Definition:
καρπός, -οῦ, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for פְּרִי;] fruit: of trees, Mat.12:33 21:19, Mrk.11:14, Luk.6:44 13:6-7; of vines, Mat.21:34, Mrk.12:2, Luk.20:10, 1Co.9:7; of fields, Mrk.4:29, Luk.12:17, 2Ti.2:6, Jas.5:7; βλαστάνειν, Jas.5:18; ποιεῖν (cf. Heb. פְּרִי עָשָׂה), Mat.3:10 7:17-19 13:26, Luk.3:9 6:43 8:8 13:9, Rev.22:2; διδόναι, Mat.13:8, Mrk.4:7-8; φέρειν, Mat.7:18, Jhn.12:24 15:2, 4-5 15:8, 16; ἀποδιδόναι, Mat.21:41, Rev.22:2; ὁ κ. τ. κοιλίας (בֶּטֶן פְּרִי, Deu.28:4), Luk.1:42; τ. ὀσφύος (Gen.30:2, al.), Act.2:30. Metaphorical, (a) of works, deeds: Mat.3:8 7:16, 20 21:43, Luk.3:8, Jhn.15:3, 16; τ. πνεύματος, Gal.5:22; τ. φωτός, Eph.5:9; τ. δικαιοσύνης, Php.1:11; σφραγίζεσθαι τὸν κ. (Deiss, BS, 238 f.), Rom.15:28; κ. ἀγαθοί, Jas.3:17; (b) of advantage, profit: Php.1:22 4:17; ἔχειν, Rom.1:13 6:21-22. συνάγειν, Jhn.4:36; κ. τ. δικαιοσύνης, Heb.12:11, Jas.3:18; of praise, καρπὸν χειλέων (Hos.14:2, al; cf. Æsch, Eum, 830): Heb.13:15. (AS)
Definition:
καρπός, ὁ,
A)
fruit, in [
Refs 8th c.BC+], usually of
the fruits of the earth, corn, ἀρούρης κ. [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; κ. ἀρούρης, also of wine, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀμπέλινος κ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; so κ. alone, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; but of corn, opposed to Βάκχιον νᾶμα, [
Refs]; καρποῦ ξυγκομιδή
harvest, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. λωτοῖο, κρανείης, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; μελιηδέα κ, of grapes, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸν ἐπέτειον κ. the
crops of the year, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally,
produce, κ. ὑγρός, of honey, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]; also κ. εὐανθὴς μήλων, of wool, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+] robbed of two years'
produce, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. ὑγροὶ καὶ ξηροί
produce of trees and fields, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξύλινοι, σιτικοὶ κ, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]; of
fruits offered in sacrifice, [
Refs]; also of
taxes paid in kind, opposed to Χρυσικά, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
A.2)
seed, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; defined as
seed with seed-vessel, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
A.3) of children, Δῖοι κ.
offspring of Zeus, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
A.II)
returns, profits, οἱ κ. οἱ ἐκ τῶν ἀγελῶν γενόμενοι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῶν ἀνηλωμένων. τοὺς κ. [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
A.III) of actions,
fruit, profit, εἰ κ. ἔσται θεσφάτοισι Λοξίου if his oracles shall bear
fruit, i.e. be fulfilled, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; γλώσσης ματαίας κ, i. e. curses, [
Refs 5th c.BC+], i. e. poesy, [
Refs]; κ. φρενῶν wisdom, [
Refs]; κ. φρενός, of his own ode, [
Refs]; ἥβας κ, of the
bloom of youth,[
Refs]; later,
reward, profit, ἐπιτηδευμάτων [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὅπου ὁ κίνδυνος μέγας, καὶ ὁ κ. [
NT+2nd c.AD+] (Cf. Latin
carpo, Engl.
harvest.)