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5052 - telesphoreó

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Strong's Concordance

Original word: τελεσφορέω
Transliteration: telesphoreó
Definition (short): maturity
Definition (full): to bring fruit to perfection, to bear perfect offspring

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from telos and phoreó
Definition: to bring fruit to perfection, hence to bear perfect offspring
NASB Translation: bring...fruit to maturity (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From a compound of telos and phero; to be a bearer to completion (maturity), i.e. To ripen fruit (figuratively) -- bring fruit to perfection.

see GREEK telos

see GREEK phero

References

Strong's 5052: 2 Occurrences
KJV: 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.
NASB: "The seed which fell among the thorns, these are the ones who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with worries and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to maturity.