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Lexicon :: Strong's G5053 - teleutaō

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τελευτάω
Transliteration
teleutaō (Key)
Pronunciation
tel-yoo-tah'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From a presumed derivative of τελέω (G5055)
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Strong’s Definitions

τελευτάω teleutáō, tel-yoo-tah'-o; from a presumed derivative of G5055; to finish life (by implication, of G979), i.e. expire (demise):—be dead, decease, die.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's G5053 in the following manner: die (8x), be dead (3x), decrease (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's G5053 in the following manner: die (8x), be dead (3x), decrease (1x).

  1. to finish, bring to and end, close

  2. to have an end or close, come to an end

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
τελευτάω teleutáō, tel-yoo-tah'-o; from a presumed derivative of G5055; to finish life (by implication, of G979), i.e. expire (demise):—be dead, decease, die.
STRONGS G5053:
τελευτάω, τελεύτω; 1 aorist ἐτελεύτησα; perfect participle τετελευτηκώς (John 11:39 L T Tr WH); (τελευτή; from Homer down;
1. transitive, to finish; to bring to an end or close: τόν βίον, to finish life, to die, often from Aesehyl. and Herodotus down.
2. intransitive (cf. Buttmann, § 130, 4) to have an end or close, come to an end; hence, to die, very often so from Aeschylus and Herodotus down (the Sept. for מוּת), and always in the N. T.: Matthew 2:19; Matthew 9:18; Matthew 22:25; Mark 9:41, 46 ((these two vss. T WH omit; Tr brackets)),48; Luke 7:2; John 11:39 L T Tr WH; Acts 2:29; Acts 7:15; Hebrews 11:22; θανάτῳ τελευτάτω (in imitation of the Hebrew יוּמָת מות, Exodus 21:12, 15-17,etc.) (A. V. let him die the death i. e.) let him surely die (Winers Grammar, 339 (319); Buttmann, § 133, 22), Matthew 15:4; Mark 7:10.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
21; 21:12
Matthew
2:19; 9:18; 15:4; 22:25
Mark
7:10; 9:41; 9:46
Luke
7:2
John
11:39; 11:39
Acts
2:29; 7:15
Hebrews
11:22

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5053 matches the Greek τελευτάω (teleutaō),
which occurs 11 times in 11 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:19 - When Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:18 - As Jesus was saying this, the leader of a synagogue came and knelt before him. “My daughter has just died,” he said, “but you can bring her back to life again if you just come and lay your hand on her.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:4 - For instance, God says, ‘Honor your father and mother,’[fn] and ‘Anyone who speaks disrespectfully of father or mother must be put to death.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:25 - Well, suppose there were seven brothers. The oldest one married and then died without children, so his brother married the widow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:10 - For instance, Moses gave you this law from God: ‘Honor your father and mother,’[fn] and ‘Anyone who speaks disrespectfully of father or mother must be put to death.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:48

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:48 - ‘where the maggots never die and the fire never goes out.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:2 - At that time the highly valued slave of a Roman officer[fn] was sick and near death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:39 - “Roll the stone aside,” Jesus told them.
But Martha, the dead man’s sister, protested, “Lord, he has been dead for four days. The smell will be terrible.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:29 - “Dear brothers, think about this! You can be sure that the patriarch David wasn’t referring to himself, for he died and was buried, and his tomb is still here among us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:15 - So Jacob went to Egypt. He died there, as did our ancestors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:22 - It was by faith that Joseph, when he was about to die, said confidently that the people of Israel would leave Egypt. He even commanded them to take his bones with them when they left.
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