καρποφορέω
karpophoreō (G2592)
to bear fruit
AI Word Study
The Greek word καρποφορέω (karpophoreō), with a strong's number of G2592, is primarily defined as "to bear fruit." This verb is associated with the semantic domain of Agriculture & Land. Its various occurrences in the Bible, 8 in total, suggest it has a range of usage beyond mere physical fruit bearing. Given its definition, the word likely pertains to any sort of yielding or productivity. It could apply to individuals, groups, or even abstract concepts that produce tangible or intangible outcomes. This understanding of bearing fruit would encompass various contexts within agriculture, such as fertility of the land itself, the harvest of crops, and perhaps even spiritual concepts like moral or faithfulness outcomes. The 8 occurrences of καρποφορέω in the Bible underscore its significance in different narratives, commands, and narratives. Notably, bearing fruit may refer to yielding good deeds or living a virtuous life, which likely has significant implications for how we comprehend Christian values and expectations in the New Testament.
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What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit, and produces, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.”
Those which were sown on the good ground are those who hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times.”
For the earth bears fruit: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
Those in the good ground, these are those who with an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and produce fruit with perseverance.
Therefore, my brothers, you also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you would be joined to another, to him who was raised from the dead, that we might produce fruit to God.
For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were through the law worked in our members to bring out fruit to death.
which has come to you, even as it is in all the world and is bearing fruit and growing, as it does in you also, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth,
that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God,