SICKLE. Two words are tr. “sickle” in the OT. חֶרְמֵשׁ, H3058, appears only in Deuteronomy 16:9 and 23:25. A sickle was a curved cutting tool for harvesting grain.

In Jeremiah 50:16 and Joel 3:13 the term מַגָּ֖ל appears. It is a metathesized form which meant a hooked or curved staff. The term is common in later Heb. documents and Aram. The NT word, δρέπανον, G1535, occurs in Mark 4:29 and Revelation 14:14-19. In usage the NT follows the Joel passage in presenting the sickle as the instrument of divine wrath and fulfillment.