Dictionary of Bible Themes A cutting tool with a short handle used in harvesting grain. Early blades were made of wood lined with flint teeth; these were later replaced with curved iron blades. The cutting down of grain at harvest with a sickle is used as a symbol of God's judgment. Mark 4:29Sickles used to harvest grain See also Deuteronomy 16:9; 23:251 Samuel 13:19-21 Jeremiah 50:16 Sickles were not to be used in another person's field Joel 3:13Cutting down grain as a symbol of judgment Revelation 14:14-19See also Isaiah 17:5Jeremiah 51:33 Micah 4:12 Matthew 13:30 See also 4406 agriculture4430 crops 4456 grain 4464 harvest 4512 staff 5583 tools 9210 judgment, God's |
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