Quick Definition
I bring to maturity
Strong's Definition
to be a bearer to completion (maturity), i.e. to ripen fruit (figuratively)
Derivation: from a compound of G5056 (τέλος) and G5342 (φέρω);
KJV Usage: bring fruit to perfection
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
τελεσφορέω, τελεσφόρω; (τελεσφόρος, from τέλος and φέρω); to bring to (perfection or) maturity (namely, καρπούς): Luk_8:14. (Used alike of fruits, and of pregnant women and animals bringing their young to maturity; 4Ma_13:19; Theophrastus, Geoponica, Philo, Diodorus, Josephus, others; (Psa_64:10 () Symm.).)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
τελεσφορέω telesphoreō 1x
to bring to maturity, as fruits, etc.; met. Luk_8:14
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** τελεσφορέω , -ῶ
( < τέλος , φέρω ),
[in LXX : 4Ma_13:20 * ;]
(a) of plants, to bring fruit to perfection (Theophr.): Luk_8:14 ;
(b) of females, to bear perfect offspring (Artemid.; 4Mac, l.c .).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
τελεσφορέω [page 629]
bring to maturity, only at Luk_8:14 in NT (cf. Hobart, p. 65). For the corresponding comp d τελεσιουργέω , see Epicurus I. 36 τοῦ τετελεσιουργημένου , in the case of one fully initiated (Bailey).
The adj. τελεσιφόρος , in the sense of harlot, as in Deu_23:17 , occurs in P Grenf II. 41 .9 (A.D. 46), where we have reference to a tax on ἑταῖραι , cf. 1. .26 οἱ ἑτα (ι )ρίσματα μισθ (ούμενοι ) : see Wilcken Ostr . i. p. 219.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
τελεσφορέω τελεσφορέω, φυτ. -ήσω "to bring fruit to perfection", NTest. "to pay toll or custom", Xen.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
τελεσφορέω, -ῶ
(τέλος, φέρω) [in LXX: 4Ma.13:20 * ;]
__(a) of plants, to bring fruit to perfection (Theophr.): Luk.8:14
__(b) of females, to bear perfect offspring (Artemid.; 4Mac, l.with).†
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