Dictionary entry

καρπός

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

καρπός, -οῦ, ὁ,

[in LXX chiefly for פְּרִי;]

fruit: of trees, Mt 12:3321:19, Mk 11:14, Lk 6:4413:6, 7; of vines, Mt 21:34, Mk 12:2, Lk 20:10, I Co 9:7; of fields, Mk 4:29, Lk 12:17, II Ti 2:6, Ja 5:7; βλαστάνειν, Ja 5:18; ποιεῖν (cf. Heb.עָשָׂה פְּרִי), Mt 3:107:17-1913:26, Lk 3:96:438:813:9, Re 22:2; διδόναι, Mt 13:8, Mk 4:7, 8; φέρειν, Mt 7:18, Jo 12:2415:2, 4, 5, 8, 16; ἀποδιδόναι, Mt 21:41, Re 22:2; ὁ κ. τ. κοιλίας (פְּרִי בֶּטֶן, De 28:4), Lk 1:42; τ. ὀσφύος (Ge 30:2, al.), Ac 2:30.

Metaph.,

(a) of works, deeds: Mt 3:87:16, 2021:43, Lk 3:8, Jo 15:8, 16; τ. πνεύματος, Ga 5:22; τ. φωτός, Eph 5:9; τ. δικαιοσύνης, Phl 1:11; σφραγίζεσθαι τὸν κ. (Deiss., BS, 238 f.), Ro 15:28; κ. ἀγαθοί, Ja 3:17;

(b) of advantage, profit: Phl 1:224:17; ἔχειν, Ro 1:136:21, 22; συνάγειν, Jo 4:36; κ. τ. δικαιοσύνης, He 12:11, Ja 3:18; of praise, καρπὸν χειλέων (Ho 14:2, al.; cf. Æsch., Eum., 830): He 13:15.†