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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(a.) Not producing fruit or offspring; unproductive; infertile; barren; sterile; as, an unfruitful tree or animal; unfruitful soil; an unfruitful life or effort.

Greek

175. akarpos -- unfruitful
... unfruitful. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: akarpos Phonetic Spelling:
(ak'-ar-pos) Short Definition: unfruitful, barren Definition: unfruitful ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7921. shakol -- to be bereaved
... of children (1), cast (1), childless (1), depopulated (1), made...childless (1),
miscarried (1), miscarrying (2), slays (1), unfruitful (1), unfruitfulness (1 ...
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Library

The Unfruitful Tree.
... THE UNFRUITFUL TREE. ... The warning has been given, and when the Lord of the vineyard
comes again to seek good fruit the unfruitful trees shall be destroyed. ...
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Unfruitful Works of Darkness
... EPHESIANS UNFRUITFUL WORKS OF DARKNESS. 'And have no fellowship with the unfruitful
works of darkness, but rather reprove them.'"Ephesians 5:11. ...
/.../expositions of holy scripture ephesians peter/unfruitful works of darkness.htm

Of the Reasons for which Spiritual Learning is Unfruitful.
... The Conferences of John Cassian. Chapter XVIII. Of the reasons for which
spiritual learning is unfruitful. But it is certain that ...
/.../cassian/the conferences of john cassian/chapter xviii of the reasons.htm

The True vine.
... As the husbandman cuts off the unfruitful branches of the vine, so the
Father severs the unfruitful branches from his Son. Judas ...
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Titus iii. 11-Aug
... Ver.14, 15. "And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses,
that they be not unfruitful. All that are with me salute thee. ...
/.../homily vi titus iii 11-aug.htm

On the Words of the Gospel, Luke xiii. 6, Where we are Told of the ...
... In this "tree" then he entitles those, who through the whole range of time would
not bear fruit; and for this cause the axe was hanging over the unfruitful tree ...
/.../sermons on selected lessons of the new testament/sermon lx on the words.htm

What Children of Light Should Be
... Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.'
Now, your time will not allow me to dwell, as I had hoped to do, upon the ...
/.../expositions of holy scripture ephesians peter/what children of light should.htm

Paul's Reasons for Temperance
... EPHESIANS PAUL'S REASONS FOR TEMPERANCE. 'And have no fellowship with the
unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.12. ...
/.../expositions of holy scripture ephesians peter/pauls reasons for temperance.htm

Psalm CXXXVII.
... God's promises, meditation on the life to come; but while they are dwelling "in
Babylon," they "hang up their instruments." Willows are unfruitful trees, and ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm cxxxvii.htm

The Parable of the Sower. --Christ's Explanation of the Parable to ...
... He divides his hearers into two principal classes, (I.) those in whom the word received
is unfruitful, and (II.) those in whom it brings forth fruit. ...
/.../section 129 the parable of.htm

Thesaurus

Unfruitful (8 Occurrences)
... (a.) Not producing fruit or offspring; unproductive; infertile; barren; sterile;
as, an unfruitful tree or ... Multi-Version Concordance Unfruitful (8 Occurrences). ...
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Unproductive (5 Occurrences)
... Unproductive (5 Occurrences). Titus 3:14 Let our people also learn to maintain good
works for necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful. (See NIV). ...
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Worries (6 Occurrences)
... the thorns, this is he who is hearing the word, and the anxiety of this age, and
the deceitfulness of the riches, do choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful...
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Riches (118 Occurrences)
... was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this
age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful. ...
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Deceitfulness (7 Occurrences)
... was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this
age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful. ...
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Delight (213 Occurrences)
... the thorns is the man who hears the Message, but the cares of the present age and
the delusions of riches quite stifle the Message, and it becomes unfruitful. ...
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Making (644 Occurrences)
... was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this
age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful. ...
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Message (222 Occurrences)
... the thorns is the man who hears the Message, but the cares of the present age and
the delusions of riches quite stifle the Message, and it becomes unfruitful. ...
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Proves (11 Occurrences)
... was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this
age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful. ...
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Becometh (82 Occurrences)
... 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. ...
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Bible Concordance

Unfruitful (8 Occurrences)

Matthew 13:22 What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 4:19 and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 15:6 If any one does not continue in me, he is like the unfruitful branch which is at once thrown away and then withers up. Such branches they gather up and throw into the fire and they are burned.
(WEY)

1 Corinthians 14:14 For if I pray in another language, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ephesians 5:11 Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Titus 3:14 Let our people also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

2 Peter 1:8 For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful to the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

2 Kings 2:19 The men of the city said to Elisha, "Behold, please, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the land miscarries."
(See NAS RSV)

Subtopics

Unfruitful

Related Terms

Unproductive (5 Occurrences)

Worries (6 Occurrences)

Riches (118 Occurrences)

Deceitfulness (7 Occurrences)

Delight (213 Occurrences)

Making (644 Occurrences)

Message (222 Occurrences)

Proves (11 Occurrences)

Becometh (82 Occurrences)