Lexicon :: Strong's H7105 - qāṣîr

“While the earth remains,

Seedtime and harvest,

Cold and heat,

Winter and summer,

And day and night

Shall not cease.”

Now at the time of wheat harvest Reuben [the eldest child] went and found some [fn]mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

“You shall work for six days, but on the seventh day you shall rest; [even] in plowing time and in harvest you shall rest [on the Sabbath].

‘Now when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to the very corners of your field, nor shall you gather the gleanings (grain left after reaping) of your harvest.

‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to the edges of your field, nor gather the gleaning of your harvest; you are to leave them for the poor and for the stranger. I am the LORD your God.’”

“[fn]When you reap your harvest in your field and have forgotten a sheaf [of grain] in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be for the stranger, for the orphan, and for the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

But after a while, in the time of wheat harvest, Samson went to visit his wife with a young goat [as a gift of reconciliation]; and he said, “I will go in to my wife in her room.” But her father would not allow him to go in.

So Naomi returned from the country of Moab, and with her Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law. And they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.

Now the men of Beth-shemesh were gathering their wheat harvest in the valley, and they looked up and saw the ark and rejoiced to see it.

Then three of the thirty chief men went down and came to David at harvest time in the cave of Adullam, while an army of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.

“The hungry devour his harvest

And take it even [when it grows] among the thorns;

The trap opens for [his] wealth.

Yet at the scent of water [the stump of the tree] will flourish

And bring forth sprigs and shoots like a seedling.

“The roots [of the wicked] are dried up below,

And above, his branch is cut off and withers.

‘My root is spread out and open to the waters,

And the dew lies all night upon my branch.

Israel sent out its branches to the [Mediterranean] Sea,

And its branches to the [Euphrates] River.

She prepares her food in the summer

And brings in her provisions [of food for the winter] in the harvest.

He who gathers during summer and takes advantage of his opportunities is a son who acts wisely,

But he who sleeps during harvest and ignores the moment of opportunity is a son who acts shamefully.

The lazy man does not plow when the winter [planting] season arrives;

So he begs at the [next] harvest and has nothing [to reap].

Like the cold of snow [brought from the mountains] in the time of harvest,

So is a faithful messenger to those who send him;

For he refreshes the life of his masters.

Like snow in summer and like rain in harvest,

So honor is not fitting for a [shortsighted] [fn]fool.

You [O God] will increase the nation,

You will multiply their joy;

They will rejoice before You

Like the joy and jubilation of the harvest,

As men rejoice when they divide the spoil [of victory].

Therefore I (Isaiah) will weep bitterly for Jazer, for the vines of Sibmah.

I will drench you with my tears, O Heshbon and Elealeh;

For the war-cry [of the enemy] has fallen on your summer fruits and your harvest.

“And it will be like the reaper gathering the standing grain,

As his arm harvests the ears of grain;

Yes, it will be like one gleaning ears of grain

In the [fertile] Valley of Rephaim.

In the day that you plant it you carefully fence it in,

And in the morning you bring your seed to blossom;

Yet [promising as it is] the harvest will be a heap [of ruins that passes away]

In the day of sickness and incurable pain.

For this is what the LORD has said to me,

“I will be quiet and I will look on from My dwelling place,

Like shimmering heat above the sunshine,

Like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”

And they were on great waters.

The grain of the [fn]Shihor, the harvest of the Nile River, was Tyre’s revenue;

And she was the market of nations.

When its branches are dry, they are broken off;

The women come and [fn]make a fire with them.

For they are not a people of understanding,

Therefore He who made them will not have compassion on them,

And He who created them will not be gracious to them.

“They will consume your harvest and [eat up] your bread;

They will consume your sons and your daughters;

They will consume your flocks and your herds;

They will consume your vines and your fig trees.

With the sword they will break down and demolish your fortified cities in which you trust.

‘They do not say in their heart,

“Let us now fear and worship the LORD our God [with profound awe and reverence],

Who gives rain in its season,

Both the autumn and the spring rain,

Who keeps for us

The appointed weeks of the harvest.”

“The harvest is past, the summer has ended and the gathering of fruit is over,

But we are not saved,” [comes the voice of the people again].

“Cut off the sower from Babylon

And the one who handles the sickle at the time of harvest.

For fear of the sword of the oppressor

Everyone will return to his own people

And everyone will flee to his own land.

For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel:

“The Daughter of Babylon is like a [fn]threshing floor

At the time it is being trampled and prepared;

Yet in a little while the time of harvest will come for her.”

Also, O Judah, there is a harvest [of divine judgment] appointed for you,

When I restore the fortunes of My people [who have been slaves to the misery of sin].

Be ashamed, O farmers;

Wail, O vinedressers,

For the wheat and for the barley,

Because the harvest of the field has perished.

Put in the sickle [of judgment], for the harvest is ripe;

Come, tread [the grapes], for the wine press is full;

The vats overflow, for the wickedness [of the people] is great.

“Furthermore, I withheld the rain from you

When there were still three months until the harvest.

Then I would send rain on one city,

And on another city I would not send rain;

One piece of ground was rained on,

While the part not rained on would dry up.