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# reap, reaper #
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## Definition: ##
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The term "reap" means to harvest crops such as grain. A "reaper" is someone who harvests the crop.
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* Usually reapers harvested the crops by hand, pulling up the plants or cutting them with a sharp cutting tool.
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* 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.
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* 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 ](en/ta-vol1/translate/man/figs-metaphor ))
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* Other ways to translate "to reap" and "reaper" could include "to harvest" and "harvester" (or "person who harvests").
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(See also: [good news ](../kt/goodnews.md ), [harvest ](../kt/harvest.md ))
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## Bible References: ##
* [Galatians 06:9-10 ](en/tn/gal/help/06/09 )
* [Matthew 06:25-26 ](en/tn/mat/help/06/25 )
* [Matthew 13:29-30 ](en/tn/mat/help/13/29 )
* [Matthew 13:36-39 ](en/tn/mat/help/13/36 )
* [Matthew 25:24-25 ](en/tn/mat/help/25/24 )
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