karpophoreō · bear fruit

What it means

karpophoreō (καρποφορέω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “bear fruit”.

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. To yield a crop; also a life that yields good.

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

How it is translated

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

• bear fruit ×4
• bearing fruit ×2
• bears fruit ×2

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Mark×2
• Luke×1
• Romans×2
• Colossians×2

• Matthew 13:23

  And the one sown on the good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces, some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.”

• Mark 4:20

  And those are the ones sown on the good soil, who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred.”

• Mark 4:28

  By itself the earth bears fruit, first the blade, then the head, then the full grain in the head.

• Luke 8:15

  But that in the good soil, these are the ones who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, hold it fast and bear fruit with perseverance.

• Romans 7:4

  So, my brothers, you also were put to death to the law through the body of the Messiah, so that you might belong to another, to the one who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God.

• Romans 7:5

  For when we were in the flesh, the passions of sins, which were through the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death.

• Colossians 1:6

  that has come to you, just as also in all the world it is bearing fruit and growing, just as it is also among you, from the day you heard and came to know the grace of God in truth;

• Colossians 1:10

  to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please him in every way, bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God,