To decease
τελευτάωStrong’s G5053teleutaō
Appears in 13 verses of the New Testament
In short
Teleutaō is the Greek word usually translated “dies”, “should end” and “died”. It appears in 13 verses of the New Testament.
“But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,”
Meaning
Usually translated “dies”, “should end” and “died”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- dies 3
- should end 2
- died 2
- when was dying 1
- has died 1
- to die 1
- having deceased 1
- he died 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 4
- Mark 4
- Acts 2
- Luke 1
- John 1
- Hebrews 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 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.
Greek dictionary
τελευτάω teleutaō · to decease
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 STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “decease” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DECE'ASE, noun
[Latin to depart or to withdraw.]
Literally, departure; hence, departure from this life; death; applied to human beings only.
All definitions and other forms of “decease”
DECE'ASE, verb intransitive
To depart from this life; to die.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.