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Strong's #175 - ἄκαρπος
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- metaph. without fruit, barren, not yielding what it ought to yield
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ἄκαρπ-ος, ον,
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1. without fruit, barren, E. Fr. 898.8, Pl. Ti. 91c; ἄ. ξύλον, = ἀκακία, LXX Isaiah 41:19 : c. gen., λίμνη ἄ. ἰχθύων Paus. 5.7.3.
2. metaph., fruitless, unprofitable, πόνος B. Fr. 7.5; λόγοι Pl. Phdr. 277a; τὰ ἄ. Arist. EN 1125a11. Adv. -πως S. OT 254.
II Act., making barren, A. Eu. 942, cf. Max. Tyr. 5.4.
ἄκαρπος, (καρπός) (from Aeschylus down), without fruit, barren;
1. properly: δένδρα, Jude 1:12.
2. metaphorically, not yielding what it ought to yield, (A. V. unfruitful): Matthew 13:22; Mark 4:19; destitute of good deeds, Titus 3:14; 2 Peter 1:8; contributing nothing to the instruction, improvement, comfort, of others, 1 Corinthians 14:14; by litotes pernicious, Ephesians 5:11 (Wis. 15:4; cf. Grimm on Wis. 1:11).
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ἄ -καρπος , -ον ,
[in LXX: Jeremiah 2:6 (H6757), Wisdom of Solomon 15:4, 4 Maccabees 16:7*;]
unfruitful, barren: fig., Matthew 13:22, Mark 4:19, 1 Corinthians 14:14, Ephesians 5:11, Titus 3:14, 2 Peter 1:8, Judges 1:12.†
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The adj. may be cited from P Oxy I. 539 (A.D. 316) ὅθ [εν ] ἐφῖδον τὴν περσείαν ἄκαρπον οὖσαν πολλ [ῶ ]ν ἐτῶν διόλου ξηραντῖσαν. For the subst. see Syll 42030 (i/A.D.) διὰ τὰς γενομένας ἐφ [εξ ]ῆς ἀκαρπίας τῶν ἐλαιῶν.
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