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.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 13:30Strong's last: Matthew 13:39
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H7114
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.
H7114
And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.
H7114
Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?
H7114
And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:
H7114
And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house.
H7114
And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.
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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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