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Sickle

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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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 (Deuteronomy 16:9; Jeremiah 50:16 , marg., "scythe;" Joel 3:13; Mark 4:29 ).

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Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Sickle'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​s/sickle.html. 1897.
 
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