קָצַר qatsar
Hebrew word for “to reap” · Strong’s H7114 · used 49 times in 46 verses
Meaning
1) to reap, harvest; 1a) (Qal) to reap, harvest; 1b) (Hiphil) to reap, harvest
Senses in the lexicon
- to reap (34)
- be short (15)
How it is translated
Glosses given for qatsar in context, with how often each is used:
- harvesters 7
- will reap 5
- short 5
- harvest 4
- will harvest 4
- reap 3
- reaper 3
- too short 3
- when harvest 2
- have reaped 2
- when harvesting 1
- harvesting ! 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leviticus | 7 | 0.6 | |
| Ruth | 7 | 5.4 | |
| Isaiah | 6 | 0.4 | |
| Psalms | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Job | 3 | 0.4 | |
| Hosea | 3 | 1.3 | |
| Numbers | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Judges | 2 | 0.2 | |
| 1 Samuel | 2 | 0.2 | |
| 2 Kings | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Proverbs | 2 | 0.3 | |
| Jeremiah | 2 | 0.1 |
Also in 6 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Ruth 2 (7), Leviticus 23 (2), Leviticus 25 (2), Hosea 10 (2), Leviticus 19 (1), Numbers 11 (1), Numbers 21 (1), Deuteronomy 24 (1), Judges 10 (1), Judges 16 (1)
Forms
- הקוצרים 4
- ותקצר 4
- תקצר 3
- ובקצרכם 2
- תקצור 2
- הקצרים 2
- וקצרו 2
- יקצרו 2
- יקצור 2
- הקצר 2
Words used with it
Words that share verses with qatsar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- זָרַע zara “to sow” 11
- קָצִיר qatsir “harvest” 8
- שָׂדֶה sadeh “land” 8
- סָפִיחַ saphiach “aftergrowth” 4
- לָקַט laqat “to gather” 5
- בֹּעַז boaz “Boaz” 4
- חָרֵשׁ charesh “be quiet” 4
- עֹמֶר omer “sheaf” 3
- לֶקֶט leqet “gleaning” 2
- סָחִישׁ shachis “offspring” 2
- שָׁנָה shaneh “year” 5
- אָכַל akhal “to eat” 5
Key verses
The verses using qatsar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Leviticus 23:10 — Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall…
- Deuteronomy 24:19 — When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for…
- Judges 10:16 — And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
- Ruth 2:4 — And, behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.
- Psalms 126:5 — They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
- Isaiah 50:2 — Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to…
- Isaiah 59:1 — Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
- Hosea 8:7 — For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow…
- Hosea 10:12 — Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
- Amos 9:13 — Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop…
- Micah 2:7 — O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
- Zechariah 11:8 — Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
See all 46 verses in the Word Atlas
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.