What does θεριστής (theristḗs) mean in the Bible?
θεριστής (theristḗs) is a Greek word meaning "a harvester".
Greek · G2327
θεριστής
A harvester
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θεριστήςG2327
Pronunciationtheristḗs
What does θεριστής (theristḗs) mean in the Bible?
θεριστής (theristḗs) is a Greek word meaning "a harvester".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2327?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [the] harvesters (1), harvesters (1).
Where does θεριστής (theristḗs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 13:30. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It[the] harvesters1×Matthew 13:39
harvesters1×Matthew 13:30
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 13:30
Aligned rows2
Books represented1
Matthew2
Source forms
θερισταὶ1xtheristaiMatthew 13:39
θερισταῖς1xtheristaisMatthew 13:30
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural1xMatthew 13:30
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural1xMatthew 13:39
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a harvester
Strong'sG2327
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
a harvester
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
(θερίζω), [in LXX: Dan LXX Bel 1:32, Th Bel 1:33* ;] a reaper: Mat.13:30, 39
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 13:30Noun Dative Plural Masculine
θερισταῖς,qeristaiv
a reaper, harvester
Read verseMatthew 13:39Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
θερισταὶqeristai
a reaper, harvester
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms2Case patternDative (1)Number patternPlural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · MasculineMatt 13:391×
Dative · Plural · MasculineMatt 13:301×
Word Origins
θεριστής is built from this root: