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reap, reaper

Definition:

The term "reap" means to harvest crops such as grain. 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.
  • 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)
  • Other ways to translate "to reap" and "reaper" could include "to harvest" and "harvester" (or "person who harvests").

(See also: good news, harvest)

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