The Greek verb ekpherō is a compound of ek (out of) and pherō (to carry/bear), meaning "to carry out" or "bring forth." It is used of carrying things out (Acts 5:6, 15 — carrying out the dead), bearing fruit or crops (Hebrews 6:8 — land producing thorns), and bringing charges (Acts 25:7).
Ekpherō (to carry out/bear) appears in Hebrews 6:8 in a sobering agricultural metaphor: land that drinks rain but "produces thorns and thistles is worthless and is in danger of being cursed — in the end it will be burned." The question every believer must face is: what does my life carry out and produce? The ground has been watered by God's grace; does it ekpherō fruit or thorns? In Acts 5, the solemnity of carrying out Ananias and Sapphira's bodies illustrates that holiness is not optional in the new covenant community.