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Strong's G5053 · Greek

τελευτάω

teleutao · tel-yoo-tah'-o

from a presumed derivative of 5055; to finish life (by implication, of 979), i.e. expire (demise)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

τελευτάω (G5053)

11 τελευτάω , -ῶ ( τελευτή ), [in LXX chiefly for מוּת ;] trans., to complete, finish ; esp. τ. τ. αἰῶνα, τ. βίον , to complete life, to die (Æsch., Hdt., al.). Intrans., to come to an end , hence, to die (Hdt., al.): Mt 2:19 9:18 22:25 , Mk 9:48 , Lk 7:2 , Jo 11:39 , Ac 2:29 7:15 , He 11:22 ; Hebraistically, θανάτῳ τελευτάτω ( מוּת יוּמָת , Ex 21:17 ), Mt 15:4 , Mk 7:10 (LXX) .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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