Quick Definition
τελεσφορέω v. I bring to maturity
Strong's Definition
from a compound of 5056 and 5342; to be a bearer to completion (maturity), i.e. to ripen fruit (figuratively)
KJV Usage: bring fruit to perfection
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | τελέω + φέρω
23.203 · Physiological Processes and States · Ripen, Produce Fruit, Bear Seed
to produce ripe fruit, to bear mature fruit to produce completely mature fruit
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
τελεσφορέω, -ῶ; (reAeopdpos, fr. τέλος and φέρω) ; to bring to (perfection or) maturity (sc. καρπούς) : Lk. viii. 14. (Used alike of fruits, and of pregnant women and animals bringing their young to maturity; 4 Mace. xiii. 19; Theophr., Geop., Philo, Diod., Joseph., al.; [Ps. lxiv. (Ixv.) 10 Symm.].)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
τελεσφορέω telesphoreō 1x
to bring to maturity, as fruits, etc.; met. Lk. 8:14*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** τελεσφορέω, -ῶ
(< τέλος, φέρω) [in LXX: IV Mac 13:20 * ;]
of plants, to bring fruit to perfection (Theophr.): Lk 8:14
of females, to bear perfect offspring (Artemid.; IV Mac, l.c.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
τελεσφορέω, “bring to maturity,” only at Lk 811 in NT (cf. Hobart, p- 65). For the corresponding comp% τελεσιουργέω, see Epicurus I. 36 tod τετελεσιουργημένου, ‘in the case of one fully initiated ” (Bailey). The adj. τελεσιφόρος, in the sense of ‘“‘harlot,”’ as in Deut 2317, occurs in P Grenf II. 41° (A.D. 46), where we have reference to a tax on ἑταῖραι, cf. 1.35 of éra(t)piopara μισθιούμενοι) : see Wilcken ΟΖ». 1. p. 219.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
τελεσφορέω (telesphoreō) — to mature. τελεσφορ-έω, bring fruit to perfection, [NT+4th c.BC+]:—passive, τελεσφορουμένων καρπῶν [Refs 1st c.BC+]
2. of young women, bear perfect offspring, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τ. καὶ μὴ ἀποβάλλειν τὸ ἔμβρυον [Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, of the offspring, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
3. generally, bring to a head, ἔαρ ἐς κορυφὴν τ. [νοῦσον] [Refs 1st c.BC+] O.:—passive, to be brought to perfection, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
II. pay toll or custom, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. to be a τελεσφόφος[Refs]