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καρπός
karpós · Greek · Strong's G2590 · 66 occurrences
The KJV renders 9 different Hebrew and Greek words as “fruit”
What it means
fruit (as plucked), literally or figuratively
probably from the base of G726 (ἁρπάζω);
How the KJV renders it
fruit
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“fruit”
also renders opṓra (G3703), génnēma (G1081), ʼêb (H4), yᵉbûwl (H2981), lechem (H3899), maʼăkâl (H3978), mᵉlêʼâh (H4395), tᵉbûwʼâh (H8393)
Answers that weigh this word
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Where it appears
66 occurrences in the Greek text, first 56 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 9:7 · N-ASM
What soldier ever serves at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard, and doesn’t eat of its fruit? Or who feeds a flock, and doesn’t drink from the flock’s milk?
2 Timothy 2:6 · N-GPM
The farmer who labors must be the first to get a share of the crops.
Acts 2:30 · N-GSM
Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, he would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne,
Ephesians 5:9 · N-NSM
for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,
Galatians 5:22 · N-NSM
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,
Hebrews 12:11 · N-ASM
All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
Hebrews 13:15 N-ASMJames 3:17 N-GPMJames 3:18 N-NSMJames 5:7 N-ASMJames 5:18 N-ASMJohn 4:36 N-ASMJohn 12:24 N-ASMJohn 15:2 N-ASMJohn 15:4 N-ASMJohn 15:5 N-ASMJohn 15:8 N-ASMJohn 15:16 N-ASMLuke 1:42 N-NSMLuke 3:8 N-APMLuke 3:9 N-ASMLuke 6:43 N-ASMLuke 6:44 N-GSMLuke 8:8 N-ASMLuke 12:17 N-APMLuke 13:6 N-ASMLuke 13:7 N-ASMLuke 13:9 N-ASMLuke 20:10 N-GSMMatthew 3:8 N-ASMMatthew 3:10 N-ASMMatthew 7:16 N-GPMMatthew 7:17 N-APMMatthew 7:18 N-APMMatthew 7:19 N-ASMMatthew 7:20 N-GPMMatthew 12:33 N-ASMMatthew 13:8 N-ASMMatthew 13:26 N-ASMMatthew 21:19 N-NSMMatthew 21:34 N-APMMatthew 21:41 N-APMMatthew 21:43 N-APMMark 4:7 N-ASMMark 4:8 N-ASMMark 4:29 N-NSMMark 11:14 N-ASMMark 12:2 N-GPMPhilippians 1:11 N-ASMPhilippians 1:22 N-NSMPhilippians 4:17 N-ASMRevelation 22:2 N-APMRomans 1:13 N-ASMRomans 6:21 N-ASMRomans 6:22 N-ASMRomans 15:28 N-ASM
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