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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #5052 - τελεσφορέω

Transliteration

telesphoréō

Phonetics

tel-es-for-eh'-o

Origin

from a compound of (G5056) and (G5342)

Parts of Speech

verb

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to bring to (perfection or) maturity
1. of fruits
2. of pregnant women
3. of animals bringing their young to maturity

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (2)

Luke 2

BSB (1)

Luke 1

CSB (1)

Luke 1

ESV (1)

Luke 1

KJV (2)

Luke 2

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (3)

Luke 3

N95 (3)

Luke 3

NAS (4)

Luke 3

NLT (1)

Luke 2

WEB (2)

Luke 2

YLT (1)

Luke 1

ASV (2)

bring 1

to perfection 1

BSB (1)

their fruit does not mature 1

CSB (1)

fruit 1

ESV (1)

mature 1

KJV (2)

bring 1

perfection 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (3)

bear 1

fruit 1

ripe 1

N95 (3)

bring 1

fruit 1

maturity 1

NAS (4)

bring 1

fruit 1

maturity 1

to 1

NLT (1)

maturity 1

WEB (2)

bring 1

to maturity 1

YLT (1)

to completion 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

V-PAI-3P 1

ANT

V-PAI-3P 1

BEZ

V-PAI-3P 1

BGB

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

BMT

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

BYZ

V-PAI-3P 1

ELZ

V-PAI-3P 1

NA26

V-3PAIP 1

SBL

V-PAI-3P 1

SCV

V-PAI-3P 1

STV

V-PAI-3P 1

TIS

V-PAI-3P 1

TRG

V-PAI-3P 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

τελεσφορ-έω,

bring fruit to perfection, Thphr. HP 8.7.6, Luke 8:14 : — Pass., τελεσφορουμένων καρπῶν D.S. 2.36.

2. of young women, bear perfect offspring, Artem. 1.16; τ. καὶ μὴ ἀποβάλλειν τὸ ἔμβρυον Dsc. Eup. 2.97: — Pass., of the offspring, Corn. ND 34, Sor. 1.41, Jul. Or. 7.220c.

3. generally, bring to a head, ἔαρ ἐς κορυφὴν τ. [νοῦσον ] Aret. SD 1.16, cf. Phld. Lib. p.31 O.: — Pass., to be brought to perfection, Longin. 14.3.

II pay toll or custom, X. Vect. 3.5. III to be a τελεσφόφος (111.2), GDI 4837 (Cyrene), in form -φορέντες, cf. Africa Italiana 2.130, 153 (ibid.).

Thayer's Expanded Definition

τελεσφορέω, τελεσφόρω; (τελεσφόρος, from τέλος and φέρω); to bring to (perfection or) maturity (namely, καρπούς): Luke 8:14. (Used alike of fruits, and of pregnant women and animals bringing their young to maturity; 4 Macc. 13:19; Theophrastus, Geoponica, Philo, Diodorus, Josephus, others; (Psalm 64:10 () Symm.).)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

** τελεσφορέω , -ῶ

(< τέλος , φέρω ),

[in LXX: 4 Maccabees 13:20*;]

(a) of plants, to bring fruit to perfection (Theophr.): Luke 8:14;

(b) of females, to bear perfect offspring (Artemid.; 4Mac, l.c.).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

";of three stories"; (Acts 20:9). To the i/A.D. warrant for this word in P Oxy I. 99.5 (A.D. 55) μέρος ἥμισυ τῆς ὑπαρχούσης αὐτῷ μητρικῆς οἰκία [ς ] τριστέγου, ";one half of a three-storeyed house inherited from his mother"; (cf. .15), and ib. VIII. 1105.9 (A.D. 81–96) μερῶν τριῶν ἀπὸ μερῶν πέντε οἰκίας τριστέκου (l. τριστέγου), ";three-fifths of a three-storeyed house"; (Ed.) : add ib. I. 75.18 (A.D. 129) and from A.D. 212, P Lond 1164 (e).7 (= III. p. 160) οἰκίας τριστέγου, This last papyrus shows us the corresponding forms δίστεγος and μονόστεγος.

List of Word Forms

τελεσφορούσι τελεσφορουσιν τελεσφοροῦσιν τελεταί τελετάς τελευταία τελευταίοις telesphorousin telesphoroûsin