King James Version with full narration by Alexander Scourby
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Harvest
CategoryArchaic Word / Metaphorical Term
Modern Equivalentthe gathering of crops; metaphorically, the gathering of souls for God's Kingdom.
KJV Word TypeNoun
DefinitionThe season for gathering mature crops. Throughout Scripture, harvest is used as a powerful metaphor: the spiritual harvest of souls into God's Kingdom; the final eschatological harvest separating the righteous from the wicked; and the principle that what a person sows, they will reap.
Key Verses"The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest." (Matthew 9:37–38)