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# harvest
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## Related Ideas:
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harvester
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## Definition:
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The term "harvest" refers to the gathering in of ripe fruits or vegetables from the plants on which they were growing.
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* The harvest time normally happens at the end of a growing season.
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* The Israelites held a "Festival of Harvest" or "Festival of Ingathering" to celebrate the reaping of the food crops. God commanded them to offer the first fruits of these crops as a sacrifice to him.
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* In a figurative sense, the word "harvest" can refer to people coming to believe in Jesus or can describe a person's spiritual growth.
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* The idea of a harvest of spiritual crops fits with the figurative image of fruits being a picture of godly character qualities.
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## Picture of a Harvest:
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<a href="https://content.bibletranslationtools.org/WycliffeAssociates/en_tw/raw/branch/master/PNGs/h/Harvest.png"><img src="https://content.bibletranslationtools.org/WycliffeAssociates/en_tw/raw/branch/master/PNGs/h/Harvest.png" ></a>
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## Translation Suggestions:
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* It is best to translate this term with the word that is commonly used in the language to refer to the harvesting of crops.
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* The event of harvesting could be translated as, "time of gathering in" or "crop gathering time" or "fruit picking time."
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* The verb to "harvest" could be translated as, to "gather in" or to "pick up" or to "collect."
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(See also: [firstfruits](../other/firstfruit.md), [festival](../other/festival.md))
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## Bible References:
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* [1 Corinthians 09:9-11](rc://en/tn/help/1co/09/09)
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* [2 Samuel 21:7-9](rc://en/tn/help/2sa/21/07)
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* [Galatians 06:9-10](rc://en/tn/help/gal/06/09)
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* [Isaiah 17:11](rc://en/tn/help/isa/17/11)
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* [James 05:7-8](rc://en/tn/help/jas/05/07)
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* [Leviticus 19:09](rc://en/tn/help/lev/19/09)
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* [Matthew 09:38](rc://en/tn/help/mat/09/38)
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* [Ruth 01:22](rc://en/tn/help/rut/01/22)
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## Word Data:
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* Strong's: H2758, H7105, H7114, G270, G1081, G2326, G4863
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## Forms Found in the English ULB:
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harvest, harvested, harvester, harvesters, harvesting, harvests
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