Greek verb · G2592
καρποφορέω
karpophoreokar-pof-or-eh'-o
to bear fruit
8 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: karpophoréō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2592is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2592
to be fertile (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: be (bear, bring forth) fruit(-ful).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
karpophoreo is rendered "to bear fruit". It stands 8 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Two of the uses stand in Mark, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 13:23But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and produces a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.”
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and produces a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.”
Matthew 13:23καρποφορεῖ
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's eight uses are in Mark.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- bearing fruit1
- bring forth fruit1
- bringing forth fruit1
- bringing forth of fruit1
- brings forth fruit1
- brings forth fruit —1
- they bring forth fruit1
- we may bear fruit1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| καρπός | karpos | fruit | Uses66 |
| καρποφόρος | karpophoros | fruitbearing | Uses1 |
All 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- καρποφορεῖ2
- καρποφοροῦσιν2
- καρποφορῆσαι1
- καρποφορήσωμεν1
- καρποφορούμενον1
- καρποφοροῦντες1
The grammar of each form
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person plural2V-PAI-3P
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-PAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-AAN
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person plural1V-AAS-1P
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-PAP-NPM
- verb · present middle, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singular1V-PMP-NSN
Matthew
one use
But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and produces a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.”
- καρποφορεῖkarpophoreiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: brings forth fruit
Mark
two uses
Still others are like the seeds sown on good soil. They hear the word, receive it, and produce a crop—thirtyfold, sixtyfold, or a hundredfold.”
- καρποφοροῦσινkarpophorousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: bring forth fruit
All by itself the earth produces a crop—first the stalk, then the head, then grain that ripens within.
- καρποφορεῖkarpophoreiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: brings forth fruit —
Luke
one use
But the seeds on good soil are those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, cling to it, and by persevering produce a crop.
- καρποφοροῦσινkarpophorousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they bring forth fruit
Romans
two uses
Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.
- καρποφορήσωμενkarpophoresomenverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: we may bear fruit
For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.
- καρποφορῆσαιkarpophoresaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: bringing forth of fruit
Colossians
two uses
that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood the grace of God.
- καρποφορούμενονkarpophoroumenonverb · present middle, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: bearing fruit
so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,
- καρποφοροῦντεςkarpophorountesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: bringing forth fruit
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.