ἄκαρπος

From ἀ- (a-, privative alpha) +‎ καρπός (karpós, “fruit”).

ᾰ̓́κᾰρπος • (ắkărpos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓́κᾰρπον); second declension

1. without fruit: barren
2. fruitless, unprofitable
3. In an active sense: making barren

• Greek: άκαρπος (ákarpos)
• → Gothic: 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃 (akranalaus) (calque)

• “ἄκαρπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄκαρπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄκαρπος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• ἄκαρπος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• G175 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • abortive idem, page 2.
  • barren idem, page 63.
  • fruitless idem, page 348.
  • ineffective idem, page 435.
  • jejune idem, page 462.
  • meagre idem, page 519.
  • sterile idem, page 816.
  • unfruitful idem, page 919.
  • unprofitable idem, page 928.
  • useless idem, page 940.