Lexical Definition

‎θερίζω‎ therízō (ther-id'-zo) to reap ^G:V
from ‎θέρος‎ (in the sense of the crop)

reap.

• to harvest

Abbott-Smith

θερίζω (< θέρος), [in LXX chiefly for קצר;]
to reap: Mt 6:26, Lk 12:24, Ja 5:4; fig., Mt 25:24, 26, Lk 19:21, 22, Jo 4:36-38, II Co 9:6, Ga 6:7, 9, Re 14:15; c. acc., τ. σαρκικά, I Co 9:11; φθοράν, ζωὴν αἰώνιον, Ga 6:8; τ. γῆν, Re 14:16.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

θερίζω,

Boeotian dialect infinitive θερίδδειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future Attic dialect -ιῶ[Refs 4th c.BC+]: aorist ἐθέρισα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; poetry ἐθέρισσα [Refs]; later (subjunctive) ἐκθερίξω [Refs] —middle (see. below):—passive, aorist ἐθερίσθην: perfect τεθέρισμαι (see. below): (θέρος):—do summer-work, mow, reap, σῖτον, κριθάς, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, harvest, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:— middle, καρπὸν Δηοῦς θερίσασθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἃ [δράγματα] ἔτυχεν.. τεθερισμένα [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 metaphorically, mow down, Ἄρη τὸν.. θερίζοντα βροτούς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θ. Ἀσίαν to plunder it, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__3 cut off, κεφαλὴν καὶ γλῶσσαν ἄκραν [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, ἥτις [πῶλος].. θέρος θερισθῇ ξανθὸν αὐχένων ἄπο who had her crop of yellow mane cut off, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 metaphorically, reap a good harvest, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of bribes, [Refs 4th c.AD+]
__5 ὁ θερίζων (with or without λόγος), a logical fallacy, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II intransitive, pass the summer, [Refs 5th c.BC+]