Bible Encyclopedia: Ripen

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Greek

5052. telesphoreo -- to bring fruit to perfection, hence to bear ...
... From a compound of telos and phero; to be a bearer to completion (maturity), ie
To ripen fruit (figuratively) -- bring fruit to perfection. see GREEK telos. ...
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3583. xeraino -- to dry up, waste away
... to dry up, waste away. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: xeraino Phonetic Spelling:
(xay-rah'-ee-no) Short Definition: I dry up, parch, ripen Definition: I ...
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4808. suke -- a fig tree
... the month of August. ["Early figs" ripen in June -- and a later (second)
harvest comes in August and September.]. Word Origin from ...
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Strong's Hebrew

1580. gamal -- to deal fully or adequately with, deal out to, wean ...
... gamal. 1581 . to deal fully or adequately with, deal out to, wean, ripen.
Transliteration: gamal Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-mal') Short Definition: weaned. ...
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1310. bashal -- to boil, seethe, grow ripe
... A primitive root; properly, to boil up; hence, to be done in cooking; figuratively
to ripen -- bake, boil, bring forth, roast, seethe, sod (be sodden). ...
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1103. balas -- to gather figs
... gatherer. A primitive root; to pinch sycamore figs (a process necessary to ripen
them) -- gatherer. 1102, 1103. balas. 1104 . Strong's Numbers.
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2590. chanat -- to spice, make spicy, embalm
... embalm, put forth. A primitive root; to spice; by implication, to embalm; also to
ripen -- embalm, put forth. 2589, 2590. chanat. 2591 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

There is a Definite Moment at which the Seed is Ripe...
... let us learn of Him the lesson of letting God's seed-purposes ripen!"they can bear
no fruit till they have come to their maturity: we shall but waste all He ...
/.../trotter/parables of the christ-life/section 6 there is a.htm

The Christian's Heaviness and Rejoicing
... raises him up together, and makes him "sit together with Christ Jesus in heavenly
places." He finds that he has that within him which must ripen into heaven ...
/.../spurgeons sermons volume 4 1858/the christians heaviness and rejoicing.htm

Marvellous Increase of the Church
... We know that in the short summers of Sweden, a harvest will ripen in two
or three months, or less than that. Why should we complain ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 2 1856/marvellous increase of the church.htm

Whitsunday.
... were not receiving the Holy Ghost; long seasons of a cold and hard state, in which
there was, as it were, neither rain nor dew, nor yet sun to ripen what had ...
//christianbookshelf.org/arnold/the christian life/lecture xxvi whitsunday.htm

The Evolution of a Father
... presentable thing; how it was tied to its mother's side by physical bonds, and hindered
there for years to give time for the Mother's care to ripen into love. ...
/.../the lowell lectures on the ascent of man/chapter ix the evolution of.htm

The Well-Beloved's vineyard.
... If faith does not ripen under trial, when will it ripen? Our afflictions fertilize
the soil wherein faith may grow. Another choice fruit is love. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/till he come/the well-beloveds vineyard.htm

Colossians i. 9
... inheritance. Will he not then watch and pray the more anxiously, lest
the fruit which, is now partly formed should never ripen? ...
//christianbookshelf.org/arnold/the christian life/lecture v colossians i 9.htm

Clairvoyance
... And he who would ripen and perfect the eternal element in his being will do this
by attending to the religious uses of his daily task, recognising the unseen ...
//christianbookshelf.org/drummond/the ideal life/clairvoyance.htm

Strong Souls.
... Some lives are complete within narrow limits: in the few years which are all they
have, they ripen into perfect sweetness, or expend themselves in such a flash ...
//christianbookshelf.org/beard/strong souls/strong souls.htm

Section 1
... Even little insignificant plants that would hardly catch your eye when in flower,
develop forms of quaint beauty as the capsules ripen. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/trotter/parables of the christ-life/section 1.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. i.) To grow ripe; to become mature, as grain, fruit, flowers, and the like; as, grapes ripen in the sun.

2. (v. i.) To approach or come to perfection.

3. (v. t.) To cause to mature; to make ripe; as, the warm days ripened the corn.

4. (v. t.) To mature; to fit or prepare; to bring to perfection; as, to ripen the judgment.

Thesaurus

Ripen (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vi) To grow ripe; to become mature, as grain, fruit,
flowers, and the like; as, grapes ripen in the sun. ...Ripen (2 Occurrences). ...
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Ripe (29 Occurrences)
... 8. (superl.) Intoxicated. 9. (vi) To ripen; to grow ripe. 10. (vt) To mature;
to ripen. Multi-Version Concordance Ripe (29 Occurrences). ...
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Ripened (8 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Ripen. Multi-Version Concordance
Ripened (8 Occurrences). Revelation 14:18 And another angel ...
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Kernel (4 Occurrences)
... of an argument. 5. (vi) To harden or ripen into kernels; to produce kernels.
Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. KERNEL. kur'-nel (chartsannim ...
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Oil (281 Occurrences)
... The olives to yield the greatest amount of oil are allowed to ripen, although some
oil is expressed from the green fruit. As the olive ripens it turns black. ...
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Genneseret
... but preserves them a great while." He says that it supplies grapes and figs through
ten months of the year, and other fruits as they ripen together throughout ...
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Gennesaret (3 Occurrences)
... but preserves them a great while." He says that it supplies grapes and figs through
ten months of the year, and other fruits as they ripen together throughout ...
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Inches (1 Occurrence)
... seen. The "latter rains" of April are the most highly appreciated, because
they ripen the fruit and stay the drought of summer. ...
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Rainfall
... seen. The "latter rains" of April are the most highly appreciated, because
they ripen the fruit and stay the drought of summer. ...
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Mature (11 Occurrences)
... suppuration. 5. (vt) To bring or hasten to maturity; to promote ripeness
in; to ripen; to complete; as, to mature one's plans. 6 ...
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Bible Concordance

Ripen (2 Occurrences)

Exodus 9:32 But the wheat and the spelt were not smitten: for they were not grown up.
(See JPS NAS NIV)

Jeremiah 24:2 In the one basket 'are' figs very good, like the first-ripe figs, and in the other basket 'are' figs very bad, that are not eaten for badness.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Ripen

Related Terms

Ripe (29 Occurrences)

Ripened (8 Occurrences)

Kernel (4 Occurrences)

Oil (281 Occurrences)

Genneseret

Gennesaret (3 Occurrences)

Inches (1 Occurrence)

Rainfall

Mature (11 Occurrences)