Matthew 13:22:28Matt.13.22.W28TAB
ἄκαρπος
akarpos
“unfruitful”
- Transliteration
- A-kar-pos
- Extended
- AH-kahr-pohs
- IPA
- /ˈa.kar.pos/
Meaning by language
- English
- unfruitful
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
A-kar-pos
- sentence
ho de eis tas a-KAN-thas spa-REIS hou-TOS es-tin ho ton LO-gon a-KOU-ōn kai hê ME-rim-na tou ai-Ō-nos TOU-tou kai hê a-PA-tê tou PLOU-tou sym-PNI-gei ton LO-gon kai A-kar-pos GI-ne-tai
Exegesis
The closing clause akarpos ginetai {ἄκαρπος γίνεται | ákarpos gínetai} uses a predicate adjective with a middle/passive verb to express the resultant state of the person, framed in agricultural imagery of failed fruit-bearing. The English renderings preserve this progression—identification of the hearer, description of competing influences, and the resultant condition—while making implicit subjects explicit and converting articular participles into finite clauses for clarity.
Root and etymology
karposkappa–alpha–rho–pi–omicron–sigma
“fruit, result”
In context — Matthew 13:22
But the one sown among the thorns, this is the one who hears the word, and the care of this age and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
About this coordinate
Matthew 13:22:28 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 28 of Matthew 13:22, so the Greek word ἄκαρπος (akarpos) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Matt.13.22.W28, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.13.22.W28.S1) and character.