Topic
Harvest
61 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Isaiah 9:3Easton · ISBE · Nave Celebrated with joy
Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
- Matthew 9:37Easton · ISBE · Nave FIGURATIVE
Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;
- Genesis 8:22ISBE · Nave Promises of plentiful
While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
- Exodus 23:16Easton · ISBE
And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.
- Exodus 34:21ISBE · Nave Sabbath to be observed in
¶ Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.
- Exodus 34:22ISBE · Nave Of wheat at Pentecost, in Palestine
¶ And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year’s end.
- Ruth 2:23Easton · ISBE
So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.
- 2 Samuel 21:9Easton · ISBE
And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.
- 2 Samuel 21:10Easton · ISBE
¶ And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field…
- Proverbs 10:5ISBE · Nave FIGURATIVE
He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
- Jeremiah 5:24ISBE · Nave Promises of plentiful
Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
- Jeremiah 8:20ISBE · Nave FIGURATIVE
The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
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- Joel 3:13 ISBE · Nave FIGURATIVE
- Matthew 13:30 Easton · ISBE
- Matthew 13:39 ISBE · Nave FIGURATIVE
- Luke 10:2 Easton · Nave FIGURATIVE
- John 4:35 Easton · ISBE
- Revelation 14:15 ISBE · Nave FIGURATIVE
- Genesis 30:14 ISBE
- Genesis 45:6 ISBE
- Exodus 9:31 Nave Of barley, before wheat
- Exodus 9:32 Nave Of barley, before wheat
- Leviticus 19:9 ISBE
- Leviticus 23:9–14 Easton
- Leviticus 23:10 ISBE
- Leviticus 23:15–17 Nave Of wheat at Pentecost, in Palestine
- Leviticus 23:22 ISBE
- Leviticus 25:5 ISBE
- Leviticus 26:5 Nave And of wheat before harvest time
- Deuteronomy 24:19 ISBE
- Joshua 3:15 ISBE
- Judges 9:27 Nave Celebrated with joy
- Judges 15:1 ISBE
- Ruth 1:22 ISBE
- 1 Samuel 6:13 ISBE
- 1 Samuel 12:17 ISBE
- 2 Samuel 23:13 ISBE
- Nehemiah 13:15–22 Nave Sabbath desecrated in
- Job 5:5 ISBE
- Job 24:6 Nave FIGURATIVE
- Psalms 126:1–6 Easton
- Proverbs 6:8 ISBE
- Proverbs 20:4 ISBE
- Proverbs 25:13 ISBE
- Proverbs 26:1 ISBE
- Isaiah 16:9 ISBE
- Isaiah 16:10 Nave Celebrated with joy
- Isaiah 17:11 ISBE
- Isaiah 18:4 ISBE
- Isaiah 18:5 ISBE
- Isaiah 23:3 ISBE
- Jeremiah 5:17 ISBE
- Jeremiah 48:33 Nave Celebrated with joy
- Jeremiah 50:16 ISBE
- Jeremiah 51:33 ISBE
- Hosea 6:11 ISBE
- Joel 2:23 Nave Promises of plentiful
- Joel 2:24 Nave Promises of plentiful
- Amos 4:7 ISBE
- Matthew 9:38 ISBE
- Mark 4:29 ISBE
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 11 references
The season for gathering grain or fruit. On the 16th day of Abib (or April) a handful of ripe ears of corn was offered as a first-fruit before the Lord, and immediately after this the harvest commenced (Lev. 23:9-14; 2 Sam. 21:9, 10; Ruth 2:23). It began with the feast of Passover and ended with Pentecost, thus lasting for seven weeks (Ex. 23:16). The harvest was a season of joy (Ps. 126:1-6; Isa. 9:3). This word is used figuratively Matt. 9:37; 13:30; Luke 10:2; John 4:35. (See AGRICULTURE.)
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 0 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 50 references
har'-vest (qatsir; therismos): To many of us, harvest time is of little concern, because in our complex life we are far removed from the actual production of our food supplies, but for the Hebrew people, as for those in any agricultural district today, the harvest was a most important season (Ge 8:22; 45:6). Events were reckoned from harvests (Ge 30:14; Jos 3:15; Jud 15:1; Ru 1:22; 2:23; 1Sa 6:13; 2Sa 21:9; 23:13). The three principal feasts of the Jews corresponded to the three harvest seasons (Ex 23:16; 34:21,22);
(1) the feast of the Passover in April at the time of the barley harvest (compare Ru 1:22);
(2) the feast of Pentecost (7 weeks later) at the wheat harvest (Ex 34:22), and
(3) the feast of Tabernacles at the end of the year (October) during the fruit harvest.
The seasons have not changed since that time. Between the reaping of the barley in April and the wheat in June, most of the other cereals are reaped. The grapes begin to ripen in August, but the gathering in for making wine and molasses (dibs), and the storing of the dried figs and raisins, is at the end of September. Between the barley harvest in April and the wheat harvest, only a few showers fall, which are welcomed because they increase the yield of wheat (compare Am 4:7). Samuel made use of the unusual occurrence of rain during the wheat harvest to strike fear into the hearts of the people (1Sa 12:17). Such an unusual storm of excessive violence visited Syria in 1912, and did much damage to the harvests, bringing fear to the superstitious farmers, who thought some greater disaster awaited them. From the wheat harvest until the fruit harvest no rain falls (2Sa 21:10; Jer 5:24; compare Pr 26:1). The harvesters long for cool weather during the reaping season (compare Pr 25:13).
Many definite laws were instituted regarding the harvest. Gleaning was forbidden (Le 19:9; 23:22; De 24:19) (see GLEANING). The first-fruits were required to be presented to Yahweh (Le 23:10). In Syria the Christians still celebrate 'id er-rubb ("feast of the Lord"), at which time the owners of the vineyards bring their first bunches of grapes to the church. The children of Israel were enjoined to reap no harvest for which they had not labored (Le 25:5). In Proverbs the harvesting of ants is mentioned as a lesson for the sluggard (Pr 6:8; 10:5; 20:4).
Figurative: A destroyed harvest typified devastation or affliction (Job 5:5; Isa 16:9; 17:11; Jer 5:17; 50:16). The "time of harvest," in the Old Testament frequently meant the day of destruction (Jer 51:33; Ho 6:11; Joe 3:13). "Joy in harvest" typified great joy (Isa 9:3); "harvest of the Nile," an abundant harvest (Isa 23:3). "The harvest is past" meant that the appointed time was gone (Jer 8:20). Yahweh chose the most promising time to cut off the wicked, namely, "when there is a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest" (Isa 18:4,5). This occurrence of hot misty days just before the ripening of the grapes is still common. They are welcome because they are supposed to hasten the harvest. The Syrian farmers in some districts call it et-tabbakh el'ainib wa tin ("the fireplace of the grapes and figs").
In the Gospels, Jesus frequently refers to the harvest of souls (Mt 9:37,38 bis; Mt13:30,39; Mr 4:29; Joh 4:35). In explaining the parable of the Tares he said, "The harvest is the end of the world" (Mt 13:39; compare Re 14:15).
See also AGRICULTURE.
James A. Patch
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 23 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → Sabbath to be observed in Ex 34:21
- → Sabbath desecrated in Ne 13:15-22
- → Of wheat at Pentecost, in Palestine Ex 34:22; Le 23:15-17
- → And of wheat before harvest time Le 26:5
- → Of barley, before wheat Ex 9:31,32
- → Celebrated with joy Jud 9:27; Isa 9:3; 16:10; Jer 48:33
- → Promises of plentiful Ge 8:22; Jer 5:24; Joe 2:23,24
- → FIGURATIVE Job 24:6; Pr 10:5; Jer 8:20; Joe 3:13; Mt 9:37; 13:39; Lu 10:2; Re 14:15
- See PENTECOST, FEAST OF
- See TABERNACLES, FEAST OF
- See FIRST FRUITS
- See REAPING
- See GLEANING
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.