Teleutaō τελευτάω

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Teleutaō
τελευτάω
Transliterationteleutaō
Strong's numberG5053
LanguageGreek
Part of speechverb
Glossto decease
Occurrences13 in 13 verses
Most frequent inMatthew (4)

Teleutaō (Greek τελευτάω, Strong's G5053) is a Greek verb meaning “to decease”. It occurs 13 times in 13 verses of the New Testament.

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)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVdead (3), dieth (3), is (2), let him die (2), died (2), deceased (1), die (1)
BSBdied (4), must be put to death (2), has just died (1), dies (1), die (1), dead (1), his end was near (1)

Verses

Every verse with Teleutaō, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

Hebrews

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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