2770. chermesh
Berean Strong's Lexicon
chermesh: Sickle

Original Word: חֶרְמֵשׁ
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: chermesh
Pronunciation: kher-MAYSH
Phonetic Spelling: (kher-mashe')
Definition: Sickle
Meaning: a sickle

Word Origin: Derived from an unused root meaning to cut or sharpen

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G1407 (drepanon): The Greek equivalent used in the New Testament, often in the context of harvest and judgment, such as in Revelation 14:14-16.

Usage: The term "chermesh" refers to a sickle, a hand-held agricultural tool with a curved blade used for harvesting grain or cutting grass. In the biblical context, it is often associated with the harvest, symbolizing both physical and spiritual reaping.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israel, agriculture was a central part of daily life and economy. The sickle was an essential tool for farmers, used during the harvest season to gather crops. The imagery of the sickle is also used metaphorically in the Bible to describe judgment and the gathering of people, reflecting the agrarian society's reliance on and understanding of the harvest process.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from charam
Definition
a sickle
NASB Translation
sickle (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
חֶרְמֵשׁ noun [masculine] sickle (on form see Ges§ 85 xii. 55) — Deuteronomy 16:9; Deuteronomy 23:26.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
sickle

From charam; a sickle (as cutting) -- sickle.

see HEBREW charam

Forms and Transliterations
וְחֶרְמֵשׁ֙ וחרמש חֶרְמֵשׁ֙ חרמש cherMesh ḥer·mêš ḥermêš vecherMesh wə·ḥer·mêš wəḥermêš
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Englishman's Concordance
Deuteronomy 16:9
HEB: לָ֑ךְ מֵהָחֵ֤ל חֶרְמֵשׁ֙ בַּקָּמָ֔ה תָּחֵ֣ל
NAS: from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain.
KJV: from [such time as] thou beginnest [to put] the sickle to the corn.
INT: shall count shall begin the sickle to the standing begin

Deuteronomy 23:25
HEB: מְלִילֹ֖ת בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ וְחֶרְמֵשׁ֙ לֹ֣א תָנִ֔יף
NAS: but you shall not wield a sickle in your neighbor's
KJV: but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour's
INT: the heads your hand A sickle shall not wield

2 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 2770
2 Occurrences


ḥer·mêš — 1 Occ.
wə·ḥer·mêš — 1 Occ.
















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