Strong G2590καρπός

fruit

Transliteration
karpos
Pronunciation
kar-pos'
Morphology
Greek Noun (Masculine)

Definition

Probably from the base of G726; fruit (as plucked) literally or figuratively: - fruit.

Detailed definition

καρπός, -οῦ, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for פְּרִי;]
fruit: of trees, Mat.12:33 21:19, Mrk.11:14, Luk.6:44 13:6-7; of vines, Mat.21:34, Mrk.12:2, Luk.20:10, 1Co.9:7; of fields, Mrk.4:29, Luk.12:17, 2Ti.2:6, Jas.5:7; βλαστάνειν, Jas.5:18; ποιεῖν (cf. Heb. פְּרִי עָשָׂה), Mat.3:10 7:17-19 13:26, Luk.3:9 6:43 8:8 13:9, Rev.22:2; διδόναι, Mat.13:8, Mrk.4:7-8; φέρειν, Mat.7:18, Jhn.12:24 15:2, 4-5 15:8, 16; ἀποδιδόναι, Mat.21:41, Rev.22:2; ὁ κ. τ. κοιλίας (בֶּטֶן פְּרִי, Deu.28:4), Luk.1:42; τ. ὀσφύος (Gen.30:2, al.), Act.2:30.
Metaphorical,
__(a) of works, deeds: Mat.3:8 7:16, 20 21:43, Luk.3:8, Jhn.15:3, 16; τ. πνεύματος, Gal.5:22; τ. φωτός, Eph.5:9; τ. δικαιοσύνης, Php.1:11; σφραγίζεσθαι τὸν κ. (Deiss., BS, 238 f.), Rom.15:28; κ. ἀγαθοί, Jas.3:17;
__(b) of advantage, profit: Php.1:22 4:17; ἔχειν, Rom.1:13 6:21-22. συνάγειν, Jhn.4:36; κ. τ. δικαιοσύνης, Heb.12:11, Jas.3:18; of praise, καρπὸν χειλέων (Hos.14:2, al.; cf. Æsch., Eum., 830): Heb.13:15.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G2590 appears in 56 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • fruit56
  • the1

First verses

  1. Matthew 3:8
    Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
  2. Matthew 3:10
    And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
  3. Matthew 7:16
    Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
  4. Matthew 7:17
    Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
  5. Matthew 7:18
    A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
  6. Matthew 7:19
    Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
  7. Matthew 7:20
    Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
  8. Matthew 12:33
    Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
  9. Matthew 13:8
    But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
  10. Matthew 13:26
    But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
  11. Matthew 21:19
    And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.
  12. Matthew 21:34
    And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.
  13. Matthew 21:41
    They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
  14. Matthew 21:43
    Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
  15. Mark 4:7
    And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
  16. Mark 4:8
    And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.
  17. Mark 4:29
    But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.
  18. Mark 11:14
    And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it.
  19. Mark 12:2
    And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.
  20. Luke 1:42
    And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
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καρπός, ὁ,

A fruit, in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus and 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus (only in _sing._))], usually of the fruits of the earth, corn, ἀρούρης κ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.142; κ. δ᾽ ἔφερε ζείδωρος ἄρουρα 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 117; κ. Δήμητρος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.193, etc.; Δηοῦς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 515)]; κ. ἀρούρης, also of wine, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.246)]; ἀμπέλινος κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.212)]; so κ. alone, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1119 (codices and Scholia))]; but of corn, opposed to Βάκχιον νᾶμα, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ec.” 14)]; καρποῦ ξυγκομιδή harvest, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.15)]; κ. λωτοῖο, κρανείης, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.94, 10.242)]; μελιηδέα κ., of grapes, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.568; κ. ἐλαίας 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.35)]; τὸν ἐπέτειον κ. the crops of the year, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 470b)]: generally, produce, κ. ὑγρός, of honey, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 2.20)]; also κ. εὐανθὴς μήλων, of wool, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 2.22: _plural_, καρπῶν ἐστερήθητε διξῶν)] robbed of two years' produce, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.142; καρπῶν ἀτελεῖς [prev. author] 6.46)]; κ. ὑγροὶ καὶ ξηροί produce of trees and fields, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 5.20)]; ξύλινοι, σιτικοὶ κ., [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 5.4.2)]; of fruits offered in sacrifice, [Refs (“BMus.Inscription” 975.7 (from Amathus), compare κάρπωσις 11)]; also of taxes paid in kind, opposed to Χρυσικά, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PHib.” 1.47.5 (3rd c.BC), +others)]
A.2 seed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 16.12)]; defined as seed with seed-vessel, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 1.2.1.)]
A.3 of children, Δῖοι κ. offspring of Zeus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 922 (Lyric poetry).)]
A.II returns, profits, οἱ κ. οἱ ἐκ τῶν ἀγελῶν γενόμενοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.1.2)]; τῶν ἀνηλωμένων.. τοὺς κ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 5.29.)]
A.III of actions, fruit, profit, εἰ κ. ἔσται θεσφάτοισι Λοξίου if his oracles shall bear fruit, i.e. be fulfilled, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 618)]; γλώσσης ματαίας κ., i. e. curses, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Eu.” 831 codices; ὁμιλίας κακῆς κάκιον οὐδέν, κ. οὐ κομιστέος [prev. author] “Th.” 600; οὐκ ἐξάγουσι καρπὸν οἱ ψευδεῖς λόγοι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 834, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 260d: frequently in 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus, κ. ἐπέων οὐ κατέφθινε)], i. e. poesy, [Refs (“I.” 8(7).50)]; κ. φρενῶν wisdom, [Refs (“P.” 2.74)]; κ. φρενός, of his own ode, [Refs (“O.” 7.8)]; ἥβας κ., of the bloom of youth,[Refs ([prev. work] 6.58, “P.” 9.109)]; later, reward, profit, ἐπιτηδευμάτων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Gnomologium Vaticanum - Kleine Schriften” 27)]; ὅπου ὁ κίνδυνος μέγας, καὶ ὁ κ. [NT+2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 27; κ. νίκης 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 8.3.6: frequently in “NT”, κ. εἰρηνικὸς δικαιοσύνης NT.Heb.12.11, etc.)] (Cf. Latin carpo, Engl. harvest.)