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# reap
## Related Ideas:
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: [[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").
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(See also: [good news ](../kt/goodnews.md ), [harvest ](../other/harvest.md ))
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## Bible References:
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* [Galatians 06:9-10 ](rc://en/tn/help/gal/06/09 )
* [Matthew 06:25-26 ](rc://en/tn/help/mat/06/25 )
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* [Matthew 13:30 ](rc://en/tn/help/mat/13/30 )
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* [Matthew 13:36-39 ](rc://en/tn/help/mat/13/36 )
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* [Matthew 25:24 ](rc://en/tn/help/mat/25/24 )
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## Word Data:
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* Strong's: H4672, H7114, H7938, G2325, G2327
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## Forms Found in the English ULB:
reap, reaped, reaper, reapers, reaping, reaps