- θερισμός
- θερισμός, οῦ, ὁ (s. θερίζω; X., Oec. 18, 3; Polyb. 5, 95, 5; PLille 1 verso, 9 [III B.C.]; PHib 90, 5; BGU 594, 5; LXX; JosAs 2:19 καιρὸς … θερισμοῦ; EpArist 116; Philo, Somn. 2, 23)① the process (and time) of harvesting, harvest. ἕως τ. θερισμοῦ Mt 13:30a. ἐν καιρῷ τ. θερισμοῦ vs. 30b (cp. Jer 27:16 ἐν καιρῷ θ.); Mk 4:29. In these parables, θερισμός serves to explain procedures in the reign of God, as Mt 13:39 plainly shows. Harvest-time as background for discussion of the apostolic mission and approaching judgment J 4:35a (s. 2b).② crop to be harvested, harvest fig. extension of mng. 1ⓐ of persons to be won Mt 9:37f; Lk 10:2. In J 4:35b the evangelist may be combining an agricultural observation with a statement about the apostolic mission πρὸς θερισμόν in pass. sense of undergoing a reaping.ⓑ of the approaching judgment ἐξηράνθη ὁ θ. τῆς γῆς the earth’s harvest is dry (=fully ripe) Rv 14:15.—DELG s.v. θέρομαι 2. M-M. TW.
Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά παλαιοχριστιανική Λογοτεχνία. 2015.