Meaning of “fruit”

1. Fruit — a word as used in Scripture denoting produce in general, whether vegetable or animal. The Hebrews divided the fruits of the land into three classes:, (1.) The fruit of the field, "corn-fruit" (Heb. dagan); all kinds of grain and pulse. (2.) The fruit of the vine, "vintage-fruit" (Heb. tirosh); grapes, whether moist or dried. (3.) "Orchard-fruits" (Heb. yitshar), as dates, figs, citrons, etc. Injunctions concerning offerings and tithes were expressed by these Hebrew terms alone (Num. 18:12; Deut. 14:23). This word "fruit" is also used of children or offspring (Gen. 30:2; Deut. 7:13; Luke 1:42; Ps. 21:10; 132:11); also of the progeny of beasts (Deut. 28:51; Isa. 14:29). It is used metaphorically in a variety of forms (Ps. 104:13; Prov. 1:31; 11:30; 31:16; Isa. 3:10; 10:12; Matt. 3:8; 21:41; 26:29; Heb. 13:15; Rom. 7:4, 5; 15:28). The fruits of the Spirit (Gal. 5:22, 23; Eph. 5:9; James 3:17, 18) are those gracious dispositions and habits which the Spirit produces in those in whom he dwells and works.

2. First-fruits — The first-fruits of the ground were offered unto God just as the first-born of man and animals. The law required, (1.) That on the morrow after the Passover Sabbath a sheaf of new corn should be waved by the priest before the altar (Lev. 23:5, 6, 10, 12; 2:12). (2.) That at the feast of Pentecost two loaves of leavened bread, made from the new flour, were to be waved in like manner (Lev. 23:15, 17; Num. 28:26). (3.) The feast of Tabernacles was an acknowledgement that the fruits of the harvest were from the Lord (Ex. 23:16; 34:22). (4.) Every individual, besides, was required to consecrate to God a portion of the first-fruits of the land (Ex. 22:29; 23:19; 34:26; Num. 15:20, 21). (5.) The law enjoined that no fruit was to be gathered from newly-planted fruit-trees for the first three years, and that the first-fruits of the fourth year were to be consecrated to the Lord (Lev. 19:23-25). Jeremiah (2:3) alludes to the ordinance of "first-fruits," and hence he must have been acquainted with the books of Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers, where the laws regarding it are recorded.

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1. Genesis Chapter 1 Verse 29 — And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

2. Genesis Chapter 1 Verse 28 — And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

3. Genesis Chapter 1 Verse 22 — And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

4. Genesis Chapter 1 Verse 12 — And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

5. Genesis Chapter 1 Verse 11 — And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

6. Genesis Chapter 3 Verse 6 — And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

7. Genesis Chapter 3 Verse 3 — But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

8. Genesis Chapter 3 Verse 2 — And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

9. Genesis Chapter 4 Verse 3 — And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.

10. Genesis Chapter 8 Verse 17 — Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.

11. Genesis Chapter 9 Verse 7 — And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

12. Genesis Chapter 9 Verse 1 — And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

13. Genesis Chapter 17 Verse 20 — And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

14. Genesis Chapter 17 Verse 6 — And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

15. Genesis Chapter 26 Verse 22 — And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

16. Genesis Chapter 28 Verse 3 — And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;

17. Genesis Chapter 30 Verse 2 — And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

18. Genesis Chapter 35 Verse 11 — And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;

19. Genesis Chapter 41 Verse 52 — And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.

20. Genesis Chapter 43 Verse 11 — And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:

21. Genesis Chapter 48 Verse 4 — And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.

22. Genesis Chapter 49 Verse 22 — Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:

23. Exodus Chapter 1 Verse 7 — And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.

24. Exodus Chapter 10 Verse 15 — For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.

25. Exodus Chapter 21 Verse 22 — If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.

26. Exodus Chapter 22 Verse 29 — Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.

27. Exodus Chapter 23 Verse 19 — The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

28. Exodus Chapter 23 Verse 16 — And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labors, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labors out of the field.

29. Exodus Chapter 23 Verse 10 — And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:

30. Exodus Chapter 34 Verse 26 — The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

31. Exodus Chapter 34 Verse 22 — And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end.

32. Leviticus Chapter 2 Verse 14 — And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the LORD, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green ears of corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears.

33. Leviticus Chapter 2 Verse 12 — As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the LORD: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savor.

34. Leviticus Chapter 19 Verse 25 — And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God.

35. Leviticus Chapter 19 Verse 24 — But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD withal.

36. Leviticus Chapter 19 Verse 23 — And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of.

37. Leviticus Chapter 23 Verse 39 — Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath.

38. Leviticus Chapter 23 Verse 20 — And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.

39. Leviticus Chapter 23 Verse 17 — Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals; they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD.

40. Leviticus Chapter 23 Verse 10 — Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:

41. Leviticus Chapter 25 Verse 22 — And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store.

42. Leviticus Chapter 25 Verse 21 — Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.

43. Leviticus Chapter 25 Verse 19 — And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.

44. Leviticus Chapter 25 Verse 16 — According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee.

45. Leviticus Chapter 25 Verse 15 — According to the number of years after the jubilee thou shalt buy of thy neighbor, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee:

46. Leviticus Chapter 25 Verse 3 — Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;

47. Leviticus Chapter 26 Verse 20 — And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.

48. Leviticus Chapter 26 Verse 9 — For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.

49. Leviticus Chapter 26 Verse 4 — Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

50. Leviticus Chapter 27 Verse 30 — And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD's: it is holy unto the LORD.

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