noun · masculine
karpos
Strong’sG2590
fruit, result, gain
stem karp-66 times in the New Testamentin 14 of 27 books5 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Fruit — the produce of trees, vines, or fields, in the ordinary literal sense of what grows and is gathered from plants and crops 1234. This includes phrases about fruit being borne, given, or produced, and expressions like "the fruit of the body" or "of the loins" meaning offspring 13.
By extension, result or gain — a metaphorical use for the outcome of actions or conduct, such as the "fruit" of deeds, of the Spirit, of light, or of righteousness, meaning the works or effects that these produce 1. Closely related is the sense of profit or advantage, as in having some benefit or gain from one's labor or ministry 12. One source also notes an idiom, "fruit of the lips," used of praise offered to God 1.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
καρπός, -οῦ, ὁ,
[in LXX chiefly for פְּרִי;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2590 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkar-pos'
fruit (as plucked), literally or figuratively
Fromprobably from the base of G726;
King Jamesfruit.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
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.)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | karpos8×καρπὸς | karpois |
| object accusative | karpon38×καρπὸν | karpoin10×καρποὺς |
| direct address vocative | karpor | karpoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | karpou4×καρποῦ | karpoiu6×καρπῶν |
| to, for dative | karpo | karpoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
karpo is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
66 occurrences, every one of them listed
karpos“fruit”subjectnominative singular8×
Matthew 21:19… kai legatō auta; Mēketi ek su karpos geneteia eis ton aiōnon; kai xēranita …… except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the …
Mark 4:29hotan de paradōateia tos karpos, euthuos apostelatō tem drepanem, hoti parastēatē …And as soon as the grain is ripe, he swings the sickle …
Luke 1:42… sis en gunaikai, kai eulogorēntos tos karpos tau koiliau su.… among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
John 15:16… hupagaveiō kai karpon feraveiō kai tos karpos vu menateiō, hina hem tinem an …… you to go and bear fruit — fruit that will remain — so that whatever …
Galatians 5:22Tos de karpos teu pneumeu atō agapas, charas, eirēnas, …But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy …
Ephesians 5:9tos gar karpos teu fōteu en panta agathōsuna kai …for the fruit of the light consists in all …
Philippians 1:22… tem zōarō en sarka, houtem mi karpos ergeu kai tinem hairemi ouk gnōrizamō;… in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. So what shall …
James 3:18karpos de dikaiosunau en eirēna sperotō toi …… who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness.
karpon“fruit”objectaccusative singular38×
Matthew 3:8poiavar oun karpon axion tau metanoiauProduce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance.
Matthew 3:10… keiotō; pantem oun dendrem mē poiarōntem karpon kalon ekkoptotō kai eis purem balotō.… tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown …
Matthew 7:19pantem dendrem mē poiarōntem karpon kalon ekkoptotō kai eis purem balotō.… tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into …
Matthew 12:33… poiavar tem dendrem kalem kai ton karpon auteu kalon, ē poiavar tem dendrem …Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a …
Matthew 12:33… poiavar tem dendrem saprem kai ton karpon auteu sapron; ek gar tou karpou …… make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree …
Matthew 13:8“grain”… tan gēan tan kalan kai dōate karpon, hem men hekaton hem de hexēkonta …… fell on good soil and produced a crop — a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or …
Matthew 13:26hote de blastata tos chortos kai karpon poiata, tote fanita kai teim zizanieim.When the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also appeared.
Mark 4:7“grain”… tais akanthais kai sumpnigala autem, kai karpon ouk dōata.… up and choked the seedlings, and they yielded no crop.
Mark 4:8“grain”… tan gēan tan kalan, kai dōate karpon anabainarōnteim kai auxanorōnteim, kai ferate henem …… fell on good soil, where it sprouted, grew up, and produced a crop — one bearing thirtyfold, another sixtyfold, and another a …
Mark 11:14… eis ton aiōnon ek su mēdenos karpon esthiatoia. kai akouale tois mathētois autou.… no one ever eat of your fruit again.” And His disciples heard this …
Luke 3:9… keiotō; pantem oun dendrem mē poiarōntem karpon kalon ekkoptotō kai eis purem balotō.… tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown …
Luke 6:43Ouk gar atō dendrem kalem poiarōntem karpon sapron, oude palin dendrem saprem poiarōntem …No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear …
Luke 6:43… sapron, oude palin dendrem saprem poiarōntem karpon kalon.… does a bad tree bear good fruit.
Luke 8:8… gēan tan agathan, kai fuirantem poiata karpon hekatontaplasiōnon. houteim legarōntos fōnate; Tos echarōntos …… it sprang up and produced a crop — a hundredfold.” As Jesus said this …
Luke 13:6… to ampelōno autou, kai erchata zētarōntos karpon en auta kai ouk heuriskata.… vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it but did not find …
Luke 13:7… treis eteim apo hou erchomō zētarōntos karpon en ta suka houta kai ouk …… I have come to search for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t …
Luke 13:9kan men poiateia karpon eis tem mellarōntem ei de mēge, …If it bears fruit next year, fine. But if not …
John 4:36“fruit”tos therizarōntos misthon labatō kai sunagatō karpon eis zōan aiōnian, hina tos sperarōntos …Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the …
John 12:24… monos menatō; ean de apothnēskateia, pollon karpon feratō.… if it dies, it bears much fruit.
John 15:2pantem klēmem en mi mē ferarōntem karpon airatō autem, kai pantem tem karpon …… branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear …
John 15:2… karpon airatō autem, kai pantem tem karpon ferarōntem kathairatō autem hina karpon polloteron …… and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even …
John 15:2“fruit”… tem karpon ferarōntem kathairatō autem hina karpon polloteron ferateiō.… Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful.
John 15:4… vi. kathōs tem klēmem ouk dunotō karpon ferarō apo heauteu ean mē menateiō …… Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in …
John 15:5… mi kamis en auto houtos feratō karpon pollon, hoti chōris mu ouk dunovō …… I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can …
John 15:8… houte doxazita tos patros mu hina karpon pollon feraveiō kai geneveia ēmois mathētois.… Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, proving yourselves to be My disciples.
John 15:16… tithama vin hina vis hupagaveiō kai karpon feraveiō kai tos karpos vu menateiō, …… appointed you to go and bear fruit — fruit that will remain — so that …
Romans 1:13… kōluima achri tou deuro, hina tinon karpon echameia kai en vi kathōs kai …… order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have …
Romans 6:21tinon oun karpon echave tote epi hei nun epaischunovō? …What fruit did you reap at that time …
Romans 6:22… doulirantois de to theo, echavō ton karpon vu eis hagiasmon, tem de telem …… have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and …
Romans 15:28“fruit”… oun epitelarantos, kai sfragizerantos autoi ton karpon houton, aperchemi dia vu eis Spanian;… I have completed this service and have safely delivered this bounty to them, I will set off to Spain by way of you.
1 Corinthians 9:7… pote? tinos futeuatō ampelōnon kai ton karpon autou ouk esthiatō? tinos poimanatō poimnan …… and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does …
Philippians 1:11plērorēntois karpon dikaiosunau ton dia Iēsu Christou eis …filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus …
Philippians 4:17“profit”… epizētamō tem domem, alla epizētamō ton karpon ton pleonazarōnton eis logon vu.… seeking a gift, but I am looking for the fruit that may be credited to your account.
Hebrews 12:11“fruit”… charau arō alla lupau, husterem de karpon eirēnikon toi dia autau gumnazorēntoi apodōatō …… the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it.
Hebrews 13:15… dia pantou to theo, houtem atō karpon cheileiu homologarōntoiu te onome autou.… God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
James 5:7… idou tos geōrgos ekdechotō ton timion karpon tau gēau, makrothumarōntos epi auto heōs …… how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil — how patient he …
James 5:18“fruit”… dōata kai tas gēas blastata ton karpon autau.… the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops.
Revelation 22:2“fruit”… dōdeka, kata mēnon hekaston apodōarōntem ton karpon auteu, kai teim fulleim teu xuleu …… life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of …
karpou“fruit”of, belonging togenitive singular4×
Matthew 12:33… karpon auteu sapron; ek gar tou karpou tem dendrem gnōskotō.… a tree is known by its fruit.
Luke 6:44hekastem gar dendrem ek tou idiou karpou gnōskotō; ouk gar ek akanthaiu sullegalō …… tree is known by its own fruit. Indeed, figs are not gathered from …
Luke 20:10… toin geōrgoin doulon, hina apo tou karpou tou ampelōnou dōali auto; tois de …… to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants …
Acts 2:30“fruit”… horko omnuata auto tos theos ek karpou tau osfuau autou kathizara epi ton …… knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne.
karpoin“fruit”objectaccusative plural10×
Matthew 7:17houtōs pantem dendrem agathem karpoin kaloin poiatō, tem de saprem dendrem …Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad …
Matthew 7:17… kaloin poiatō, tem de saprem dendrem karpoin ponēroin poiatō;… but a bad tree bears bad fruit.
Matthew 7:18ouk dunotō dendrem agathem karpoin ponēroin poiarō, oude dendrem saprem karpoin …A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear …
Matthew 7:18… karpoin ponēroin poiarō, oude dendrem saprem karpoin kaloin poiarō.… a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.
Matthew 21:34… autou pros toin geōrgoin labara toin karpoin autou.… to collect his share of the fruit.
Matthew 21:41“fruits”… allosoi geōrgoi, hotinois apodōali auto toin karpoin en toi kairoi autoiu.… vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the fruit at harvest time.”
Matthew 21:43“fruits”… theou kai dōiti ethne poiarōnte toin karpoin autau.… kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.
Luke 3:8“fruits”poiavar oun karpoin axioin tau metanoiau; kai mē archeveia …… fruit, then, in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say …
Luke 12:17… hoti ouk echamō pou sunagami toin karpoin mu?… I have nowhere to store my crops?’
Revelation 22:2… enteuthen kai ekeithen xulem zōau poiarōntem karpoin dōdeka, kata mēnon hekaston apodōarōntem ton …… of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for …
karpoiu“fruits”of, belonging togenitive plural6×
Matthew 7:16“fruits”apo toiu karpoiu autoiu epignōskevi autoin. mēti sullegalō apo …By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or …
Matthew 7:20“fruits”ara ge apo toiu karpoiu autoiu epignōskevi autoin.So then, by their fruit you will recognize them.
Matthew 21:34“fruit”hote de engizata tos kairos toiu karpoiu, apostelata toin douloin autou pros toin …When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit.
Mark 12:2… para toiu geōrgoiu labateia apo toiu karpoiu tou ampelōnou;… to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard.
2 Timothy 2:6ton kopiarōnton geōrgon datō prōtem toiu karpoiu metalabarō.… the first to partake of the crops.
James 3:17“fruits”… eirēnikas, epieikas, eupeithas, mestas eleseu kai karpoiu agathoiu, adiakritas, anupokritas;… then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial …