Gather, Gathering

"to gather or bring together," is said of (a) persons, e.g., Mat 2:4; (b) things, e.g., Mat 13:30; in Luk 15:13 the idea is that of "gathering" his goods together for sale, i.e., "having sold off all." See ASSEMBLE, BESTOW, COME, RESORT.

"to gather together," suggesting stress upon the place at which the "gathering" is made (epi, "to"), is said of a hen and her chickens, Mat 23:37; and so of the Lord's would-be protecting care of the people of Jerusalem, id., and Luk 13:34; of the "gathering" together of the elect, Mat 24:31, Mar 13:27; of the "gathering" together of a crowd, Mar 1:33, Luk 12:1.

"to collect, gather up or out" (sun, "with" lego, "to pick out"), is said of "gathering" grapes and figs, Mat 7:16, Luk 6:44 (cp. No. 5); tares, Mat 1:13-30, Mat 13:40; good fish, Mat 13:48; "all things that cause stumbling, and them that do iniquity," Mat 13:41.

signifies (a) "to twist together or roll into a mass" ("sun, together," strepho, "to turn"), said of the bundle of sticks "gathered" by Paul, Act 28:3; (b) "to assemble or gather together" (possibly, to journey about together), of persons, Mat 17:22 (in the best mss.), RV, marg.

signifies "to gather in," of harvest, vintage, ripe fruits (truge denotes "fruit," etc., gathered in autumn), Luk 6:44, of grapes (last part of verse; for the previous clause, as to figs, see No. 3); metaphorically, of the clusters of "the vine of the earth," Rev 14:18; of that from which they are "gathered," Rev 14:19.

denotes "to assemble, gather together," Luk 24:33 (according to the best mss.); the word is akin to athroos, "assembled in crowds" (not found in the NT).

sun, "together," and No. 6, signifies (a) "to gather together," Act 19:25, RV (AV, "called together"); in the Passive Voice, Act 12:12.

"to assemble besides" (epi), said of multitudes, Luk 11:29, is rendered "were gathering together" (Middle Voice), RV (AV, "were gathered thick together").

Notes: (1) In Eph 1:10, AV, the verb anakephalaioo, "to sum up, head up," is rendered "might gather together in one" (RV, "sum up"). (2) In Luk 8:4, AV (suneimi, "to come together") as "were gathered together" (see RV). (4) For "assuredly gathering," see CONCLUDE.

"a gathering together," is used in 2Th 2:1, of the "rapture" of the saints; for Heb 10:25, see ASSEMBLE.

Note: For logia, 1Co 16:2, AV, see COLLECTION.