"without fruit, unfruitful, barren; by impl. noxious"
Definition and meaning
without fruit, unfruitful, barren; by impl. noxious
In the original Greek the word is written: ἄκαρπος
Historical context
Rome had controlled Judea since 63 BC. Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple into one of the most magnificent structures in the ancient world — and simultaneously murdered members of his own family. The common people paid multiple layers of taxation and were politically powerless. Into that world a carpenter from Galilee began teaching that the kingdom of God had arrived.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of akarpos (G175) across the King James Bible.
He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.
For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
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Common questions
Strong's G175 (akarpos) is a Greek word that means: without fruit, unfruitful, barren; by impl. noxious It appears 7 times in the King James Bible.
The word akarpos (G175) appears 7 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G175 is akarpos, a Greek word defined as: without fruit, unfruitful, barren; by impl. noxious. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
akarpos is a Greek word found in the New Testament.