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# reap, reaped, reaper
# reap, reaper
## Definition:
The term “reap” means to harvest crops such as grain. A “reaper” is someone who harvests the crop.
The term “reap” means to harvest crops, such as grain or fruit. A “reaper” is someone who harvests the crop.
* Usually reapers harvested the crops by hand, pulling up the plants or cutting them with a sharp cutting tool.
* In biblical times, reapers usually harvested the crops by hand, either pulling up the plants or cutting them with a sharp cutting tool.
* The idea of reaping a harvest is often used figuratively to refer to telling people the good news about Jesus and bringing them into God’s family.
* This term is also used figuratively to refer to the consequences that come from a person’s actions, as in the saying “a man reaps what he plants.” (See: [Metaphor](rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor))
* Other ways to translate to “reap” and “reaper” could include to “harvest” and “harvester” (or “person who harvests”).