Quick Definition
καρποφόρος, ον Adj fruitful
Strong's Definition
from 2590 and 5342; fruitbearing (figuratively)
KJV Usage: fruitful
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ον | καρπός + φέρω
23.201 · Physiological Processes and States · Ripen, Produce Fruit, Bear Seed
fruitful, to be fruitful (derivative of καρποφορέω[a] ‘to produce seed,’ 23.199) pertaining to producing seed or harvest In some instances it may be useful to translate ‘fruitful seasons’ as ‘seasons when crops become ripe’ or even ‘the time of the year when there is always plenty to eat.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
καρπο-φόρος, -ov, (καρπός and φέρω), fruit-bearing, Jruitful, productive: Acts xiv. 17. (Pind., Xen., Theophr., Diod., Sept.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
καρποφόρος karpophoros 1x
fruitful, adapted to bring forth fruit, Acts 14:17*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
καρπο-φόρος, -ον
(< καρπύς, φέρω), [in LXX: Je 2:21 (זֶרַע), Ps 106 (107):34 148:9 (פְּרִי)*;]
fruitful: Ac 14:17.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
καρποφόρος. In the Median parchment P Sa‘id Khan 1 A?8 (z.c. 88) a vineyard is provided μετὰ ὕδατος kal ἀκροδρύοις kapzroφόροις τε Kal ἀκάρποις, “‘with water and vine-stocks, both those in bearing and those not.” Cf. also Prezsigke gg1® (A.D, 290) τὸ ἐπίάγαθ]ον γόνιμ[ον] νέον ὕδωρ σὺν τῇ , καρτερέεω καρπ[οφό]ρ[ῳ γ]αίῃ. For the adj. as an epithet of Demeter cf. the Ephesian inser. Sy// 655° (A.D. 83) Δήμητρι Καρποφόρῳ kal Θεσμοφόρῳ.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
καρποφόρος (karpophoros) — fruitbearing. καρποφόρ-ος (paroxytone), ον, fruit-bearing, fruitful, of trees, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of lands, Λιβύα, πεδία, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Demeter, τὴν κ. βασίλειαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence of Agrippina, [NT]