Word

καρποφορέω

karpophoréō · G2592 · Greek · 8 occurrences

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Meanings

to bear fruit, to produce fruit, to produce seed, to yield

To produce fruit or seed (of plants)

Examples
Matthew 13:23 “But the one sown with seed on the good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces, some a hundred, some sixty, and some thirty times as much.”
Mark 4:20 “And those are the ones sown with seed on the good soil; and they hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirty, sixty, and a hundred times as much.”
Mark 4:28 “The soil produces crops by itself; first the stalk, then the head, then the mature grain in the head.
to produce results, to cause results

To cause results to exist

Examples
Romans 7:4 Therefore, my brothers and sisters, you also were put to death in regard to the Law through the body of Christ, so that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God.
Romans 7:5 For while we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were brought to light by the Law, were at work in the parts of our body to bear fruit for death.
Colossians 1:6 which has come to you, just as in all the world also it is bearing fruit and increasing, even as it has been doing in you also since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth;

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

7 occurrences in 6 groups

Not stated: they 2
γῆearth 1
ὅςwho, which, that 1
Not stated: we 1
Not stated (infinitive) 1
Not stated (participle) 1

To or for whomIndirect object

2 occurrences in 2 groups

θάνατοςdeath 1
θεόςGod 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ἐνin+ ἔργονwork, deed 1
ἐνin+ ὑπομονήendurance, perseverance 1

Named alongside itApposition

2 occurrences in 3 groups

ἐκεῖνοςthat, that one, there 1
ἀκούωto hear 1
συνίημιto understand, to comprehend, to perceive 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

οὗτοςthis 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

εἰςto 2

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 2 entries

To produce results, to cause results13.86: In Luke 8:15, Jesus explains the parable of the sower, of seed on the good soil, “these are the ones who, after hearing the word with a good and virtuous heart, hold it fast and bear fruit with perseverance,” using this word for the act of producing a beneficial result.
To bear fruit, to produce fruit, to produce seed, to yield23.199: In Mark 4:20, Jesus continues, “those which were sown on the good soil, these are the ones who hear the word and accept it, and bear fruit, thirty, sixty, and a hundred times as much,” using this word for the literal act of yielding produce.

Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

καρπός karpós · G2590 · fruit, harvest, crop · 66×καρποφορέωkarpophoréō · G2592ἄκαρπος ákarpos · G175 · without fruit, bearing no fruit, producing no harvest · 7×καρποφόρος karpophóros · G2593 · fruitful, to be fruitful · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon καρποφόρω; 1 aorist ἐκαρποφόρησα; present passive participle καρποφορουμενος;…

καρποφόρω; 1 aorist ἐκαρποφόρησα; present passive participle καρποφορουμενος; (καρποφόρος, which see); to bear fruit; (Vulg.fructifico; Columella (), Tertullian);
a. properly, ((Xenophon, Aristotle), Theophrastus, de hist. plant. 3, 3, 7; Diodorus 2, 49): χόρτον, Mk 4:28 (φυτά, Wis. 10:7).
b. metaphorically, to bear, bring forth, deeds: thus of men who show their knowledge of religion by their conduct, Mt 13:23; Mk 4:20; Lk 8:15; ἐν (for R G L Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading ἐν (cf. Buttmann, 103 (90), see εἷς, 4 a.)) τριάκοντα etc. namely, καρποις, Mk 4:20 T Tr text WH text (see ἐν, I. 5 f.); ἐν παντί ἔργῳ ἀγαθῷ, Col 1:10; τίνι (dative commodi]) to one who reaps the fruit, i. e. fruit acceptable to him, τῷ Θεῷ, Rom 7:4; τῷ θανάτῳ, i. e. (without the figure) to produce works rewarded with death, Rom 7:5; in middle to bear fruit of oneself, Col 1:6 (cf. Lightfoot at the passage).

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Exist4 occurrences Ripen, Produce Fruit, Bear Seed4 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0