phragellion is the object made from ropes and used to drive people and animals from the temple.

The attested use names the rope-made implement in the action of driving people and animals out of the temple precinct.

1. Rope-made implement used to drive out · dominant

   In John 2:15, the accusative singular neuter form occurs as the object made from ropes before the driving-out action. The APB renders the clause, “having made a whip out of ropes, he drove all out of the temple,” placing the term in that expulsion scene.

   John 2:15

In the Anselm Project Bible: In John 2:15, the APB presents the item as “a whip out of ropes.” This wording confirms the verse's scene rather than isolating every element of the term's contribution.