therizō · reap, harvest

What it means

therizō (θερίζω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “reap, harvest”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To gather in the ripe grain.
2. To receive the fruit of what one has sown.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• reap ×14
• reaps ×3
• reaping ×2
• harvesters ×1
• was reaped ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×3
• Luke×3
• John×4
• 1 Corinthians×1
• 2 Corinthians×2
• Galatians×4
• James×1
• Revelation×3

• Matthew 6:26

  Look at the birds of the sky: they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns, and your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?

• Matthew 25:24

  And the one who had received the one talent also came up and said, ‘Master, I knew you, that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter;

• Matthew 25:26

  But his master answered him, ‘Wicked and lazy slave! You knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter?

• Luke 12:24

  Consider the ravens, that they do not sow nor reap; they have no storeroom nor barn, and yet God feeds them. How much more are you worth than the birds!

• Luke 19:21

  for I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man: you take what you did not put down, and you reap what you did not sow.’

• Luke 19:22

  He says to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I will judge you, wicked slave! You knew that I am a harsh man, taking what I did not put down and reaping what I did not sow?

• John 4:36

  the one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who reaps may rejoice together.

• John 4:37

  For in this the saying is true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’

• John 4:38

  I sent you to reap what you have not labored for; others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.”

• 1 Corinthians 9:11

  If we sowed spiritual things for you, is it a great thing if we will reap your material things?

• 2 Corinthians 9:6

  And remember this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows with blessings will also reap with blessings.

• Galatians 6:7

  Do not be deceived: God is not mocked; for whatever a person sows, this he will also reap;

• Galatians 6:8

  because the one who sows to his own flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

• Galatians 6:9

  And let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.

• James 5:4

  Look, the wages of the workers who mowed your fields, withheld by you, cry out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Tsevaot.

• Revelation 14:15

  And another angel came out of the sanctuary, crying out with a loud voice to the one who sat on the cloud, “Send in your sickle and reap, because the hour to reap has come, because the harvest of the earth is fully ripe.”

• Revelation 14:16

  And the one who sat on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.

And 4 more times.