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mō´ing, (×’Ö¼×–, geÌ„z, “a shearing,†“cut grassâ€): In the good king's rule is said to be “like rain upon the mown grass,†to start the new growth (compare ; ). “The king's mowings†were the portion of the spring herbage taken as tribute by the kings of Israel to feed their horses (compare ff; ). “After the king's mowings†would denote the time when everybody else might turn to reap their greenstuffs (G. A. Smith, Book of the Twelve Prophets, II, 109). The term “mower†(קחר, kÌ£aÌ„car, “to dock off,†“shortenâ€) in the King James Version is rendered “reaper†in the Revised Version (British and American), and in the Revised Version (British and American) has “mow†for ἀμαÌω, amaÌoÌ„ (the King James Version “reapâ€). See HARVEST; REAPING.