UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: adjc.

Inflections: ἄκαρπος; -ον

Constructions: ἄκαρπος; ἀ-; καρπός

Sense 1: without fruit, bearing no fruit, producing no harvest

Semantic entry: 23.202

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Ripen, Produce Fruit, Bear Seed

Definition: pertaining to not producing seed, fruit, or harvest

Notes: In RV JDE 1:12 · LV JDE 1:12 · Read together JDE 1:12 a literal rendering of ‘even in autumn’ might be misleading in some areas in which autumn as a calendrical term might not be the period for bearing fruit. Therefore, it might be better to translate RV JDE 1:12 · LV JDE 1:12 · Read together JDE 1:12 as ‘trees that bear no fruit even in the season when they should.’

MAT 13:22: RV MAT 13:22 · LV MAT 13:22 · Read together MAT 13:22

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OET-RV MAT 13:22

22 The seed that landed among the thorns is the person who hears the message, but the world’s worries and wealth’s seductiveness choke out the message and it becomes unfruitful.

OET-LV MAT 13:22

22 And the one having _been _sown among the thorns, this is the one hearing the message, and the worry of_ the _age and the seduction of_ the _riches is _choking the message, and it _is _becoming unfruitful.

JDE 1:12: RV JDE 1:12 · LV JDE 1:12 · Read together JDE 1:12

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OET-RV JDE 1:12

12 These are the people who ruin your love feasts when they eat without shame and only look after themselves. They’re like clouds that are blown away by the wind without bringing the needed rain or trees that don’t produce any fruit then are doubly useless by falling over;

OET-LV JDE 1:12

12 These are the ones in the love _feasts of _you _all, stains fearlessly feasting _with, shepherding themselves, waterless clouds being _carried _away by of _winds, unfruitful late _autumn trees having _died _off twice having _been _uprooted,

Sense 2: useless, unproductive

Semantic entry: 65.34

Semantic domains: Value

Subdomains: Useful, Useless

Definition: pertaining to being useless, in the sense of being unproductive

MRK 4:19: RV MRK 4:19 · LV MRK 4:19 · Read together MRK 4:19

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OET-RV MRK 4:19

19 but contemporary topics, or the lure of money, or the appetite for other things, choke their good intentions and the message becomes unfruitful in them.

OET-LV MRK 4:19

19 and the worries of _the age, and the seduction of _the riches, and the desires for the other things entering _in, are _choking the message and it _is _becoming unfruitful.

CO1 14:14: RV CO1 14:14 · LV CO1 14:14 · Read together CO1 14:14

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OET-RV CO1 14:14

14 When I pray in another language, my spirit prays but my mind is unproductive,

OET-LV CO1 14:14

14 If for I _may _be _praying with_a_tongue, the spirit of _me is _praying, but the the_mind of _me unfruitful is.

All 5 recorded passages for this sense

MRK: RV MRK 4:19 · LV MRK 4:19 · Read together MRK 4:19

CO1: RV CO1 14:14 · LV CO1 14:14 · Read together CO1 14:14

EPH: RV EPH 5:11 · LV EPH 5:11 · Read together EPH 5:11

TIT: RV TIT 3:14 · LV TIT 3:14 · Read together TIT 3:14

PE2: RV PE2 1:8 · LV PE2 1:8 · Read together PE2 1:8

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἄκαρπος

Form 1

Sense 1: without fruit, bearing no fruit, producing no harvest

Sense 2: useless, unproductive