bear fruit

1 معارف اسلامی و الهیات:: ثمر بخشیدن

While Richard Greenham never lived to see that fruit among the people he pastored, his faithfulness in Dry Drayton was instrumental in preparing the fields of the congregation to bear fruit in the years to come. When the Pharisees came to John to be baptized by him, he told them, "Bear fruit worthy of repentance" (Luke 3:8). Likewise, Jesus said, "Every healthy tree bears fruit" (Matt. 7:17). Furthermore, Jesus promised that when the seed of God's Word falls on a regenerate heart, it "indeed bears fruit" (13:23). When he wrote to the church in Colossae, he reminded the believers about the way in which the gospel had been "bearing fruit and increasing-as it also does among you since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth" (Col. 1:6).

واژگان شبکه مترجمین ایران

1 general:: Phrase(s): bear fruit 1. Lit. [for a plant or tree] to yield fruit. • Our apple tree didn’t bear fruit this year. 2. Fig. to yield results. • I hope your new plan bears fruit. • We’ve had many good ideas, but none of them has borne fruit.

McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs

2 general:: Yield results, have a favorable outcome, as in This new idea of his is bound to bear fruit. This metaphoric term, first recorded in 1879, transfers the production of fruit by a tree or plant to other kinds of useful yield.

American Heritage Idioms