Ripe
Bible Usage:
- First Reference: Genesis 40:10
- Last Reference: Revelation 14:18
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
RIPE, adjective
1. Brought to perfection in growth or to the best state; mature; fit for use; as ripe fruit; ripe corn.
2. Advanced to perfection; matured; as ripe judgment, or ripe in judgment.
3. Finished; consummate; as a ripe scholar.
4. Brought to the point of taking effect; matured; ready; prepared; as things just ripe for war.
5. Fully qualified by improvement; prepared; as a student ripe for the university; a saint ripe for heaven.
6. Resembling the ripeness of fruit; as a ripe lip.
7. Complete; proper for use.
When time is ripe
8. Maturated; suppurated; as an abscess or tumor.
RIPE, verb intransitive To ripen; to grow ripe; to be matured. [Not used. See Ripen.]
RIPE, verb transitive To mature; to ripen. [Not used.]
RI'PELY, adverb Maturely; at the fit time.
RIPEN, verb intransitive ri'pn.
1. To grow ripe; to be matured; as grain or fruit. Grain ripens best in dry weather.
2. To approach or come to perfection; to be fitted or prepared; as, a project is ripening for execution.
RIPEN, verb transitive ri'pn.
1. To mature; to make ripe; as grain or fruit.
2. To mature; to fit or prepare; as, to ripen one for heaven.
3. To bring to perfection; as, to ripen the judgment.
RI'PENESS, noun
1. The state of being ripe or brought to that state of perfection which fits for use; maturity; as the ripeness of grain.
2. Full growth.
Time which made them their fame outlive, to Cowley scarce did ripeness give.
3. Perfection; completeness; as the ripeness of virtue, wisdom or judgment.
4. Fitness; qualification.
5. Complete maturation or suppuration, as of an ulcer or abscess.
6. A state of preparation; as the ripeness of a project for execution.
Bible Usage:
- First Reference: Genesis 40:10
- Last Reference: Revelation 14:18
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance: