Quick Definition
θερίζω v. I reap, gather
Strong's Definition
from 2330 (in the sense of the crop); to harvest
KJV Usage: reap
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | θερμαίνομαι
43.14 · Agriculture
to reap, to harvest to cut ripe grain and to gather bundles of such grain together
MAT 6:26 · MAT 25:24 · MAT 25:26 · LUK 12:24 · LUK 19:21 · LUK 19:22 · JHN 4:36 · JHN 4:36 · JHN 4:37 · JHN 4:38 · 1CO 9:11 · 2CO 9:6 · 2CO 9:6 · GAL 6:7 · GAL 6:8 · GAL 6:8 · GAL 6:9 · JAS 5:4 · REV 14:15 · REV 14:15 · REV 14:16
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
θερίζω ; fut. θερίσω [B. 37 (32), cf. WH. App. p. 163 sq-]; 1 aor. eetieaas ; 1 aor. pass. ἐθερίσθην; (θέρος) ; Sept. for yp; [fr. Aeschyl., Hadt. down]; to reap, harvest; a. ah Mt. vi. 26; Lk. xii. 24; Jas.v. 4; [fig. Jn. iv. 36 (bis)]. Ὅ. in aa erbial expressions about sowing and reapiny: ἄλλος . . - ὁ θερίζων, one does the work, another gets the reward, Jn. iv. 37 sq. (where the meaning is ‘ye hereafter, in winning over a far greater number of the Samaritans to the kingdom of God, will enjoy the fruits of the work which I have now commenced among them’ [al. do not restrict the reference to converted Samaritans]); θερίζων ὅπου οὐκ ἔσπειpas, unjustly appropriating 1o thyself the fruits of others’ labor, Mt. xxv. 24, 26; Lk. xix. 21 sq.; ὃ ἐὰν -- θερίσει, as aman has acted (on earth) so (hereafter by God) will he be requited, either with reward or penalty, (his deeds will determine his doom), Gal. vi. 7 (a proverb: ut sementem feceris, ita metes, Cic. de orat. 2, 65; [σὺ δὲ ταῦτα αἰσχρῶς μὲν ἔσπειρας κακῶς δὲ ἐθέρισας, Aristot. rhet. 3, ὃ, 4 ; cf. Plato, Phaedr. 300 d.; see Meyer on Gal. 1. 6.71}; τί, to receive a thing by way of reward or punishment: ra σαρκικά, 1 Co. ix. 11; φθοράν, ζωὴν αἰώνιον, Gal. vi. 8, (σπείρειν πυρούς, θερίζειν ἀκάνθας, Jer. xii. 13; ὁ σπείρων φαῦλα θερίσει κακά, Prov. xxii. 8; ἐὰν σπείρητε κακά, πᾶσαν ταραχὴν Kai θλίψιν θερίσετε, Test. xii. Patr. p.576 [1. 6. test. Levi §13]); absol.: of the reward of well-doing, Gal. vi. 9; 2Co.ix. 6. ὁ. As the crops are cut down with the sickle, θερίζειν is fig. used for to destroy, cut off: Rey. xiv. 15; with the addition of τὴν γῆν, to remove the wicked inhabitants of the earth and deliver them up to destruction, ib. 16 [τὴν ᾿Ασίαν, Plut. reg. et. imper. apophthegm. (Antig. 1), p. 182 a. ].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
θερίζω therizō 21x
to gather in harvest, reap, Mt. 6:26; 25:24, 26; met. to reap the reward of labor, 1 Cor. 9:11; 2 Cor. 9:6; to reap the harvest of vengeance, Rev. 14:15, 16
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
θερίζω
(< θέρος), [in LXX chiefly for קצר;]
to reap: Mt 6:26, Lk 12:24, Ja 5:4; fig., Mt 25:24, 26, Lk 19:21, 22, Jo 4:36-38, II Co 9:6, Ga 6:7, 9, Re 14:15; c. acc., τ. σαρκικά, I Co 9:11; φθοράν, ζωὴν αἰώνιον, Ga 6:8; τ. γῆν, Re 14:16.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
θερίζω. An interesting example of this verb is found in P Magd 1212 (p.c. 217), where a farmer, finding himself expelled by the proprietors from his holding on the approach of harvest, on the ground that his contract had not been properly sealed, petitions that they should not be allowed to reap the crops until the case had been decided—tws δὲ τοῦ διέξοδον λαβεῖν τὴν κρίσιν μὴ θερίζειν αὐτούς. See also P Fay 1129 (A.D. 99) where the considerable, but illiterate, landowner Gemellus writes to his nephew—tav ὥγμ[ον] (1. τὸν ὄγμ[ον]) τῆς ᾿Απιάδος ἕως σήμερον ov ἐθέρ[ι]σας ἀλλ᾽ ἠμέληκας αὐτοῦ καὶ μέχρι τούτου τὼ ἥμυσυ αὐτοῦ ἐθέρισας, “up to to-day you have not harvested the field at Apias, but have neglected it, and so far have only harvested the half” (Edd.): cf. 76. 1207 (c. A.D. 100). Other exx. are P Flor I. 807 (i/ii A.D.) ὁμολογοῦμ[ε]ν παρέξειν ἡμᾶς θερίζοντες (/.—tas) ols ἔχεις [π]υρίνους σπόρους, BGU I. 34929 (A.D. 313) ἐμοῦ δαὶ (/. δὲ) τοῦ μισθωσαμένου θερίζοντος τῷ μισθῷ, and Os/7 1302 ἐξ ὧν ἄνδ(ρες) a θερίζίοντες) θρύα (“rushes”). See also the alphabetical acrostic, Kaithel 1039! where under O we have— Οὐκ ἔστι μ[ὴ] σπείραντα θερίσαι κάρπιμα.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
θερίζω (therizō) — to reap. θερίζω, Boeotian dialect infinitive θερίδδειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future Attic dialect -ιῶ[Refs 4th c.BC+]: aorist ἐθέρισα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; poetry ἐθέρισσα [Refs]; later (subjunctive) ἐκθερίξω [Refs] —middle (see. below):—passive, aorist ἐθερίσθην: perfect τεθέρισμαι (see. below): (θέρος):—do summer-work, mow, reap, σῖτον, κριθάς, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, harvest, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:— middle, καρπὸν Δηοῦς θερίσασθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἃ [δράγματα] ἔτυχεν.. τεθερισμένα [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. metaphorically, mow down, Ἄρη τὸν.. θερίζοντα βροτούς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θ. Ἀσίαν to plunder it, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
3. cut off, κεφαλὴν καὶ γλῶσσαν ἄκραν [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, ἥτις [πῶλος].. θέρος θερισθῇ ξανθὸν αὐχένων ἄπο who had her crop of yellow mane cut off, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
4. metaphorically, reap a good harvest, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of bribes, [Refs 4th c.AD+]
5. ὁ θερίζων (with or without λόγος), a logical fallacy, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
II. intransitive, pass the summer, [Refs 5th c.BC+]