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Strong's G2325 θερίζω (therizo)

Therizo means “reap” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2325 — chub (“make endanger”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2325
Language Greek
Linked Usages 42
Books 19

Strong's G2325 Quick Answer

Strong's G2325 θερίζω (therizo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. therizo (ther-id'-zo) v. 1. to harvest [from G2330 (in the sense of the crop)] It has 42 linked Bible usages across 19 books. Visible English usage signals include reap, reaping, reapeth, reaped, and reapest. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
therizo (ther-id'-zo) v. 1. to harvest [from G2330 (in the sense of the crop)]
Usage
42 linked usages
Books
19 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
reap, reaping, reapeth, reaped, and reapest

Meaning and Definition

therizo (ther-id'-zo) v. 1. to harvest [from G2330 (in the sense of the crop)] KJV: reap Root(s): G2330

Original Word
θερίζω
Transliteration
therizo
Derivation
Root: θέρος R1: 2330
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2325. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to reap

Usage: θερίζω (θέρος), [in LXX chiefly for קָצַר ;] to reap: Mat.6:26, Luk.12:24, Jas.5:4; figuratively, Mat.25:24, 26, Luk.19:21-22, Jhn.4:36-38, 2Co.9:6, Gal.6:7, 9, Rev.14:15; with accusative, τ. σαρκικά, 1Co.9:11; φθοράν, ζωὴν αἰώνιον, Gal.6:8; τ. γῆν, Rev.14:16.† (AS)

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How Strong's G2325 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render therizo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

reap Matthew 6:26 reaped James 5:4 reapeth John 4:36 reaping Matthew 25:24 harvest Revelation 14:15 reapest Luke 19:21

How Strong's G2325 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 22 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2325 (θερίζω) appears 26 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2325 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2325 in the New Testament

17 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 6:26 KJV

Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

Matthew 25:24 KJV

Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:

Matthew 25:26 KJV

His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:

Strong's G2325 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

22 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Leviticus 23:10 Septuagint / Brenton

Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, When ye shall enter into the land which I give you, and reap the harvest of it, then shall ye bring a sheaf, the firstfruits of your harvest, to the priest;

Leviticus 23:22 Septuagint / Brenton

And when ye shall reap the harvest of your land, ye shall not fully reap the remainder of the harvest of your field when thou reapest, and thou shalt not gather that which falls from thy reaping; thou shalt leave it for the poor and the stranger: I am the Lord your God.

Ruth 2:3 Septuagint / Brenton

And she went; and came and gleaned in the field behind the reapers; and she happened by chance to come on a portion of the land of Boaz, of the kindred of Elimelech.

Strong's G2325 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

3 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 4:6 Septuagint / Brenton

Likewise for those that are no soldiers, and have not to do with wars, but use husbandry, when they have reaped again that which they had sown, they bring it to the king, and compel one another to pay tribute unto the king.

Judith 4:5 Septuagint / Brenton

and possessed themselves beforehand of all the tops of the high mountains, and fortified the villages that were in them, and laid up victuals for the provision of war: for their fields were of late reaped.

Wisdom of Sirach 7:3 Septuagint / Brenton

My son, sow not upon the furrows of unrighteousness, And thou shalt not reap them sevenfold.

Usage Excerpts

First 42 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2325.

Leviticus 23:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, When ye shall enter into the land which I give you, and reap the harvest of it, then shall ye bring a sheaf, the firstfruits of your harvest, to the priest;
Leviticus 23:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when ye shall reap the harvest of your land, ye shall not fully reap the remainder of the harvest of your field when thou reapest, and thou shalt not gather that which falls from thy reaping; thou shalt leave it for the poor and the stranger: I am the Lord your God.
Ruth 2:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she went; and came and gleaned in the field behind the reapers; and she happened by chance to come on a portion of the land of Boaz, of the kindred of Elimelech.
Ruth 2:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, The Lord be with you: and they said to him, The Lord bless thee.
Ruth 2:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Boaz said to his servant who was set over the reapers, Whose is this damsel?
Ruth 2:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And his servant who was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel who returned with Naomi out of the land of Moab.
Ruth 2:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the reapers: and she came and stood from morning till evening, and rested not even a little in the field.
Ruth 2:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let thine eyes be on the field where my men shall reap, and thou shalt go after them: behold, I have charged the young men not to touch thee: and when thou shalt thirst, then thou shalt go to the vessels, and drink of that which the young men shall have drawn.
Ruth 2:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Boaz said to her, Now it is time to eat; come hither, and thou shalt eat of the bread, and thou shalt dip thy morsel in the vinegar: and Ruth sat by the side of the reapers, and Boaz handed her meal, and she ate, and was satisfied, and left.
1 Kingdoms 6:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the men of Beth-shemesh were reaping the wheat harvest in the valley; and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark of the Lord, and rejoiced to meet it.
1 Kingdoms 8:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and his manner shall be to make them to himself captains of hundreds and captains of thousands; and to reap his harvest, and gather his vintage, and prepare his instruments of war, and the implements of his chariots.
1 Kingdoms 13:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it was near the time of vintage: and their tools were valued at three shekels for a plowshare, and there was the same rate for the axe and the sickle.
4 Kingdoms 4:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the child grew: and it came to pass when he went out to his father to the reapers,
Job 4:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Accordingly as I have seen men plowing barren places, And they that sow them will reap sorrows for themselves.
Job 5:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt come to the grave like ripe corn reaped in its season, Or as a heap of the corn flour collected in proper time.
Job 8:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
When it is yet on the root, and though it has not been cut down, Does not any herb wither before it has received moisture?
Job 24:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They have reaped a field that was not their own before the time: The poor have labored in the vineyards of the ungodly without pay and without food.
Psalms 125:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They that sow in tears Shall reap in joy.
Psalms 128:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Wherewith the reaper fills not his hand, Nor he that makes up the sheaves, his bosom.
Ecclesiastes 11:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He that observes the wind sows not; And he that looks at the clouds will not reap.
Jeremiah 9:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the carcasses of the men shall be for an example on the face of the field of your land, like grass after the mower, and there shall be none to gather them.
Jeremiah 12:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Sow wheat, and reap thorns; their portions shall not profit them: be ashamed of your boasting, because of reproach before the Lord.
Matthew 6:26 New Testament, KJV
Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
Matthew 25:24 New Testament, KJV
Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:
Matthew 25:26 New Testament, KJV
His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:
Luke 12:24 New Testament, KJV
Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?
Luke 19:21 New Testament, KJV
For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.
Luke 19:22 New Testament, KJV
And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
John 4:36 New Testament, KJV
And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
John 4:37 New Testament, KJV
And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.
John 4:38 New Testament, KJV
I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
1 Corinthians 9:11 New Testament, KJV
If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?
2 Corinthians 9:6 New Testament, KJV
But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
Galatians 6:7 New Testament, KJV
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Galatians 6:8 New Testament, KJV
For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
Galatians 6:9 New Testament, KJV
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
James 5:4 New Testament, KJV
Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
Revelation 14:15 New Testament, KJV
And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
Revelation 14:16 New Testament, KJV
And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.
1 Esdras 4:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Likewise for those that are no soldiers, and have not to do with wars, but use husbandry, when they have reaped again that which they had sown, they bring it to the king, and compel one another to pay tribute unto the king.
Judith 4:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and possessed themselves beforehand of all the tops of the high mountains, and fortified the villages that were in them, and laid up victuals for the provision of war: for their fields were of late reaped.
Wisdom of Sirach 7:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
My son, sow not upon the furrows of unrighteousness, And thou shalt not reap them sevenfold.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2325, grouped by book.

Leviticus 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ruth 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 3 usages, New Testament
Luke 3 usages, New Testament
John 3 usages, New Testament
1 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
2 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
Galatians 3 usages, New Testament
James 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 2 usages, New Testament
1 Esdras 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G2325 FAQ

What does therizo (θερίζω) mean?

Therizo (Strong's G2325) is a Greek word most simply glossed "reap". therizo (ther-id'-zo) v. 1. to harvest [from G2330 (in the sense of the crop)]

How many times is therizo (θερίζω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 42 linked usages for Strong's G2325 across 19 books.

Where can I study therizo (θερίζω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2325 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate therizo (θερίζω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as reap, reaping, reapeth, reaped, reapest, and harvest. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2325 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 22 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 3 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2325, with linked reader references where each row is available.