Strong’s H2770 · Hebrew

חֶרְמֵשׁ
chermêsh
kher-mashe'

Definition

a sickle (as cutting)

Etymology

from H2763 (חָרַם);

Where the KJV renders it

  • sickle

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What the first audience heard

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