therizo denotes gathering a harvest, whether from fields, as the outcome of sowing, or from work begun by others.

The term most often occurs in harvest imagery involving sowing, fields, workers, birds, or the earth; it also describes receiving the outcome of what has been sown and, in John, gathering fruit from labor begun by others.

1. Gathering a field harvest · dominant

   Present forms occur in statements about birds that neither sow nor gather a harvest in Matthew 6:26 and Luke 12:24. In James 5:4 the aorist participle identifies workers connected with the fields, while Revelation 14:15 uses an aorist command in the call to send a sickle because the earth's harvest is ready; Revelation 14:16 then reports the earth as harvested.

   Matthew 6:26Luke 12:24James 5:4Luke 19:21Matthew 25:24Revelation 14:15
2. Receiving what one's sowing yields · common

   Future forms frame a sowing-and-result relation: in 2 Corinthians 9:6 the APB renders sparse and abundant sowing with corresponding sparse and abundant harvest. Galatians 6:7 and Galatians 6:8 place the future action after what a person sows, and Galatians 6:9 applies it to perseverance in doing good; 1 Corinthians 9:11 similarly contrasts spiritual sowing with receiving fleshly things.

   1 Corinthians 9:112 Corinthians 9:6Galatians 6:7Galatians 6:8Galatians 6:9
3. Gathering fruit from another's labor · occasional

   In John 4:36 the present active participle marks the person gathering fruit, alongside the one who sows. John 4:37 contrasts one sower with another reaper, and John 4:38 uses a present infinitive for the work to which those sent are commissioned after others have labored.

   John 4:36John 4:37John 4:38

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB regularly uses “reap” or “reaps” in sowing and harvest clauses, including the command “reap” in Revelation 14:15. In John 4:36 it also pairs “reaps” with “gathers fruit”; these are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.