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Fruit

ὀπώραStrong’s G3703

opōra

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Opōra is the Greek word usually translated “ripe fruit”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.”
Revelation 18:14 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “ripe fruit”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • ripe fruit 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Revelation 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    ὀπώρα opōra · fruit

    ὀπώρα, -ας, ἡ [in LXX: Jer.48:32 40:10, 12 (קַיִץ) * ;] 1. late summer, early autumn (the time between the risings of Sirius and Arcturus, i.e. late July, all August and early September). 2. By meton. (as being fruit-time), ripe fruits Rev.18:14 (cf. φθινοπωρινά, Ju 12).† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “fruit” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    FRUIT, noun

    [Latin fructus. The Latin word is the participle of fruor, contracted from frugor, or frucor, to use, to take the profit of.]

    1. In a general sense, whatever the earth produces for the nourishment of animals, or for clothing or profit.
    2. In a more limited sense, the produce of a tree or other plant; the last production for the propagation or multiplication of its kind; the seed of plants, or the part that contains the seeds; as wheat, rye, oats, apples, quinces, pears, cherries, acorns, melons, etc.
    3. In botany, the seed of a plant, or the seed with the pericarp.
    4. Production; that which is produced.“The fruit of the spirit is in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth” Ephesians 5:9
    All definitions and other forms of “fruit”
    1. The produce of animals; offspring; young; as the fruit of the womb, of the loins, of the body.
    2. Effect or consequence.“They shall eat the fruit of their doings” Isaiah 3:10
    3. Advantage; profit; good derived.“What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed?” Romans 6:21
    4. Production, effect or consequence; in an ill sense; as the fruits of sin; the fruits of intemperance.

    FRUIT, verb intransitive

    To produce fruit [Not well authorized.]

      Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

      Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.