Quick Definition
ἀμάω v. I mow, reap
Strong's Definition
from 260; properly, to collect, i.e. (by implication) reap
KJV Usage: reap down
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb
43.13 · Agriculture
to mow to cut down grass or grain in a field In biblical times mowing would have been done by means of a scythe or sickle, instruments with curved blades especially appropriate for cutting grass or standing grain.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀμάω, -ῶ: 1 aor. ἤμησα; (fr. ἅμα together; hence to gather together, cf. Germ. sammeln; [al. regard the init. a as euphonic and the word as allied to Lat. meto, Eng. mow, thus making the sense of cutting primary, and that of gathering in secondary; cf. Vaniéek p. 673]); freq. in the Grk. poets, to reap, mow down: τὰς χώρας, Jas. v. 4.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀμάω amaō 1x
to collect; to reap, mow or cut down, Jas. 5:4*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ἀμάω, -ῶ
(in cl. chiefly poët.),
to reap: Ja 5:4.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀμάω (amaō) — to mow. ἀμάω,
__Bmostly Epic dialect in middle, draw, gather (compare ἐξ-, ἐπ-, καταμάομαι), ταλάροισιν ἀμησάμενοι [γάλα][Refs 8th c.BC+] —active, χερσὶν ἀμήσας κρατὸς ὕπερθε κόνιν, of a mourner, pouring dust on his head, [Refs]—poetical and later Prose. (Cl. Lithuanian sémti 'draw (water)'.)