Strong G5166τρυγάω

to harvest

Transliteration
trugaō
Pronunciation
troo-gah'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From a derivative of τρύγω trugō (to dry) meaning ripe fruit (as if dry); to collect the vintage: - gather.

Detailed definition

τρυγάω, -ῶ
[in LXX for קָצַר, בָּצַר, etc.;]
to gather in: with accusative,
__(a) of the fruit, Luk.6:44, Rev.14:18;
__(b) of that from which it is gathered, Rev.14:19.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G5166 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • gather3

First verses

  1. Luke 6:44
    For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
  2. Revelation 14:18
    And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
  3. Revelation 14:19
    And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
τρῠγάω,
(τρύγη):
I with accusative of the fruit gathered, gather in the fruit or crop, ἑτέρας [σταφυλὰς] τρυγόωσιν [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.124, cf. NT.Luke.6.44)]; σῦκα, σῖτον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Comica Adespota” 812 (_passive_), 787 (_anapaest meter_): _metaphorically_, τρυγήσομεν αὐτήν (i.e. Εἰρήνην) 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1338 (Lyric poetry); τ. παίδων ἄνθος “Anthologia Graeca” 12.256 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus); ὄμφακας ἡλικίης “IG” 14.769 (from Naples))]:— passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.199, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 925b15, “PCair.Zen.” 184.5 (3rd c.BC))]; of honey, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus 3.35)]; καθ᾽ ὥραν τετρυγημένοι (by death) [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Cat.” 5.)]
I.2 absolutely, θερίζουσι καὶ σπείρουσι καὶ τρυγῶσι ταῖς γλώτταισι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1698 (Lyric poetry), compare “Pax” 912, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 844e, “PCair.Zen.” 300.17 (3rd c.BC).)]
II with accusative of that from which the fruit is gathered, gather or reap off the trees or ground, ὅτε τρυγόῳεν ἀλωήν (Epic dialect optative for τρυγῷεν) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.566; οἱ δ᾽ ἐτρύγων οἴνας 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 292; ἀμπέλους τρυγῶν “Comica Adespota” 437; τοὺς Ταντάλου κήπους [prev. work]530; τ. ἑαντήν (i.e. τὴν ἄμπελον) 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 19.19.)]
II.2 proverbial, ἐρήμας τρυγᾶν (i.e. ἀμπέλους) strip unwatched vines, of one who is bold where there is nothing to fear, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 886, “V.” 634, ubi see Scholia)]
II.3 metaphorically, with accusative person, strip one, i. e. rob him, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMeretr.” 1.2)]: with accusative of things, rob, βίᾳ τρυγήσαντες τὸν περιστερεῶνα [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“BGU” 1855.13 (1st c.BC).)]