Telesphoreo means “bring fruit to perfection” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H5052 — nogahh (“Nogah”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G5052 τελεσφορέω (telesphoreo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. telesphoreo (tel-es-for-eh'-o) v. 1. to be a bearer to completion (maturity), i.e. to ripen fruit (figuratively) [from a compound of G5056 and G5342] It has 2 linked Bible usages across 2 books. Visible English usage signals include fruit. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
telesphoreo (tel-es-for-eh'-o) v. 1. to be a bearer to completion (maturity), i.e. to ripen fruit (figuratively) [from a compound of G5056 and G5342] KJV: bring fruit to perfection Root(s): G5056, G5342
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G5052. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to mature
Usage: 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).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render telesphoreo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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Strong's G5052 (τελεσφορέω) appears 1 time in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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1 indexed usage in New Testament.
And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
In which these brothers having remained an equal time, and having been formed for the same period, and been increased by the same blood, and having been perfected through the same principle of life,
First 2 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G5052.
And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
In which these brothers having remained an equal time, and having been formed for the same period, and been increased by the same blood, and having been perfected through the same principle of life,
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G5052, grouped by book.
Telesphoreo (Strong's G5052) is a Greek word most simply glossed "bring fruit to perfection". telesphoreo (tel-es-for-eh'-o) v. 1. to be a bearer to completion (maturity), i.e. to ripen fruit (figuratively) [from a compound of G5056 and G5342]
This page currently indexes 2 linked usages for Strong's G5052 across 2 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G5052 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as fruit. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G5052, with linked reader references where each row is available.