- Transliteration: Telesphoreo

- Phonetic: tel-es-for-eh'-o

- Definition:

1. to bring to (perfection or) maturity

a. of fruits

b. of pregnant women

c. of animals bringing their young to maturity

- Origin: from a compound of G5056" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5056 and G5342" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5342

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Verb

- Strong's: From a compound of G5056" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5056 and G5342" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5342; to be a bearer to completion (maturity) that is to ripen fruit (figuratively): - bring fruit to perfection.