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reap
Related Ideas:
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: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)
- Other ways to translate to "reap" and "reaper" could include to "harvest" and "harvester" (or "person who harvests").
(See also: good news, harvest)
Bible References:
Word Data:
- Strong's: H4672, H7114, H7938, G2325, G2327
Forms Found in the English ULB:
reap, reaped, reaper, reapers, reaping, reaps