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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

REAPING

rep'-ing (qatsar; therizo): Reaping in ancient times, as at present, consisted in either pulling up the grain by the roots or cutting it with a sickle (see SICKLE), and then binding the stalks into bundles to be carried to the threshing-floor. If the Egyptian sculptures are true to life, reaping was sometimes divided into two operations, the heads of grain and the stalks being reaped separately. In Palestine and Syria both pulling and cutting are still practiced, the former when the ground is stony and the spears scarce. Even where the sickle is used, much of the grain comes up by the roots, owing to the toughness of the dried stalks or the dullness of the sickle. The reaper sometimes wears pieces of cane on the fingers of the hand which gathers the grain in order to protect them from injury by the sharp grasses or the sickle. There were definite laws established by the Hebrews in regard to reaping (Leviticus 19:9; Leviticus 23:10; Leviticus 25:5, 11 Deuteronomy 16:9). Samuel mentions the task of reaping the harvest as one of the requirements which would be made by the king for whom the people were clamoring (1 Samuel 8:12).

Figurative:

The certainty of the consequences of good and evil doing were often typified by the sowing and the reaping of harvests (Job 4:8 Proverbs 22:8 Hosea 8:7; Hosea 10:12, 13 2 Corinthians 9:6 Galatians 6:7, 8). "They that sow in tears shall reap in joy" is found in the liberated captives' song (Psalm 126:5). "He that regardeth the clouds shall not reap," i.e. a lack of faith in God's care will be punished (Ecclesiastes 11:4); compare also the lesson of trust drawn from the birds (Matthew 6:26 Luke 12:24). Sowing and not reaping the harvest is mentioned as a punishment for disobedience (Job 31:8 Jeremiah 12:13 Micah 6:15). Reaping where he sowed not, showed the injustice of the landlord (Matthew 25:26), as did also the withholding of the reapers' wages (James 5:4). In God's Kingdom there is a division of labor: "He that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together" (John 4:36-38). In John's vision he saw an angel reap the earth (Revelation 14:15, 16).

See AGRICULTURE; GLEANING.

James A. Patch

Greek

2326. therismos -- harvest
... harvest. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: therismos Phonetic Spelling:
(ther-is-mos') Short Definition: reaping, harvest Definition: reaping ...
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2325. therizo -- to reap
... Word Origin from theros Definition to reap NASB Word Usage did the harvesting
(1), reap (14), reaped (1), reaping (2), reaps (3). reap. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7114b. qatsar -- to reap, harvest
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to reap, harvest NASB Word Usage harvest (2),
harvests (1), reap (18), reaped (2), reaper (3), reapers (7), reaping (1). ...
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Library

Sowing and Reaping
Sowing and Reaping. <. Sowing and Reaping Dwight L. Moody. Produced
by Keith G. Richardson - from file kindly hosted ...
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Sowing and Reaping.
... Chapter IV. Sowing and Reaping. ... In the reaping there is joy on earth and, on high,
the joy of bringing sheaves to the Lord. Gathereth fruit. ...
/.../johnson/the new testament commentary vol iii john/sowing and reaping.htm

The Reaping of the vine.
... EXPOSITION OF THE APOCALYPSE. The Reaping of the Vine. "And another angel came
out of the temple in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. ...
/.../bliss/a brief commentary on the apocalypse/the reaping of the vine.htm

21ST DAY. A Due Reaping.
... 21ST DAY. A Due Reaping. "He is Faithful that Promised." "In due season we shall
reap, if we faint not.""Galatians 6:9. A Due Reaping. Believer! ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/macduff/the faithful promiser/21st day a due reaping.htm

Reaping.
... REAPING. Sad Ending of a Life that Might have been Otherwise. I remember a few years
ago I felt very anxious for a man who was present at a meeting like this. ...
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Sowing in the Wind, Reaping under Clouds
... Sowing in the Wind, Reaping under Clouds. A Sermon (No.2264). Intended for Reading
on Lord's-Day, July 10th, 1892,. Delivered by. CH SPURGEON,. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 38 1892/sowing in the wind reaping.htm

Sowing and Reaping. February 28.
... Sowing and Reaping. February 28. So it is, that by every crime, folly,
even neglect of theirs, men drive a thorn into their own ...
/.../kingsley/daily thoughts /sowing and reaping february 28.htm

Reaping the Whirlwind.
... Reaping the Whirlwind. I remember in the north of England a prominent citizen told
a sad case that happened there in the city of Newcastle-on-Tyne. ...
/.../moody/moodys anecdotes and illustrations/reaping the whirlwind.htm

Sowing and Reaping
Sowing and Reaping. <. ... CHAPTER I. SOWING AND REAPING. "Be not deceived; God
is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. ...
/.../moody/sowing and reaping/chapter i sowing and reaping.htm

Sowing and Reaping
Sowing and Reaping. <. ... Title Page. SOWING AND REAPING. BY. DL MOODY.
'Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.'. Gal. vi: 7. ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reap.

Thesaurus

Reaping (10 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reap. Int. Standard Bible
Encyclopedia. REAPING. rep'-ing (qatsar; therizo): Reaping...
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Gathering (71 Occurrences)
... Matthew 25:24 "He also who had received the one talent came and said,'Lord, I knew
you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering ...
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Reap (35 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping
machine, as grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting. ...
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Sickle (13 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A reaping instrument consisting of a steel blade curved into the form of
a hook, and having a handle fitted on a tang. ... Cf. Reaping hook, under Reap. ...
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Agriculture
... The reaping of the corn was performed either by pulling it up by the roots, or cutting
it with a species of sickle, according to circumstances. ... (2) Reaping. ...
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Receiving (72 Occurrences)
... John 4:36 And he who is reaping doth receive a reward, and doth gather fruit to
life age-during, that both he who is sowing and he who is reaping may rejoice ...
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Age-during (167 Occurrences)
... John 4:36 And he who is reaping doth receive a reward, and doth gather fruit to
life age-during, that both he who is sowing and he who is reaping may rejoice ...
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Sow (61 Occurrences)
... Matthew 25:24 "He also who had received the one talent came and said,'Lord, I knew
you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering ...
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Sowed (20 Occurrences)
... Matthew 25:24 And he also that had received the one talent coming to him said, My
lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hadst not sowed ...
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Severe (53 Occurrences)
... Matthew 25:24 "But, next, the man who had the one talent in his keeping came and
said, "'Sir, I knew you to be a severe man, reaping where you had not sown and ...
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Bible Concordance

Reaping (10 Occurrences)

Matthew 25:24 "He also who had received the one talent came and said,'Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Luke 19:22 "He said to him,'Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I didn't lay down, and reaping that which I didn't sow.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 4:36 And he who is reaping doth receive a reward, and doth gather fruit to life age-during, that both he who is sowing and he who is reaping may rejoice together;
(YLT)

Revelation 14:15 And another, an angel, came out of the sanctuary, calling in a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud, and saying, "Use your sickle and reap the harvest, for the hour for reaping it has come: the harvest of the earth is over-ripe."
(WEY DBY YLT)

Genesis 45:6 For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are yet five years, in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest.
(See NIV)

Leviticus 19:9 And in your reaping the harvest of your land ye do not completely reap the corner of thy field, and the gleaning of thy harvest thou dost not gather,
(YLT)

Leviticus 23:22 And in your reaping the harvest of your land thou dost not complete the corner of thy field in thy reaping, and the gleaning of thy harvest thou dost not gather, to the poor and to the sojourner thou dost leave them; I Jehovah 'am' your God.'
(YLT)

Ruth 2:9 Let thy eyes be on the field that they are reaping, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art thirsty go to the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.
(WBS RSV)

1 Samuel 6:13 They of Beth Shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley; and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

1 Samuel 8:12 also to appoint for himself heads of thousands, and heads of fifties; also to plow his plowing, and to reap his reaping; and to make instruments of his war, and instruments of his charioteer.
(YLT)

Subtopics

Reaping

Reaping Blessings

Reaping is the Cutting of the Corn in Harvest

Reaping What You Sow

Reaping: A Time of Great Rejoicing

Reaping: Both Men and Women Engaged In

Reaping: Corn After, Was Bound up Into Sheaves

Reaping: Figurative

Reaping: Gathering in Souls to God

Reaping: General Scriptures Concerning

Reaping: Ministers Receiving Temporal Provision for Spiritual