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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(cutter). The reaping and mowing implement of the ancients. In its size and curvature, as represented on Egyptian
monuments
, it resembled the implement as known to us (
Deut. 16:9
9
Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn. (Deuteronomy 16:9)
).
Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:
Number:
1407
(
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)
Greek:
δρέπανον
Transliteration:
drepanon
Phonic:
drep’-an-on
Meaning:
from δρέπω (to pluck); a gathering hook (especially for harvesting)
KJV Usage:
sickle