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 link to "harvest" page for more translation suggestions.)

(See also: goodnews · harvest)