Ruth 2:3
And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.
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Reapers
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Matthew 13:39
The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
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קָצַר
qâtsar · kaw-tsar'
7 times translated as this KJV form48 total Strong's occurrences
to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)
Strong's KJV usage: × at all, cut down, much discouraged, grieve, harvestman, lothe, mourn, reap(-er), (be, wax) short(-en, -er), straiten, trouble, vex.
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Strong's first: Ruth 2:3Strong's last: 2 Kings 4:18
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theristḗs · ther-is-tace'
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
a harvester
Strong's KJV usage: :--reaper.
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Strong's first: Matthew 13:30Strong's last: Matthew 13:39
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G2327
Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
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The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
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reaper
RE'APER, noun One that cuts grain with a sickle.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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