Gloss: to yield
Transliteration: karpoō
Strong’s: G7805
1. to bear fruit or bear as fruit , (Aeschulus Tragicus)
2. Mid. to get fruit for oneself , i. e.,
3. to reap crops from land, (Herdotus Historicus): metaphorically to exhaust or drain , τὴν Ἑλλάδα (Aristophanes Comicus)
4. to enjoy the interest of money, (Demosthenes Orator); so in perfect passive, τὸ ἐργαστήριον κεκαρπωμένος enjoying the profits of the shop, (Demosthenes Orator):—;absolute to make profit , (Aristophanes Comicus)
5. to reap the fruits of, enjoy the free use of , (Thucydides), etc.: —;then,
6. simply, to enjoy , (Sophocles Tragicus), etc.:—; sometimes in bad sense, καρποῦσθαι τὴν ἁμαρτίαν (Aeschulus Tragicus); πένθη (Euripides) (ML)
2. Mid. to get fruit for oneself , i. e.,
3. to reap crops from land, (Herdotus Historicus): metaphorically to exhaust or drain , τὴν Ἑλλάδα (Aristophanes Comicus)
4. to enjoy the interest of money, (Demosthenes Orator); so in perfect passive, τὸ ἐργαστήριον κεκαρπωμένος enjoying the profits of the shop, (Demosthenes Orator):—;absolute to make profit , (Aristophanes Comicus)
5. to reap the fruits of, enjoy the free use of , (Thucydides), etc.: —;then,
6. simply, to enjoy , (Sophocles Tragicus), etc.:—; sometimes in bad sense, καρποῦσθαι τὴν ἁμαρτίαν (Aeschulus Tragicus); πένθη (Euripides) (ML)