Strong G2325θερίζω
to reap
- Transliteration
- theridō
- Pronunciation
- ther-id'-zo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G2330 (in the sense of the crop); to harvest: - reap.
Detailed definition
θερίζω
(θέρος), [in LXX chiefly for קָצַר;]
to reap: Mat.6:26, Luk.12:24, Jas.5:4; figuratively, Mat.25:24, 26, Luk.19:21-22, Jhn.4:36-38, 2Co.9:6, Gal.6:7, 9, Rev.14:15; with accusative, τ. σαρκικά, 1Co.9:11; φθοράν, ζωὴν αἰώνιον, Gal.6:8; τ. γῆν, Rev.14:16.†
(AS)
(θέρος), [in LXX chiefly for קָצַר;]
to reap: Mat.6:26, Luk.12:24, Jas.5:4; figuratively, Mat.25:24, 26, Luk.19:21-22, Jhn.4:36-38, 2Co.9:6, Gal.6:7, 9, Rev.14:15; with accusative, τ. σαρκικά, 1Co.9:11; φθοράν, ζωὴν αἰώνιον, Gal.6:8; τ. γῆν, Rev.14:16.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2325 appears in 17 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- reap14
- reapeth2
- shall2
- reaped1
- reapest1
First verses
- Matthew 6:26Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
- Matthew 25:24Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:
- Matthew 25:26His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:
- Luke 12:24Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?
- Luke 19:21For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.
- Luke 19:22And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
- John 4:36And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
- John 4:37And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.
- John 4:38I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
- 1 Corinthians 9:11If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?
- 2 Corinthians 9:6But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
- Galatians 6:7Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
- Galatians 6:8For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
- Galatians 6:9And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
- James 5:4Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
- Revelation 14:15And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
- Revelation 14:16And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
θερίζω,
Boeotian dialect infinitive θερίδδειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 947 (Lyric poetry))]: future Attic dialect -ιῶ[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 601b17)]: aorist ἐθέρισα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 239 (_anapaest meter_), syncopated op. ἔθρισα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 536 (compare ἀποθρίζω))]; poetry ἐθέρισσα [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.451)]; later (subjunctive) ἐκθερίξω [Refs (“Anacreontea” 9.7:)] —middle (see. below):—passive, aorist ἐθερίσθην: perfect τεθέρισμαι (see. below): (θέρος):—do summer-work, mow, reap, σῖτον, κριθάς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.42, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 506, etc.)]: absolutely, harvest, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.71 K.: frequently _metaphorically_, joined with σπείρω, αἰσχρῶς μὲν ἔσπειρας κακῶς δὲ ἐθέρισας 5th c.BC: Gorgias Rhetor et Sophista “fragment” 16 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.394e; ἡ ῥητορικὴ καρπὸν ὧν ἔσπειρε θερίζει 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 260d; οὐκ ἔστι μὴ σπείραντα θερίσαι κάρπιμα “epigram Gr.” 1039.15)]:— middle, καρπὸν Δηοῦς θερίσασθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 515)]:—passive, ἃ [δράγματα] ἔτυχεν.. τεθερισμένα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.2.8.)]
2 metaphorically, mow down, Ἄρη τὸν.. θερίζοντα βροτούς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 637 (Lyric poetry), compare “Ag.” 536; βίον θ. ὥστε κάρπιμον στάχυν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hyps.fragment” 34(60).94)]; θ. Ἀσίαν to plunder it, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.182a.)]
3 cut off, κεφαλὴν καὶ γλῶσσαν ἄκραν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 239; κυνέας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 717; γλῶσσαν “Anthologia Graeca” 9.451: _metaphorically_, σελίδος νεαρῆς θ. στάχυν [prev. work]4.2.3 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus):)] —passive, ἥτις [πῶλος].. θέρος θερισθῇ ξανθὸν αὐχένων ἄπο who had her crop of yellow mane cut off, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 659.4.)]
4 metaphorically, reap a good harvest, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 947 (Lyric poetry))]; of bribes, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 47.26.)]
5 ὁ θερίζων (with or without λόγος), a logical fallacy, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.94, 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 7.25: _plural_, [prev. work] 44.)]
II intransitive, pass the summer, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.5.15; θ. ἐν τοῖς ψυχροῖς, χειμάζουσι δ᾽ ἐν τοῖς ἀλεεινοῖς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 596b26, compare 598a25.)]
Boeotian dialect infinitive θερίδδειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 947 (Lyric poetry))]: future Attic dialect -ιῶ[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 601b17)]: aorist ἐθέρισα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 239 (_anapaest meter_), syncopated op. ἔθρισα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 536 (compare ἀποθρίζω))]; poetry ἐθέρισσα [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.451)]; later (subjunctive) ἐκθερίξω [Refs (“Anacreontea” 9.7:)] —middle (see. below):—passive, aorist ἐθερίσθην: perfect τεθέρισμαι (see. below): (θέρος):—do summer-work, mow, reap, σῖτον, κριθάς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.42, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 506, etc.)]: absolutely, harvest, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.71 K.: frequently _metaphorically_, joined with σπείρω, αἰσχρῶς μὲν ἔσπειρας κακῶς δὲ ἐθέρισας 5th c.BC: Gorgias Rhetor et Sophista “fragment” 16 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.394e; ἡ ῥητορικὴ καρπὸν ὧν ἔσπειρε θερίζει 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 260d; οὐκ ἔστι μὴ σπείραντα θερίσαι κάρπιμα “epigram Gr.” 1039.15)]:— middle, καρπὸν Δηοῦς θερίσασθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 515)]:—passive, ἃ [δράγματα] ἔτυχεν.. τεθερισμένα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.2.8.)]
2 metaphorically, mow down, Ἄρη τὸν.. θερίζοντα βροτούς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 637 (Lyric poetry), compare “Ag.” 536; βίον θ. ὥστε κάρπιμον στάχυν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hyps.fragment” 34(60).94)]; θ. Ἀσίαν to plunder it, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.182a.)]
3 cut off, κεφαλὴν καὶ γλῶσσαν ἄκραν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 239; κυνέας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 717; γλῶσσαν “Anthologia Graeca” 9.451: _metaphorically_, σελίδος νεαρῆς θ. στάχυν [prev. work]4.2.3 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus):)] —passive, ἥτις [πῶλος].. θέρος θερισθῇ ξανθὸν αὐχένων ἄπο who had her crop of yellow mane cut off, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 659.4.)]
4 metaphorically, reap a good harvest, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 947 (Lyric poetry))]; of bribes, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 47.26.)]
5 ὁ θερίζων (with or without λόγος), a logical fallacy, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.94, 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 7.25: _plural_, [prev. work] 44.)]
II intransitive, pass the summer, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.5.15; θ. ἐν τοῖς ψυχροῖς, χειμάζουσι δ᾽ ἐν τοῖς ἀλεεινοῖς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 596b26, compare 598a25.)]