Revelation 14:19:6Rev.14.19.W6TAB
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 E-ba-len ho AN-ge-los to DRE-pa-non au-TOU eis tên GÊN KAI e-TRY-gê-sen tên AM-pe-lon tês GÊS KAI E-ba-len eis tên lê-NON tou thy-MOU tou the-OU ton ME-gan
Exegesis
The object phrase to drepanon autou {τὸ δρέπανον αὐτοῦ | tó dré-pa-non au-toû} ‘his sickle’ combines article, noun, and possessive genitive, marking the instrument as belonging to the angelic agent.
Root and etymology
drepanondelta–rho–epsilon–pi–alpha–nu–omicron–nu
“sickle, reaping blade”
In context — Revelation 14:19
And the angel swung his sickle into the earth and gathered the vine of the earth, and he threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God .
About this coordinate
Revelation 14:19:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Revelation 14:19, 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.14.19.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.14.19.W6.S1) and character.