UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: fruit

Semantic entry: 3.33

Semantic domains: Plants

Subdomains: Fruit Parts of Plants

Definition: any fruit part of plants, including grain as well as pulpy fruit

Notes: A number of languages distinguish between different kinds of fruit. One common type of four-way distinction involves (1) nuts, (2) grain, (3) pulpy fruit surrounding a seed (the type of fruit primarily referred to in contexts containing καρπός[a]), and (4) fruit such as bananas, in which there is no noticeable seed. It is important in each instance to choose a term which will be applicable to the particular context.

Sense 2: harvest, crop, fruit, grain

Semantic entry: 43.15

Semantic domains: Agriculture

Definition: that which is harvested

Sense 3: deed, activity, result of deeds

Semantic entry: 42.13

Semantic domains: Perform, Do

Subdomains: Do, Perform

Definition: (a figurative extension of meaning of καρπός[a] ‘fruit,’ 3.33: καρπός) the natural result of what has been done

Sense 4: to bear fruit, to produce fruit, to produce seed, to yield

Semantic entry: 23.199

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Ripen, Produce Fruit, Bear Seed

Definition: to produce fruit or seed (of plants){N:001}

Collocations: καρπὸν βλαστάνω

Sense 5: to bear fruit, to produce fruit, to produce seed, to yield

Semantic entry: 23.199

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Ripen, Produce Fruit, Bear Seed

Definition: to produce fruit or seed (of plants){N:001}

Collocations: καρπὸν δίδωμι; καρπὸν ἀποδίδωμι

Sense 6: to bear fruit, to produce fruit, to produce seed, to yield

Semantic entry: 23.199

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Ripen, Produce Fruit, Bear Seed

Definition: to produce fruit or seed (of plants){N:001}

Collocations: καρπὸν φέρω

Sense 7: the harvest is ripe, the fruit is ripe, the harvest time has come

Semantic entry: 23.200

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Ripen, Produce Fruit, Bear Seed

Definition: (an idiom, literally: fruit gives) the ripening of fruit as a sign for the harvest to begin

Collocations: καρπὸς παραδίδωσι

Sense 8: child, baby

Semantic entry: 10.38

Semantic domains: Kinship Terms

Subdomains: Kinship Relations Involving Successive Generations

Definition: (an idiom, literally: fruit of the womb) the child of a woman

Collocations: καρπὸς τῆς κοιλίας

Sense 9: descendant, offspring

Semantic entry: 10.34

Semantic domains: Kinship Terms

Subdomains: Kinship Relations Involving Successive Generations

Definition: (an idiom, literally: fruit of the genitals) descendant, as the result of the male role in procreation

Notes: See 8.43: ὀσφῦς.

Collocations: καρπὸς τῆς ὀσφύος

Sense 10: to bear fruit, to produce fruit, to produce seed, to yield

Semantic entry: 23.199

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Ripen, Produce Fruit, Bear Seed

Definition: to produce fruit or seed (of plants){N:001}

Collocations: ποιέω καρπόν

Sense 11: to produce results, to cause results

Semantic entry: 13.86

Semantic domains: Be, Become, Exist, Happen

Subdomains: Exist

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to make fruit) to cause results to exist

Collocations: ποιέω καρπόν