Strong G5053τελευτάω
to decease
- Transliteration
- teleutaō
- Pronunciation
- tel-yoo-tah'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
τελευτάω, -ῶ
(τελευτή), [in LXX chiefly for מוּת;]
1. trans., to complete, finish; esp. τ. τ. αἰῶνα, τ. βίον, to complete life, to die (Æsch., Hdt., al.).
2. Intrans., to come to an end, hence, to die (Hdt., al.): Mat.2:19 9:18 22:25, Mrk.9:48, Luk.7:2, Jhn.11:39, Act.2:29 7:15, Heb.11:22; Hebraistically, θανάτῳ τελευτάτω (מוּת, Exo.21:17), Mat.15:4, Mrk.7:10" (LXX).†
(AS)
(τελευτή), [in LXX chiefly for מוּת;]
1. trans., to complete, finish; esp. τ. τ. αἰῶνα, τ. βίον, to complete life, to die (Æsch., Hdt., al.).
2. Intrans., to come to an end, hence, to die (Hdt., al.): Mat.2:19 9:18 22:25, Mrk.9:48, Luk.7:2, Jhn.11:39, Act.2:29 7:15, Heb.11:22; Hebraistically, θανάτῳ τελευτάτω (מוּת, Exo.21:17), Mat.15:4, Mrk.7:10" (LXX).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5053 appears in 12 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- die5
- be3
- dieth3
- dead2
- decease1
First verses
- Matthew 2:19But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
- Matthew 9:18While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.
- Matthew 15:4For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
- Matthew 22:25Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:
- Mark 7:10For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
- Mark 9:44Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
- Mark 9:46Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
- Mark 9:48Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
- Luke 7:2And a certain centurion’s servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die.
- Acts 2:29Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
- Acts 7:15So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
- Hebrews 11:22By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
τελευτ-άω,
future -ήσω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1029, etc.)]: perfect τετελεύτηκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 75e, +others:)] —passive, future middle τελευτήσομαι always in passive sense, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.100, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.510, 9.511, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 370 (Lyric poetry))]: aorist ἐτελευτήθην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.74)]:—bring to pass, accomplish, ὄφρα.. τελευτήσω τάδε ἔργα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.9; τ. ἃ μενοινᾷς 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.275; ἐπὴν ταῦτα τελευτήσῃς τε καὶ ἔρξῃς 1.293, compare 2.306; γάμον τ. 24.126)]; fulfil an oath or promise, wish or hope, τ. ἐέλδωρ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (21.200; τ. ὅσ᾽ ὑπέστης 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.375; οὐ Ζεὺς ἄνδρεσσι νοήματα πάντα τελευτᾷ 18.328, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.56, 62; ὅρκια 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Aetia” 3.1.29)]; τελευτᾶν τινι κακὸν ἦμαρ bring about an evil day for one, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.524; τ. πόνους Δαναοῖς 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.54, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1581 (Lyric poetry); οἷ τ. λόγον [prev. author] “Tr.” 1029)]; τὸ δ᾽ ἔνθεν ποῖ τελευτῆσαί με χρ; to what end must I bring it? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 476; Ζεὺς ὅ τι νεύσῃ, τοῦτο τελευτᾷ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 979 (Lyric poetry))], etc.:—passive, to be fulfilled, come to pass, happen, [same places] entry [near the start]; πρίν γε τὸ Πηλεΐδαο τελευτηθῆναι ἐέλδωρ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.74; πρὶν τελευτηθῇ φόνος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1218.)]
2 finish, σχεδίην.. ἐπηγκενίδεσσι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.253)]; ἐπεί ῥ᾽ ὄμοσέν τε, τελεύτησέν τε τὸν ὅρκον had sworn and completed (made binding) the oath, [Refs (2.378)], etc.; ἡσύχιμον ἁμέραν τ. close a peaceful day, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.33)]; ἄρξομαι ἐκ βολβοῖο τελευτήσω δ᾽ ἐπὶ θύννον (i.e. τὸ δεῖπνον) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 173.6 (hexameters).)]
3 especially τ. τὸν αἰῶνα finish life, i.e. die, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.32, 9.17, etc.; τ. βίον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 929, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 646 codices (sed to be read δρόμον), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 419, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 351b)]; ὑπ᾽ ἄλλου τ. τὸν βίον, i.e. to be killed, [Refs ([prev. author] “Lg.” 870e: also (after the analogy of παύομαι) with _genitive_, τελευτᾶν τοῦ ἀνθρωπίνου βίου)] make an end of life, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.7.17)]; so λόγου τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.59; ἐπαίνου τ. ἐς τάδε ἔπη [prev. work] 104.)]
3.b frequently absolutely, end life, die, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.66, 3.38, 40, +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 614b, +others)]; πρὶν τελευτήσαντ᾽ ἴδῃς before you see him dead, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 662; τ. μάχῃ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 617; νούσῳ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.161; γήραϊ [prev. author] 6.24)]; τ. ὑπό τινος die by another's hand or means,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 92; δόλῳ ὑπό τινος [prev. author] 4.78; ὑπὸ αἰχμῆς σιδηρέης [prev. author] 1.39; ὑπ᾽ ἀλλαλοφόνοις χερσίν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 930 (Lyric poetry); ἐκ τῆς πληγῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 877b)]; of animals, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 667b11, “PMich.Zen.” 67.25 (3rd c.BC).)]
II intransitive (as always in Prose, except in signification [Refs (1.3a):)]
II.1 to be accomplished, λόγων κορυφαί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.68 (as variant for{τελεύταθεν}); ἐλπίδες 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 908 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.2 come to an end, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 635, etc.: especially of Time, τελευτῶντος τοῦ μηνός, τοῦ θέρους, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.4, 32, etc.: of actions, events, etc., τ. ἡ ναυμαχία ἐς νύκτα [prev. author] 1.51, etc.)]
II.2.b with words indicating the kind of end or outcome, ἢν ὁ πόλεμος κατὰ νόον τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.45, compare 7.47)]; εὖ τ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 211)]; πτωχοὶ τ. end by being beggars, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 552c)]; οὕτως τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.110, 138)]; τ. ἔς τι come to a certain end, issue in, αἱ εὐτυχίαι ἐς τοῦτο ἐτελεύτησαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.125)]; τ. ἐς τὠυτὸ γράμμα end in the same letter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.139, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.51, 4.48, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 618a)]; εἰς ἄνδρας ἐκ μειρακίων τ. [Refs ([prev. author] “Tht.” 173b)]; ποῖ (ἐς τί) τελευτᾶν (φασι); came to what end? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 735 (troch.), compare “Ch.” 528, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 630b; also τ. ἐπί τι [prev. author] “R.” 510d, “Smp.” 211c.)]
II.3 die, see above [Refs (1.3b.)]
II.4 the participle τελευτῶν, ῶσα, ῶν, is used with Verbs like an adverb, to finish with, at the end, at last, as τελευτῶν ἔλεγε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.75)]; κἂν ἐγίγνετο πληγὴ τελευτῶσα there would have been a fray to finish with, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 261; τελευτῶν.. ἐξεβλήθη 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 524 (_anapaest meter_))]; τὰς ὀλοφύρσεις τελευτῶντες ἐξέκαμνον at last they got tired of mourning, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.51, compare 47; ἢν δέῃ τελευτῶντα τὴν στρωμνὴν ἐξαργυρῶσαι [prev. author] 8.81)]; sometimes with another participle, τὴν τυραννίδα χαλεπὴν τελευτῶσαν γενομένην having at last become.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.53, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 228b; πόλεις ἐπάγοντες καὶ τελευτῶντες Λακεδαιμονίους 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.60.)]
II.5 of local limits and the like, μέχρι Σολόεντος ἄκρης, ἣ τελευτᾷ τῆς Λιβύης [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.32; τελευτῶντος τοῦ Λαβυρίνθου ἔχεται πυραμίς [prev. work] 148)]; τῇ ἡ Κνιδίη χώρη ἐς τὴν ἤπειρον τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.174, compare 2.33, 4.39, “IG” 12.900, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 75e.)]
future -ήσω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1029, etc.)]: perfect τετελεύτηκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 75e, +others:)] —passive, future middle τελευτήσομαι always in passive sense, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.100, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.510, 9.511, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 370 (Lyric poetry))]: aorist ἐτελευτήθην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.74)]:—bring to pass, accomplish, ὄφρα.. τελευτήσω τάδε ἔργα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.9; τ. ἃ μενοινᾷς 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.275; ἐπὴν ταῦτα τελευτήσῃς τε καὶ ἔρξῃς 1.293, compare 2.306; γάμον τ. 24.126)]; fulfil an oath or promise, wish or hope, τ. ἐέλδωρ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (21.200; τ. ὅσ᾽ ὑπέστης 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.375; οὐ Ζεὺς ἄνδρεσσι νοήματα πάντα τελευτᾷ 18.328, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.56, 62; ὅρκια 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Aetia” 3.1.29)]; τελευτᾶν τινι κακὸν ἦμαρ bring about an evil day for one, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.524; τ. πόνους Δαναοῖς 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.54, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1581 (Lyric poetry); οἷ τ. λόγον [prev. author] “Tr.” 1029)]; τὸ δ᾽ ἔνθεν ποῖ τελευτῆσαί με χρ; to what end must I bring it? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 476; Ζεὺς ὅ τι νεύσῃ, τοῦτο τελευτᾷ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 979 (Lyric poetry))], etc.:—passive, to be fulfilled, come to pass, happen, [same places] entry [near the start]; πρίν γε τὸ Πηλεΐδαο τελευτηθῆναι ἐέλδωρ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.74; πρὶν τελευτηθῇ φόνος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1218.)]
2 finish, σχεδίην.. ἐπηγκενίδεσσι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.253)]; ἐπεί ῥ᾽ ὄμοσέν τε, τελεύτησέν τε τὸν ὅρκον had sworn and completed (made binding) the oath, [Refs (2.378)], etc.; ἡσύχιμον ἁμέραν τ. close a peaceful day, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.33)]; ἄρξομαι ἐκ βολβοῖο τελευτήσω δ᾽ ἐπὶ θύννον (i.e. τὸ δεῖπνον) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 173.6 (hexameters).)]
3 especially τ. τὸν αἰῶνα finish life, i.e. die, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.32, 9.17, etc.; τ. βίον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 929, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 646 codices (sed to be read δρόμον), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 419, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 351b)]; ὑπ᾽ ἄλλου τ. τὸν βίον, i.e. to be killed, [Refs ([prev. author] “Lg.” 870e: also (after the analogy of παύομαι) with _genitive_, τελευτᾶν τοῦ ἀνθρωπίνου βίου)] make an end of life, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.7.17)]; so λόγου τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.59; ἐπαίνου τ. ἐς τάδε ἔπη [prev. work] 104.)]
3.b frequently absolutely, end life, die, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.66, 3.38, 40, +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 614b, +others)]; πρὶν τελευτήσαντ᾽ ἴδῃς before you see him dead, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 662; τ. μάχῃ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 617; νούσῳ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.161; γήραϊ [prev. author] 6.24)]; τ. ὑπό τινος die by another's hand or means,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 92; δόλῳ ὑπό τινος [prev. author] 4.78; ὑπὸ αἰχμῆς σιδηρέης [prev. author] 1.39; ὑπ᾽ ἀλλαλοφόνοις χερσίν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 930 (Lyric poetry); ἐκ τῆς πληγῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 877b)]; of animals, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 667b11, “PMich.Zen.” 67.25 (3rd c.BC).)]
II intransitive (as always in Prose, except in signification [Refs (1.3a):)]
II.1 to be accomplished, λόγων κορυφαί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.68 (as variant for{τελεύταθεν}); ἐλπίδες 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 908 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.2 come to an end, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 635, etc.: especially of Time, τελευτῶντος τοῦ μηνός, τοῦ θέρους, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.4, 32, etc.: of actions, events, etc., τ. ἡ ναυμαχία ἐς νύκτα [prev. author] 1.51, etc.)]
II.2.b with words indicating the kind of end or outcome, ἢν ὁ πόλεμος κατὰ νόον τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.45, compare 7.47)]; εὖ τ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 211)]; πτωχοὶ τ. end by being beggars, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 552c)]; οὕτως τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.110, 138)]; τ. ἔς τι come to a certain end, issue in, αἱ εὐτυχίαι ἐς τοῦτο ἐτελεύτησαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.125)]; τ. ἐς τὠυτὸ γράμμα end in the same letter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.139, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.51, 4.48, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 618a)]; εἰς ἄνδρας ἐκ μειρακίων τ. [Refs ([prev. author] “Tht.” 173b)]; ποῖ (ἐς τί) τελευτᾶν (φασι); came to what end? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 735 (troch.), compare “Ch.” 528, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 630b; also τ. ἐπί τι [prev. author] “R.” 510d, “Smp.” 211c.)]
II.3 die, see above [Refs (1.3b.)]
II.4 the participle τελευτῶν, ῶσα, ῶν, is used with Verbs like an adverb, to finish with, at the end, at last, as τελευτῶν ἔλεγε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.75)]; κἂν ἐγίγνετο πληγὴ τελευτῶσα there would have been a fray to finish with, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 261; τελευτῶν.. ἐξεβλήθη 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 524 (_anapaest meter_))]; τὰς ὀλοφύρσεις τελευτῶντες ἐξέκαμνον at last they got tired of mourning, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.51, compare 47; ἢν δέῃ τελευτῶντα τὴν στρωμνὴν ἐξαργυρῶσαι [prev. author] 8.81)]; sometimes with another participle, τὴν τυραννίδα χαλεπὴν τελευτῶσαν γενομένην having at last become.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.53, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 228b; πόλεις ἐπάγοντες καὶ τελευτῶντες Λακεδαιμονίους 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.60.)]
II.5 of local limits and the like, μέχρι Σολόεντος ἄκρης, ἣ τελευτᾷ τῆς Λιβύης [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.32; τελευτῶντος τοῦ Λαβυρίνθου ἔχεται πυραμίς [prev. work] 148)]; τῇ ἡ Κνιδίη χώρη ἐς τὴν ἤπειρον τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.174, compare 2.33, 4.39, “IG” 12.900, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 75e.)]