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# reap, reaps, reaped, reaper, reapers, reaping #
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## Definition: ##
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The term "reap" means to harvest crops such as grain. A "reaper" is someone who harvests the crop.
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* Usually reapers harvested the crops by hand, pulling up the plants or cutting them with a sharp cutting tool.
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* The idea of reaping a harvest is often used figuratively to refer to telling people the good news about Jesus and bringing them into God's family.
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* This term is also used figuratively to refer to the consequences that come from a person's actions, as in the saying "a man reaps what he plants." (See: [Metaphor](rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor))
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* Other ways to translate to "reap" and "reaper" could include to "harvest" and "harvester" (or "person who harvests").
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(See also: [good news](../kt/goodnews.md), [harvest](../other/harvest.md))
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## Bible References: ##
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* [Galatians 06:9-10](rc://en/tn/help/gal/06/09)
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* [Matthew 06:25-26](rc://en/tn/help/mat/06/25)
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* [Matthew 13:29-30](rc://en/tn/help/mat/13/29)
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* [Matthew 13:36-39](rc://en/tn/help/mat/13/36)
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* [Matthew 25:24-25](rc://en/tn/help/mat/25/24)
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## Word Data: ##
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* Strong's: H4672, H7114, H7938, G270, G2325, G2327
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