Be short
קָצֵרStrong’s H7114qatser (qa-tser)
Appears in 46 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Qatser is the Hebrew word usually translated “harvesters”, “harvest” and “it was short”. It appears in 46 verses of the Old Testament.
“Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.”
Meaning
- To be short, be impatient, be vexed, be grieved(Qal) to be short · (Piel) to shorten · (Hiphil) to shorten
- To reap, harvest(Qal) to reap, harvest · (Hiphil) to reap, harvest
How it's translated
- the harvesters 6
- you will harvest 3
- and it was short 3
- and when harvest you 2
- is it short 2
- and reap 2
- they will reap 2
- he will reap 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ruth 7
- Leviticus 5
- Isaiah 5
- Psalms 4
- Job 3
- Hosea 3
18 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Leviticus 19:9And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.
- Leviticus 23:10Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:
- Leviticus 23:22And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God.
- Leviticus 25:5That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land.
- Leviticus 25:11A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed.
- Numbers 11:23And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD’s hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
All 46 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
קָצֵר qatser · be short
1) to be short, be impatient, be vexed, be grieved 1a) (Qal) to be short 1b) (Piel) to shorten 1c) (Hiphil) to shorten
קָצַר qatsar · to reap
1) to reap, harvest 1a) (Qal) to reap, harvest 1b) (Hiphil) to reap, harvest
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “harvest” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
H'ARVEST, noun
[Latin acerbus.]
- The season of reaping and gathering in corn or other crops.
- The ripe corn or grain collected and secured in barns or stacks.
- The product of labor; fruit or fruits.
- Fruit or fruits; effects; consequences.
All definitions and other forms of “harvest”
- In Scripture, harvest signifies figuratively the proper season for business.“He that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame” Proverbs 10:5
H'ARVEST, verb transitive
To reap or gather ripe corn and other fruits for the use of man and beast.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.