θερίζω therizō

Greek word for “to reap” · Strong’s G2325 · used 21 times in 17 verses

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Meaning

θερίζω; (θέρος); to reap:; figuratively; with accusative, τ. σαρκικά; φθοράν, ζωὴν αἰώνιον; τ. γῆν.†;

How it is translated

Glosses given for therizō in context, with how often each is used:

• reaping 5
• reap 5
• will reap 5
• do they reap 1
• will reap? 1
• will reap a harvest 1
• having harvested 1
• do reap 1
• harvested 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

John 4 (3), Galatians 6 (3), Matthew 25 (2), Luke 19 (2), Revelation 14 (2), Matthew 6 (1), Luke 12 (1), 1 Corinthians 9 (1), 2 Corinthians 9 (1), James 5 (1)

Forms

• θερίζων 5
• θερίσει 5
• θερίζουσιν 2
• θερίσομεν 2
• θερίζω 1
• θερίζεις 1
• θερίζειν 1
• θερισάντων 1
• θέρισον 1
• θερίσαι 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with therizō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• σπείρω speirō “to sow” 12
• συνάγω sunagō “to assemble” 4
• αὐστηρός austēros “severe” 2
• ἀποθήκη apothēkē “storehouse” 2
• δρέπανον drepanon “sickle” 2
• τρέφω trephō “to feed” 2
• διασκορπίζω diaskorpizō “to scatter” 2
• διαφέρω diapherō “to spread/surpass” 2
• πετεινός peteinos “bird” 2
• ὅθεν hothen “whence” 2
• ἄλλος allos “another” 3
• νεφέλη nephelē “cloud” 2

Key verses

The verses using therizō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 6:26 — Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than…
• Matthew 25:24 — Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where…
• Luke 12:24 — Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?
• Luke 19:22 — And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down,…
• John 4:36 — And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
• John 4:38 — I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
• 2 Corinthians 9:6 — But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
• Galatians 6:7 — Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
• Galatians 6:8 — For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
• Galatians 6:9 — And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
• James 5:4 — Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are…
• Revelation 14:15 — And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.