θερίζω; future 
θερίσω (
Buttmann, 37 (32), cf. 
WH's Appendix, p. 163f); 1 aorist 
ἐθερισα; 1 aorist passive 
ἐθερίσθην; (
θέρος); the 
Sept. for 
קָצַר; (from 
Aeschylus, 
Herodotus down); 
to reap, harvest; 
a. properly: 
Matthew 6:26; 
Luke 12:24; 
James 5:4; (figuratively, 
John 4:36 (twice)). 
b. in proverbial expressions about sowing and reaping: 
ἄλλος... 
ὁ θερίζων, one does the work, another gets the reward, 
John 4:37f (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' (others do not restrict the reference to converted Samaritans)); 
θερίζων ὅπου οὐκ ἔσπειρας, unjustly appropriating to thyself the fruits of others' labor, 
Matthew 25:24, 
26; 
Luke 19:21f; 
ὁ ἐάν... 
θερίσει, as a man has acted (on earth) so (hereafter by God) will he be requited, either with reward or penalty (his deeds will determine his doom), 
Galatians 6:7 (a proverb: ut sententem feceris, ita metes, 
Cicero, de orat. 2, 65; (
σύ δέ ταῦτα αἰσχρῶς μέν ἔσπειρας κακῶς δέ ἐθερισας, 
Aristotle, rhet. 3, 3, 4; cf. 
Plato, Phaedr. 260 d.; see Meyer on Galatians, the passage cited)); 
τί, to receive a thing by way of reward or punishment: 
τά σαρκικά, 
1 Corinthians 9:11; 
φθοράν, 
ζωήν αἰώνιον, 
Galatians 6:8, (
σπείρειν πυρούς, 
θερίζειν ἀκάνθας, 
Jeremiah 12:13; 
ὁ σπείρων φαῦλα θερίσει κακά, 
Proverbs 22:8; 
ἐάν σπείρητε κακά, 
πᾶσαν ταραχήν καί θλῖψιν θερισετε, 
Test. xii. Patr., p. 576 (i. e. test. Levi § 13)); absolutely: of the reward of well-doing, 
Galatians 6:9; 
2 Corinthians 9:6. 
c. As the crops are cut down with the sickle, 
θερίζειν, is figuratively used for 
to destroy, cut off: 
Revelation 14:15; with the addition of 
τήν γῆν, to remove the wicked inhabitants of the earth and deliver them up to destruction, 
Revelation 14:16 (
τήν Ἀσίαν, 
Plutarch, reg. et. imper. apophthegm. (Antig. 1), p. 182 a.). 
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