karpos

What it means

Fruit of a tree or a field, and so the result of a life. John says that repentance must show in "fruits" and warns that a tree that doesn't produce good fruit is cut down (3:8-9). Elizabeth also uses it, literally, of Mary's child (1:42).

Range of meaning

• FruitWhat a plant produces.
• ResultWhat a life produces.

In Luke

• Chapter 1

  "Blessed is the fruit of your womb" (1:42).

• Chapter 3

  "Produce fruits worthy of repentance" (3:8-9).