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Strong's #175 - ἄκαρπος

Transliteration
ákarpos
Phonetics
ak'-ar-pos
Origin
from (G1) (as a negative particle) and (G2590)
Parts of Speech
Adjective
TDNT
3:616,416
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Definition   
Thayer's
  1. metaph. without fruit, barren, not yielding what it ought to yield
Hebrew Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 6757 ‑ צַלְמָוֶת (tsal‑maw'‑veth);  
Frequency Lists
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KJV (7)
Matthew 1
Mark 1
1 Corinthians 1
Ephesians 1
Titus 1
2 Peter 1
Jude 1
NAS (8)
Matthew 1
Mark 1
1 Corinthians 1
Ephesians 1
Titus 1
2 Peter 1
Jude 2
HCS (7)
Matthew 1
Mark 1
1 Corinthians 1
Ephesians 1
Titus 1
2 Peter 1
Jude 1
BSB (7)
Matthew 1
Mark 1
1 Corinthians 1
Ephesians 1
Titus 1
2 Peter 1
Jude 1
ESV (5)
Mark 1
1 Corinthians 1
Ephesians 1
Titus 1
2 Peter 1
WEB (7)
Matthew 1
Mark 1
1 Corinthians 1
Ephesians 1
Titus 1
2 Peter 1
Jude 1
Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἄκαρπ-ος, ον,

I

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.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

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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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

-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.†


Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
Vocabulary of the Greek NT

The adj. may be cited from P Oxy I. 539 (A.D. 316) ὅθ [εν ] ἐφῖδον τὴν περσείαν ἄκαρπον οὖσαν πολλ [ ]ν ἐτῶν διόλου ξηραντῖσαν. For the subst. see Syll 42030 (i/A.D.) διὰ τὰς γενομένας ἐφ [εξ ]ῆς ἀκαρπίας τῶν ἐλαιῶν.

 


The Vocabulary of the Greek New Testament.
Copyright © 1914, 1929, 1930 by James Hope Moulton and George Milligan. Hodder and Stoughton, London.
Derivative Copyright © 2015 by Allan Loder.
List of Word Forms
ακαρπα άκαρπα ἄκαρπα ακαρποι άκαρποι ἄκαρποι ακαρποις ακάρποις ἀκάρποις ακαρπος άκαρπος άκαρπός ἄκαρπος ἄκαρπός ακαρπους ακάρπους ἀκάρπους ακάρπω akarpa ákarpa akarpoi ákarpoi akarpois akárpois akarpos ákarpos ákarpós akarpous akárpous
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