Definition
θερίζω
(θέρος), [in LXX chiefly for קָצַר ;]
to reap: Matthew 6:26, Luke 12:24, James 5:4; figuratively, Matthew 25:24, 26, Luke 19:21-22, John 4:36-38, 2 Corinthians 9:6, Galatians 6:7, 9, Revelation 14:15; with accusative, τ. σαρκικά, 1 Corinthians 9:11; φθοράν, ζωὴν αἰώνιον, Galatians 6:8; τ. γῆν, Revelation 14:16.
Hebrew words it translates
The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as θερίζω:
- קָצֵרqa.tser“be short”67%
- חָרַשׁcha.rash“to plow/plot”17%
- מַחֲרֵשָׁהma.cha.re.shah“plowshare”17%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
21 total
- Matthew 6:26θερίζουσιν · reapLook at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
- Matthew 25:24θερίζων · reapingFinally, the servant who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Master, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.
- Matthew 25:26θερίζω · I reap‘You wicked, lazy servant!’ replied his master. ‘You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed.
- Luke 12:24θερίζουσιν · reapConsider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!
- Luke 19:21θερίζεις · reapFor I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man. You withdraw what you did not deposit and reap what you did not sow.’
- Luke 19:22θερίζων · reapingHis master replied, ‘You wicked servant, I will judge you by your own words. So you knew that I am a harsh man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?
- John 4:36θερίζων · reaper; θερίζων · reaperAlready the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.
- John 4:37θερίζων · reapsFor in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.
- John 4:38θερίζειν · to reapI sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have done the hard work, and now you have taken up their labor.”
- 1 Corinthians 9:11θερίσομεν · to reapIf we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much for us to reap a material harvest from you?
- 2 Corinthians 9:6θερίσει · reap; θερίσει · reapRemember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
- Galatians 6:7θερίσει · he will reap in returnDo not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.
- Galatians 6:8θερίσει · will reap; θερίσει · will reapThe one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
- Galatians 6:9θερίσομεν · we will reap a harvestLet us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
- James 5:4θερισάντων · harvestersLook, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
- Revelation 14:15θέρισον · reap; θερίσαι · to harvestThen another angel came out of the temple, crying out in a loud voice to the One seated on the cloud, “Swing Your sickle and reap, because the time has come to harvest, for the crop of the earth is ripe.”
- Revelation 14:16ἐθερίσθη · was harvestedSo the One seated on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.