Sickles
Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the
sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing
sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall
flee every one to his own land....
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And another angel came out from the altar, which had power
over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp
sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the
clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully
ripe....
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sik'-'l (chermesh (Dt 16:9; 23:25), maggal; compare Arabic
minjal (Jer 50:16; Joel 3:13); drepanon (Mk 4:29; Rev 14:14-
19)): Although the ancients pulled much of their grain by
hand, we know that they also used sickles. The form of this
instrument varied, as is evidenced by the Egyptian sculptures.
The earliest sickle was probably of wood, sha...
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An agricultural implement used for cutting grain
De 23:25; Jer 50:16; Mr 4:29
-FIGURATIVE
Of the judgments of God
Joe 3:13; Re 14:14-19...
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of the Egyptians resembled that in modern use. The ears of
corn
were cut with it near the top of the straw. There was
also a
sickle used for warlike purposes, more correctly,
however,
called a pruning-hook (Deut. 16:9; Jer. 50:16, marg.,
"scythe;"
Joel 3:13; Mark 4:29)....
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When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then
thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not
move a sickle unto thy neighbour's standing corn....
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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....
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And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud
voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and
reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest
of the earth is ripe....
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And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the
earth; and the earth was reaped....
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And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud
[one] sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a
golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle....
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