Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Send forth (pemyon). First aorist (urgency) active imperative of pempw. "Thrust in thy sickle now," this angel urges Christ.
And reap (kai qerison). First aorist (urgency) active imperative of qerizw, old verb (from qerov, summer), as in Matthew 6:26. See verse Revelation 14:7 for "the hour is come." Qerisai (to reap) is epexegetical infinitive (first aorist active of qerizw).
The harvest (o qerismov). Old, but rare word (from qerizw, to harvest), as in Matthew 13:30; John 4:35, here only in Revelation.
Is over-ripe (echranqh). First aorist (prophetic as in 10:17; Revelation 15:1) passive of chrainw (cf. James 1:11), to wither, to dry up. Perhaps just "ripe," not "over-ripe." Cf. Joel 1:17.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Revelation 14:15:
Revelation 5:2
Revelation 10:1
Revelation 11:1
Revelation 11:18
Revelation 14:2
Revelation 14:14
Revelation 14:18
Revelation 15:5
Revelation 16:1
Revelation 16:12
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