tês gês HO-ti ÊK-ma-san hai sta-phy-LAI au-TÊS
Exegesis
The dative participle tō echonti to drepanon to oxu {τῷ ἔχοντι τὸ δρέπανον τὸ ὀξὺ | tôi é-khōn-ti to dré-pa-non to o-xý} identifies the addressee by his tool, “the one holding the sharp sickle.”
Root and etymology
drepōdelta–rho–epsilon–pi–omega
“to pluck, cut”
In context — Revelation 14:18
And another angel came out from the altar , having authority over the fire, and he called with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, saying, “Send out your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for her grapes have fully ripened.”
About this coordinate
Revelation 14:18:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Revelation 14:18, 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.14.18.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.14.18.W20.S1) and character.