Bible Dictionary: Mature

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (superl.) Brought by natural process to completeness of growth and development; fitted by growth and development for any function, action, or state, appropriate to its kind; full-grown; ripe.

2. (superl.) Completely worked out; fully digested or prepared; ready for action; made ready for destined application or use; perfected; as, a mature plan.

3. (superl.) of or pertaining to a condition of full development; as, a man of mature years.

4. (superl.) Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.

5. (v. t.) To bring or hasten to maturity; to promote ripeness in; to ripen; to complete; as, to mature one's plans.

6. (v. i.) To advance toward maturity; to become ripe; as, wine matures by age; the judgment matures by age and experience.

7. (v. i.) Hence, to become due, as a note.

Greek

5046. teleios -- having reached its end, ie complete, by ext. ...
... by ext. perfect NASB Word Usage complete (2), mature (4), more perfect (1),
perfect (12). complete, perfect, mature. From telos; complete ...
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4134. pleres -- full
... Word Origin from a derivation of pletho (to be full) Definition full NASB Word Usage
abounding (1), covered (1), filled (1), full (12), mature (1). full. ...
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187. akmazo -- to be at the prime
... be fully ripe. From the same as akmen; to make a point, ie (figuratively) mature --
be fully ripe. see GREEK akmen. (ekmasan) -- 1 Occurrence. 186, 187. ...
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2244. helikia -- maturity, ie age
... Word Origin from helix (of the same age, mature) Definition maturity, ie age NASB
Word Usage age (2), life (2), life's span (1), stature (3). age, stature. ...
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2338. thelus -- female
... 2338 (from , "the breast") -- properly, a woman with nursing breasts ("one who gives
suck"); (figuratively) a mature female who exhibit "," glorifying God by ...
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1253. diakrisis -- the act of judgment
... (Note the intensifying force of the prefix, .) See also 1252 (). : Heb 5:14: "But
solid food relates to mature people (5046 ), of those having the sense ...
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4243. presbeuo -- to be the elder, to take precedence
... 4243 (a verb derived from , "an older, venerated person") -- properly, to be
elderly or mature, "to be , to take and hence act as " (). ...
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3583. xeraino -- to dry up, waste away
... dry up, wither away. From xeros; to desiccate; by implication, to shrivel, to mature --
dry up, pine away, be ripe, wither (away). see GREEK xeros. ...
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Library

He who is Mature in Faith, Hope and Love, Needs Scripture no ...
... Book I. Chapter 39."He Who is Mature in Faith, Hope and Love, Needs Scripture
No Longer. 43. And thus a man who is resting upon ...
/.../augustine/on christian doctrine in four books /chapter 39 he who is mature.htm

Knowledge and Obedience.
... The word rendered "knowledge" means "mature knowledge," and is one of the
characteristic words of these four Epistles written from Rome. ...
/.../thomas/the prayers of st paul/v knowledge and obedience.htm

Bible Study for Boys
... It was a mistake due to a purely mature point of view and a failure to know that
the boy mind needed different treatment from that of the adult. ...
/.../alexander/the boy and the sunday school/ix bible study for boys.htm

Method and Organization
... Senior forms of organization were imitated, adult forms of worship and service
diminutized, and juvenile copies of mature experience encouraged. ...
/.../alexander/the boy and the sunday school/vii method and organization.htm

The Eternity of Heaven's Happiness.
... Our growth to mature age has completely changed us in their regard. Where is the
man that could now spend the day with the playthings of his childhood? ...
/.../boudreaux/the happiness of heaven/chapter xxi the eternity of.htm

His Public Life.
... his years, Christ combined, with the freshness, energy, and originating power of
youth, that wisdom, moderation, and experience, which belong only to mature age ...
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Concerning Paradise.
... Now this is a good thing for those who are mature, but an evil thing for the immature
and those whose appetites are too strong [1778] , being like solid food ...
/.../john/exposition of the orthodox faith/chapter xi concerning paradise.htm

These Things, Since they are Asserted Upon the Warrant of the ...
... Every birth, I suppose, depends upon three conditions. There must be a woman of
mature age, she must have intercourse with a man, her womb must not be barren. ...
/.../11 these things since they.htm

Perfect in Parts, Imperfect in Degrees.
... 14), where he addresses believers as "young men" and as "fathers," evidently with
reference to their age, for he places the latter as more mature in spiritual ...
/.../kuyper/the work of the holy spirit/x perfect in parts imperfect.htm

In this Passage all Room for Doubt is Removed. In the Former ...
... ones, to all, even to those who now do not believe, that is, the devil and his angels;
and, though now you hold the mere opinion, not the mature judgment, of ...
/.../32 in this passage all.htm

Thesaurus

Mature (11 Occurrences)
... 2. (superl.) Completely worked out; fully digested or prepared; ready for action;
made ready for destined application or use; perfected; as, a mature plan. ...
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Ripe (29 Occurrences)
... 2. (superl.) Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; --
said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain. ... 10. (vt) To mature; to ripen. ...
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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. ...
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Full-grown (4 Occurrences)
Full-grown. Fullgrown, Full-grown. Fullness . Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.)
Having reached the limits of growth; mature. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Manhood (8 Occurrences)
... Ephesians 4:13 till we all of us arrive at oneness in faith and in the knowledge
of the Son of God, and at mature manhood and the stature of full-grown men in ...
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Season (101 Occurrences)
... 6. (vt) To fit for any use by time or habit; to habituate; to accustom; to
inure; to ripen; to mature; as, to season one to a climate. ...
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Believers (50 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 2:6 Yet when we are among mature believers we do speak words of wisdom;
a wisdom not belonging, however, to the present age nor to the leaders of ...
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Thoughts (151 Occurrences)
... child. (BBE). 1 Corinthians 14:20 Brothers, don't be children in thoughts,
yet in malice be babies, but in thoughts be mature. (WEB). ...
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Youthful (4 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Not yet mature or aged; young. 2. (a.)
Also used figuratively. 3. (a.) of or pertaining to the ...
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Oneness (2 Occurrences)
... Ephesians 4:13 till we all of us arrive at oneness in faith and in the knowledge
of the Son of God, and at mature manhood and the stature of full-grown men in ...
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Bible Concordance

Mature (11 Occurrences)

Mark 4:28 For the earth bears fruit: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
(See NAS)

Luke 8:14 That which fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.
(See RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 2:6 Yet when we are among mature believers we do speak words of wisdom; a wisdom not belonging, however, to the present age nor to the leaders of the present age who are soon to pass away.
(WEY NAS RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 14:20 Brothers, don't be children in thoughts, yet in malice be babies, but in thoughts be mature.
(WEB NAS RSV)

Ephesians 4:13 till we all of us arrive at oneness in faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, and at mature manhood and the stature of full-grown men in Christ.
(WEY NAS RSV NIV)

Philippians 3:15 Therefore let all of us who are mature believers cherish these thoughts; and if in any respect you think differently, that also God will make clear to you.
(WEY RSV NIV)

Colossians 1:28 whom we proclaim, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus;
(See RSV)

Colossians 4:12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
(See RSV NIV)

Hebrews 5:14 But solid food is for those who are full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 6:1 Therefore leaving elementary instruction about the Christ, let us advance to mature manhood and not be continually re-laying a foundation of repentance from lifeless works and of faith in God,
(WEY)

James 1:4 Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Mature

Related Terms

Ripe (29 Occurrences)

Ripen (2 Occurrences)

Full-grown (4 Occurrences)

Manhood (8 Occurrences)

Season (101 Occurrences)

Believers (50 Occurrences)

Thoughts (151 Occurrences)

Youthful (4 Occurrences)