Quick Definition
καρπός, οῦ, ὁ n.m. fruit, result, gain
Strong's Definition
probably from the base of 726; fruit (as plucked), literally or figuratively
KJV Usage: fruit
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -οῦ | ἄκαρπος · καρποφορέω
3.33 · Plants · Fruit Parts of Plants
fruit any fruit part of plants, including grain as well as pulpy fruit A number of languages distinguish between different kinds of fruit. One common type of four-way distinction involves (1) nuts, (2) grain, (3) pulpy fruit surrounding a seed (the type of fruit primarily referred to in contexts containing καρπός[a]), and (4) fruit such as bananas, in which there is no noticeable seed. It is important in each instance to choose a term which will be applicable to the particular context.
MAT 3:10 · MAT 7:17 · MAT 7:17 · MAT 7:18 · MAT 7:18 · MAT 7:19 · MAT 12:33 · MAT 12:33 · MAT 12:33 · MAT 13:8 · MAT 13:26 · MAT 21:19 · MRK 4:7 · MRK 4:8 · MRK 11:14 · LUK 3:9 · LUK 6:43 · LUK 6:43 · LUK 6:44 · LUK 8:8 · LUK 13:6 · LUK 13:7 · LUK 13:9 · JHN 12:24 · JHN 15:2 · JHN 15:2 · JHN 15:2 · JHN 15:4 · 1CO 9:7 · REV 22:2 · REV 22:2
43.15 · Agriculture
harvest, crop, fruit, grain that which is harvested
MAT 21:34 · MAT 21:34 · MAT 21:41 · MRK 12:2 · LUK 12:17 · LUK 20:10 · JHN 4:36 · 2TI 2:6 · JAS 5:7 · JAS 5:18
42.13 · Perform, Do · Do, Perform
deed, activity, result of deeds (a figurative extension of meaning of καρπός[a] ‘fruit,’ 3.33) the natural result of what has been done
MAT 7:16 · MAT 7:20 · MAT 21:43 · JHN 15:5 · JHN 15:8 · JHN 15:16 · JHN 15:16 · ROM 1:13 · ROM 6:21 · ROM 6:22 · ROM 15:28 · GAL 5:22 · EPH 5:9 · PHP 1:11 · PHP 1:22 · PHP 4:17 · HEB 12:11 · HEB 13:15 · JAS 3:17 · JAS 3:18
23.199 · Physiological Processes and States · Ripen, Produce Fruit, Bear Seed
Collocation: καρπὸν βλαστάνω
to bear fruit, to produce fruit, to produce seed, to yield to produce fruit or seed (of plants)
23.199 · Physiological Processes and States · Ripen, Produce Fruit, Bear Seed
Collocation: καρπὸν δίδωμι · καρπὸν ἀποδίδωμι
to bear fruit, to produce fruit, to produce seed, to yield to produce fruit or seed (of plants)
23.199 · Physiological Processes and States · Ripen, Produce Fruit, Bear Seed
Collocation: καρπὸν φέρω
to bear fruit, to produce fruit, to produce seed, to yield to produce fruit or seed (of plants)
JHN 12:24 · JHN 15:2 · JHN 15:2 · JHN 15:2 · JHN 15:4 · JHN 15:5 · JHN 15:8 · JHN 15:16
23.200 · Physiological Processes and States · Ripen, Produce Fruit, Bear Seed
Collocation: καρπὸς παραδίδωσι
the harvest is ripe, the fruit is ripe, the harvest time has come (an idiom, literally: fruit gives) the ripening of fruit as a sign for the harvest to begin
10.38 · Kinship Terms · Kinship Relations Involving Successive Generations
Collocation: καρπὸς τῆς κοιλίας
child, baby (an idiom, literally: fruit of the womb) the child of a woman
10.34 · Kinship Terms · Kinship Relations Involving Successive Generations
Collocation: καρπὸς τῆς ὀσφύος
descendant, offspring (an idiom, literally: fruit of the genitals) descendant, as the result of the male role in procreation See 8.43.
23.199 · Physiological Processes and States · Ripen, Produce Fruit, Bear Seed
Collocation: ποιέω καρπόν
to bear fruit, to produce fruit, to produce seed, to yield to produce fruit or seed (of plants)
MAT 3:10 · MAT 7:17 · MAT 7:17 · MAT 7:18 · MAT 7:18 · MAT 7:19 · MAT 13:26 · MAT 21:43 · LUK 3:9 · LUK 6:43 · LUK 6:43 · LUK 8:8 · LUK 13:9 · REV 22:2
1 By setting up certain highly generic meanings for βλαστάνω, δίδωμι, ἀποδίδωμι, and ποιέω, it would be possible to treat the phrase compounds in this series as being semantically endocentric. However, it seems more satisfactory to regard them as what might be called low-grade idioms with specialized meanings of the semantically head expressions.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
καρπός, -o0, ὁ, [cf. Lat. carpo; A-S. hearf-est (harvest i.e. the ingathering of crops); Curtius § 42]; Hebr. 2; fr. Hom. down; fruit; 1. prop.: the fruit of trees, Mt. xii. 33; xxi. 19; Mk. xi.14; Lk. vi. 44; xiii. 6 sq.; of vines, Mt. xxi. 34; Mk. xii. 2; Lk.xx.10; 1 Co. ix. 7; of the fields, Lk. xii. 17; Mk. iv. 29; 2 Tim. ii. 6; [Jas. v. 7]; βλαστάνειν, Jas. v. 18; ποιεῖν, to bear fruit (after the Hebr. 49 Mwy [see ποιέω, I. 1 e.]), Mt. iii. 10; vii. 17-19 ; xiii. 26; Lk. iii. 9; vi. 435 viii. 8; xiii. 9; Rey. xxii. 2; διδόναι, Mt. xiii. 8; Mk. iv. 7 sq.; φέρειν, Mt. vii. 18 T WH; Jn. xii. 24; xv. 2,4 sq.; (trop. xv. 8, 16); ἀποδιδόναι, to yield fruit, Rev. xxii. 2; to render (pay) the fruit, Mt. xxi.41; by a Hebraism, 6 καρπὸς τῆς κοιλίας, i. 6. the unborn child, Lk. i. 42 (03 “5, Deut. xxviii. 4, where Sept. τὰ ἔκγονα τῆς κοιλίας); τῆς ὀσφύος the fruit of one’s loins, i. e. his progeny, his posterity, Acts ii. 30 (Gen. xxx. 2; Ps. exxvi. (exxvii.) 3; cxxxi. (cxxxil.) 11; Mic. vi. 7); cf. W. 33 (32). 2. Metaph. that which originates or comes from something; an effect, result ; a. i. 4- ἔργον, work, act, deed: with gen. of the author, τοῦ πνεύματος, Gal. v.22; τοῦ φωτός, Eph. v.9 (Ree. τ. πνεύματος) ; τῆς δικαιοσύνης, Phil. i. 11 [ef. Ὁ. below]; of Christian charity, i. e. benefit, Ro. xv. 28; apposition, W. § 59, 8 a.], Heb. xii. 11; which consists in righteousness (gen. of appos.), Jas. iii. 18 [ef. Phil. i. 11 in a. above, and Meyer ad loc.; Prov. xi. 30; Amos vi. 12]. c. by a Hebraism of καρποὶ τῶν χειλέων, praises, which are presented to God as a thank-offering: Heb. xiii. 15 (Hos. xiv. 2; Prov. xii. 14; xxix. 49 (xxxi. 31)). Cf. W. 33 (32) note 1. ἃ. συνάγειν καρπὸν εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον, to gather fruit (i. 6. a reaped harvest) into life eternal (as into a granary), is used in fig. discourse of those who by their labors have fitted souls to obtain eternal life, Jn. iv. 36.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
καρπός karpos 66x
fruit, Mt. 3:10; 21:19, 34; from the Hebrew, καρπὸς κοιλίας, fruit of the womb, offspring, Lk. 1:42; καρπὸς ὀσφύος, fruit of the loins, offspring, posterity, Acts 2:30; καρπὸς χειλέων, fruit of the lips, praise, Heb. 13:15; met. conduct, actions, Mt. 3:8; 7:16; Rom. 6:22; benefit, profit, Rom. 1:13; 6:21; reward, Phil. 4:17
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
καρπός, -οῦ, ὁ,
[in LXX chiefly for פְּרִי;]
fruit: of trees, Mt 12:33 21:19, Mk 11:14, Lk 6:44 13:6, 7; of vines, Mt 21:34, Mk 12:2, Lk 20:10, I Co 9:7; of fields, Mk 4:29, Lk 12:17, II Ti 2:6, Ja 5:7; βλαστάνειν, Ja 5:18; ποιεῖν (cf. Heb. עָשָׂה פְּרִי), Mt 3:10 7:17-19 13:26, Lk 3:9 6:43 8:8 13:9, Re 22:2; διδόναι, Mt 13:8, Mk 4:7, 8; φέρειν, Mt 7:18, Jo 12:24 15:2, 4, 5, 8, 16; ἀποδιδόναι, Mt 21:41, Re 22:2; ὁ κ. τ. κοιλίας (פְּרִי בֶּטֶן, De 28:4), Lk 1:42; τ. ὀσφύος (Ge 30:2, al.), Ac 2:30.
Metaph., of works, deeds: Mt 3:8 7:16, 20 21:43, Lk 3:8, Jo 15:8, 16; τ. πνεύματος, Ga 5:22; τ. φωτός, Eph 5:9; τ. δικαιοσύνης, Phl 1:11; σφραγίζεσθαι τὸν κ. (Deiss., BS, 238 f.), Ro 15:28; κ. ἀγαθοί, Ja 3:17;
of advantage, profit: Phl 1:22 4:17; ἔχειν, Ro 1:13 6:21, 22; συνάγειν, Jo 4:36; κ. τ. δικαιοσύνης, He 12:11, Ja 3:18; of praise, καρπὸν χειλέων (Ho 14:2, al.; cf. Æsch., Eum., 830): He 13:15.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
καρπός is common in the sense of “" fruit,” ‘* produce ’’ of the land generally, e.g. P Eleph 1415 (Ptol.) τῆς δὲ γῆς κυριεύσει Kal τῶν καρπῶν (A.D. 54-67), or, more particularly, of an oliveyard, P Ryl II. 130! (a.p. 31) ἐτρύγησαν ἐκ τῶν καρπῶν οὐκ ὀλίγην ἐλᾶν, or of a vineyard, P Fay 1275 (ii/iii A.D.) τοῦ καρποῦ τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος. The phrase EvA([vev κ]αρπῶν is used in OG/S 5515 (iii/B.c.) with reference to tree-fruits, such as apples, etc.; see Dittenberger’s note ad /. and cf. PST V. 528'°(iii/B.C.) περὶ τοῦ καρποῦ τοῦ ξυλικοῦ, apparently the tax ξυλίνων καρπῶν. Another ex. of the sing. is P Oxy XIV. 1632! (A.D. 353) καρπὸν φύί -- οί)νικος χωρίων σου δύο, “186 date-crop of your two estates” (Edd.). For the metaphorical usage Rouffiac (p. 51) cites Préeve 11214 (after B.C. 84) συνιδὼν δὲ ὅτι μόνη μεγίστους ἀποδίδωσιν ἡ ἀρετὴι καρποὺς καὶ χάριτας : cf. Jas 3!7f, α΄. We have no example of καρπός = “‘ profit,’’ *‘credit,’’ as in Phil 417 (‘‘ the interest which is accruing to your credit,” Moule CG7 ad 1), but, as showing how easily this sense might arise, we may quote the corresponding use of καρπεία in P Petr III. 53 (p)§ (ili/B.C.) π]ρὸς τὰς καρπείας ἃς... . ἡμᾶς κομίζεσθαι ἐκ τοῦ [ἱ]εροῦ, ‘‘ with respect to the profits which we should obtain from the temple ’’ (Edd.) : cf. also καρπίζομαι in P Ryl IT. 11976 (A.D. 54-67) μέχρι νῦν καρπίζεται τὴν αὐτὴν ὑποθήκην ἀφ᾽ ἧς ἀπηνέγκατο εἰς λόγον ἀργυ(ρίου) (ταλάντων) é, ‘he continues up to the present to enjoy the mortgage aforesaid by which he has profited to the extent of 5 talents ’’ (Edd.). For the adj. κάρπιμος see Kazbel 1039 s.v. θερίζω.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
καρπός (karpos) — fruit. καρπός, ὁ,
__A fruit, in [Refs 8th c.BC+], usually of the fruits of the earth, corn, ἀρούρης κ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κ. ἀρούρης, also of wine, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀμπέλινος κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so κ. alone, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but of corn, opposed to Βάκχιον νᾶμα, [Refs]; καρποῦ ξυγκομιδή harvest, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. λωτοῖο, κρανείης, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μελιηδέα κ., of grapes, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸν ἐπέτειον κ. the crops of the year, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, produce, κ. ὑγρός, of honey, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; also κ. εὐανθὴς μήλων, of wool, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] robbed of two years' produce, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. ὑγροὶ καὶ ξηροί produce of trees and fields, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξύλινοι, σιτικοὶ κ., [Refs 1st c.BC+]; of fruits offered in sacrifice, [Refs]; also of taxes paid in kind, opposed to Χρυσικά, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] __A.2 seed, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; defined as seed with seed-vessel, [Refs 4th c.BC+] __A.3 of children, Δῖοι κ. offspring of Zeus, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __A.II returns, profits, οἱ κ. οἱ ἐκ τῶν ἀγελῶν γενόμενοι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῶν ἀνηλωμένων.. τοὺς κ. [Refs 4th c.BC+] __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+]; γλώσσης ματαίας κ., i. e. curses, [Refs 5th c.BC+], i. e. poesy, [Refs]; κ. φρενῶν wisdom, [Refs]; κ. φρενός, of his own ode, [Refs]; ἥβας κ., of the bloom of youth,[Refs]; later, reward, profit, ἐπιτηδευμάτων [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὅπου ὁ κίνδυνος μέγας, καὶ ὁ κ. [NT+2nd c.AD+] (Cf. Latin carpo, Engl. harvest.)