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Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Fruits
• Fruit Trees
• First Fruits
Scofield Reference Index
• First Fruits
Thompson Chain Reference
• Test, Fruit
• Fruitfulness-Unfruitfulness
• Fruitfulness
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The Topic Concordance
• Bearing Fruit
Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
• Sycamore, Fruit
• Summer Fruit
• Food; Fruit Etc
Torrey Topical Textbook
• Fruits
• First Fruits, the
Dictionaries
American Church Dictionary
• Spirit, Fruits of the
• Fruits of the Spirit
Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
• Fruit of the Spirit
• Fruit
Charles Buck Dictionary
• First Fruits
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Fruit
• First-Fruits
Spurgeon's Illustration Collection
• Sympathy: Fruit of Experience
• Preaching: Fruit and Flowers
• Bible: Judged by Its Fruits
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Fruit
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Fruit
• First-Fruits
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Fruit (2)
• Fruit
• First-Fruits
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King James Dictionary
• Fruitful
• Fruit
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• First-Fruits
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Holy Ghost, Fruits of the
• Fruits of the Holy Ghost
• First-Fruits
Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Fruits
• Fruit
People's Bible Dictionary
• First-Fruits
Smith Bible Dictionary
• First-fruits
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Fruit, Fruitful, Unfruitful
• Fruit
Wilson's Bible Types
• Fruit
Webster Dictionary
• Rape Fruit
• Mediterranean Fruit Fly
• Key Fruit
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Watson's Theological Dictionary
• First-Fruits
• Fruit
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Bael Fruit
• Bread-Fruit
• Fruit
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• First-Fruits
• Fruit
Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• First-Fruits
• Fruits
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• First-Fruit
• First-Fruits.
• Fruit
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The Catholic Encyclopedia
• First-Fruits
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• First-Fruits
• First-Fruits of the West, the
• Fruit
Lexicons
• ܐܰܒ݂ܳܐ
• ܐܳܕ݂ܫܳܐ
• ܝܳܠܕ݁ܳܐ
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• ἄκαρπος
• ἀπαρχή
• γένημα , γέννημα
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• אֵב
• אֵב
• בִּכוּרִּים
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Literal uses Various types of fruit are mentioned frequently in Scripture. Among the most common are grapes, figs, olives, pomegranates, and apples (perhaps to be identified with apricots or quince). Israel, in contrast to her neighbors, recognized the process by which trees reproduce by means of seeds carried in fruit to be a part of God's good plan at creation (Genesis 1:12 ,Genesis 1:12,1:29 ). The continuing fruitfulness of Israel's trees was dependent on faithfulness to the covenant (Deuteronomy 28:4 ,Deuteronomy 28:4,28:11 ,Deuteronomy 28:11,28:18 ). The first fruit to ripen was offered to God (Exodus 23:16; Nehemiah 10:35 ).

Figurative uses The fruit of the womb is a common expression for descendants (Genesis 30:2; Deuteronomy 7:13; Psalm 127:3; Isaiah 13:18 ). Fruit often indicates a thought close to our word results. The fruit of the Spirit is the results of the Spirit's workings in the lives of believers (Galatians 5:22-23 ). Similar is the use of fruit where we would speak of manifestations or expressions. The fruits of righteousness (Philippians 1:11; James 3:18 ), of repentance (Matthew 3:8 ), of light (Ephesians 5:9 ) are expressions of righteousness, repentance, and moral purity. Jesus cautioned that false prophets could be identified by the fruit they produced (Matthew 7:15-20 ), that is, by the qualities manifested in their lives. Jesus similarly warned of the necessity of bearing fruit that was compatible with citizenship in the kingdom of God (Matthew 21:43 ). Fruit sometimes has the sense of reward (Isaiah 3:10; John 4:36; Philippians 4:17 ). Fruit is also used as a picture for Christian converts (Romans 1:13; 1 Corinthians 16:15 ).