akarpos · unfruitful

What it means

akarpos (ἄκαρπος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “unfruitful”.

Fruitless, barren.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Producing nothing good or useful.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• unfruitful ×6
• without fruit ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Mark×1
• 1 Corinthians×1
• Ephesians×1
• Titus×1
• 2 Peter×1
• Jude×1

• Matthew 13:22

  And the one sown among the thorns, this is the one who hears the word, and the worry of this age and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

• Mark 4:19

  and the worries of the age and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things, coming in, choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

• 1 Corinthians 14:14

  For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful.

• Ephesians 5:11

  and do not take part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even expose them.

• Titus 3:14

  And let our people also learn to devote themselves to good works for urgent needs, so that they may not be unfruitful.

• 2 Peter 1:8

  For if these things are yours and are increasing, they make you neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus the Messiah.

• Jude 1:12

  These are the stains in your love feasts, feasting together without fear, shepherding themselves; waterless clouds carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, uprooted;