STRONGS G2592:
καρποφορέω,
καρποφόρω; 1 aorist
ἐκαρποφόρησα; present passive participle
καρποφορουμενος; (
καρποφόρος, which see);
to bear fruit; (
Vulg.fructifico;
Columella (),
Tertullian);
a. properly, ((
Xenophon,
Aristotle),
Theophrastus, de hist. plant. 3, 3, 7;
Diodorus 2, 49):
χόρτον,
Mark 4:28 (
φυτά, Wis. 10:7).
b. metaphorically,
to bear, bring forth, deeds: thus of men who show their knowledge of religion by their conduct,
Matthew 13:23;
Mark 4:20;
Luke 8:15;
ἐν (for
R G L Tr marginal reading
WH marginal reading
ἐν (cf.
Buttmann, 103 (90), see
εἷς, 4 a.))
τριάκοντα etc. namely,
καρποις,
Mark 4:20 T Tr text
WH text (see
ἐν, I. 5 f.);
ἐν παντί ἔργῳ ἀγαθῷ,
Colossians 1:10;
τίνι (dative commodi]) to one who reaps the fruit, i. e. fruit acceptable to him,
τῷ Θεῷ,
Romans 7:4;
τῷ θανάτῳ, i. e. (without the figure) to produce works rewarded with death,
Romans 7:5; in middle
to bear fruit of oneself, Colossians 1:6 (cf.
Lightfoot at the passage).
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