# חֶרְמֵשׁ (chermesh)

Israeli respelling: cher-mesh. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H2770. 2 Old Testament occurrences.

a sickle (as cutting)

King James renderings: sickle.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/chermesh-h2770

## Occurrences

- [Deuteronomy 16:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/16/9) — Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.
- [Deuteronomy 23:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/23/25) — When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle…