karpos · fruit

What it means

karpos (καρπός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “fruit”.

Also the result of what someone does.

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. What a plant produces, which is harvested and eaten.
2. The result of what someone is or does.

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

Word study

Fruit: what a plant produces; and, figuratively, the result of someone's life or work. Also the fruit of the womb, offspring.

• A tree is known by its fruit Matthew 7:16Luke 6:44
• Producing fruit worthy of the change of mind Matthew 3:8Luke 3:8
• Remaining in the vine and bearing much fruit John 15:5John 12:24
• “The fruit of the Spirit” Galatians 5:22
• The fruit of the womb, offspring Luke 1:42Acts 2:30

How we translate it

“Fruit” 56 times and “fruits” 6, also in the figurative sense, so as not to lose the image (“the fruit of his loins”, Acts 2:30). In Luke 12:17 it is translated “my crops” (the rich man who has nowhere to store them) and “grain” twice (Mark 4:29).

How it is translated

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

• fruit ×56
• fruits ×6
• crops ×2
• grain ×2

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×19
• Mark×5
• Luke×12
• John×10
• Acts×1
• Romans×4
• 1 Corinthians×1
• Galatians×1
• Ephesians×1
• Philippians×3
• 2 Timothy×1
• Hebrews×2
• James×4
• Revelation×2

• Matthew 3:8

  So produce fruit worthy of change of mind,

• Matthew 3:10

  And already the ax is laid at the root of the trees; so every tree that does not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

• Matthew 7:16

  By their fruits you will recognize them. People do not gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles, do they?

• Matthew 7:17

  So every good tree produces good fruit, but the rotten tree produces bad fruit.

• Matthew 7:18

  A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a rotten tree produce good fruit.

• Matthew 7:19

  Every tree that does not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

• Matthew 7:20

  So then, by their fruits you will recognize them.

• Matthew 12:33

  Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree rotten and its fruit rotten; for by its fruit the tree is known.

• Matthew 13:8

  And other seeds fell on the good soil and were producing fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.

• Matthew 13:26

  And when the plants sprouted and produced grain, then the darnel appeared also.

• Matthew 21:19

  And seeing a single fig tree by the road, he went to it and found nothing on it except leaves only; and he says to it, “May no more fruit come from you, forever.” And the fig tree withered immediately.

• Matthew 21:34

  And when the season of fruit drew near, he sent his slaves to the tenant farmers to receive his fruit.

• Matthew 21:41

  They say to him, “He will destroy those wretches wretchedly, and lease the vineyard to other tenant farmers who will give him the fruits in their seasons.”

• Matthew 21:43

  Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation producing its fruits.

• Mark 4:7

  And other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it gave no fruit.

• Mark 4:8

  And other seeds fell into the good soil and were giving fruit, growing up and increasing, and were bearing, one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred.”

• Mark 4:29

  But when the grain permits, at once he sends in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

• Mark 11:14

  And he responded and said to it, “May no one ever again eat fruit from you.” And his disciples were listening.

• Mark 12:2

  And at the season he sent a slave to the tenants, so that he might receive from the tenants some of the fruit of the vineyard.

• Luke 1:42

  and she cried out with a loud cry and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!

• Luke 3:8

  So produce fruits worthy of the change of mind, and do not begin to say within yourselves: We have Abraham as father. For I tell you that God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.

• Luke 3:9

  And even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees; so every tree that does not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”

• Luke 6:43

  For there is no good tree that produces rotten fruit, nor again a rotten tree that produces good fruit.

• Luke 6:44

  For each tree is known by its own fruit; for they do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from a bramble bush.

• Luke 8:8

  And other seed fell into the good soil, and when it had grown, it produced fruit a hundredfold.” As he said these things, he called out, “Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.”

• Luke 12:17

  And he was reasoning within himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to gather my crops?’

• Luke 13:6

  And he was telling this parable: “Someone had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it, and did not find any.

• Luke 13:7

  And he said to the vinedresser, ‘Look, for three years I have been coming looking for fruit on this fig tree, and I do not find any. Cut it down; why should it also use up the ground?’

• Luke 13:9

  and if it bears fruit in the future, well and good; but if not, you will cut it down.’”

• Luke 20:10

  And at the harvest time he sent a slave to the tenants, so that they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard; but the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

• John 4:36

  the one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who reaps may rejoice together.

• John 12:24

  Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.

• John 15:2

  Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that bears fruit he prunes, so that it may bear more fruit.

• John 15:4

  Remain in me, and I in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.

• John 15:5

  I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him, he bears much fruit, because without me you can do nothing.

• John 15:8

  By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples.

• John 15:16

  You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you may go and bear fruit, and that your fruit may remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give you.

• Acts 2:30

  So, being a prophet and knowing that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one from the fruit of his loins on his throne,

• Romans 1:13

  Now I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that often I intended to come to you (and I have been prevented until now), so that I might have some fruit among you also, just as among the rest of the nations.

• Romans 6:21

  What fruit then did you have at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.

And 26 more times.