verb
teleutamō
Strong’sG5053
I end, finish, die
stem teleut-11 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books7 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
τελευτάω, -ῶ
(< τελευτή), [in LXX chiefly for מוּת;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5053 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
future -ήσωRefs 5th c.BC+: perfect τετελεύτηκα Refs 5th c.BC+ —passive, future middle τελευτήσομαι always in passive sense, Refs 8th c.BC+: aorist ἐτελευτήθην Refs 8th c.BC+:—bring to pass, accomplish, ὄφρα.. τελευτήσω τάδε ἔργα Refs 8th c.BC+; fulfil an oath or promise, wish or hope, τ. ἐέλδωρ Refs 8th c.BC+; τελευτᾶν τινι κακὸν ἦμαρ bring about an evil day for one, Refs 8th c.BC+; τὸ δ᾽ ἔνθεν ποῖ τελευτῆσαί με χρ; to what end must I bring it? Refs 5th c.BC+, 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+
2 finish, σχεδίην.. ἐπηγκενίδεσσι Refs 8th c.BC+; ἐπεί ῥ᾽ ὄμοσέν τε, τελεύτησέν τε τὸν ὅρκον had sworn and completed (made binding) the oath, Refs, etc.; ἡσύχιμον ἁμέραν τ. close a peaceful day, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἄρξομαι ἐκ βολβοῖο τελευτήσω δ᾽ ἐπὶ θύννον (i.e. τὸ δεῖπνον) Refs 5th c.BC+
3 especially τ. τὸν αἰῶνα finish life, i.e. die, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὑπ᾽ ἄλλου τ. τὸν βίον, i.e. to be killed, Refs make an end of life, Refs 5th c.BC+; so λόγου τ. Refs 5th c.BC+
3.b frequently absolutely, end life, die, Refs 5th c.BC+; πρὶν τελευτήσαντ᾽ ἴδῃς before you see him dead, Refs 5th c.BC+; τ. ὑπό τινος die by another's hand or means,Refs 5th c.BC+; of animals, Refs 4th c.BC+
II intransitive (as always in Prose, except in signification Refs
II.1 to be accomplished, λόγων κορυφαί Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 come to an end, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2.b with words indicating the kind of end or outcome, ἢν ὁ πόλεμος κατὰ νόον τ. Refs 5th c.BC+; εὖ τ. Refs 4th c.BC+; πτωχοὶ τ. end by being beggars, Refs 5th c.BC+; οὕτως τ. Refs 5th c.BC+; τ. ἔς τι come to a certain end, issue in, αἱ εὐτυχίαι ἐς τοῦτο ἐτελεύτησαν Refs 5th c.BC+; τ. ἐς τὠυτὸ γράμμα end in the same letter, Refs 5th c.BC+; εἰς ἄνδρας ἐκ μειρακίων τ. Refs; ποῖ (ἐς τί) τελευτᾶν (φασι); came to what end? Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 die, see above Refs
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+; κἂν ἐγίγνετο πληγὴ τελευτῶσα there would have been a fray to finish with, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰς ὀλοφύρσεις τελευτῶντες ἐξέκαμνον at last they got tired of mourning, Refs 5th c.BC+; sometimes with another participle, τὴν τυραννίδα χαλεπὴν τελευτῶσαν γενομένην having at last become.., Refs 5th c.BC+
II.5 of local limits and the like, μέχρι Σολόεντος ἄκρης, ἣ τελευτᾷ τῆς Λιβύης Refs 5th c.BC+; τῇ ἡ Κνιδίη χώρη ἐς τὴν ἤπειρον τ. Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| teleutatōτελευτᾷ | happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular | die | 1× |
| teleutataἐτελεύτησεν | happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular | died | 4× |
| teleutatōrτελευτάτω | happening now · he/she/itpresent active imperative 3rd person singular | let him die | 2× |
| teleutarōτελευτᾶν | happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive | die | 1× |
| teleutarōntosτελευτῶν | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine | dying | 1× |
| teleutarantouΤελευτήσαντος | happened · of, belonging toaorist active participle genitive singular masculine | died | 1× |
| teleutarēntouτετελευτηκότος | has happened · of, belonging toperfect active participle genitive singular masculine | dead | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 5 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | teleutamō | teleutame | teleutami | teleutama | teleutamē | teleutamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | teleutasō | teleutase | teleutasi | teleutasa | teleutasē | teleutaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | teleutatō1×τελευτᾷ | teleutate | teleutati | teleutata4×ἐτελεύτησεν | teleutatē | teleutatelē |
| we 1st person plural | teleutanō | teleutane | teleutani | teleutana | teleutanē | teleutanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | teleutavō | teleutave | teleutavi | teleutava | teleutavē | teleutavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | teleutalō | teleutale | teleutali | teleutala | teleutalē | teleutalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | teleutameiō | teleutameia | teleutameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | teleutaseiō | teleutaseia | teleutaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | teleutateiō | teleutateia | teleutateiē |
| we 1st person plural | teleutaneiō | teleutaneia | teleutaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | teleutaveiō | teleutaveia | teleutaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | teleutaleiō | teleutaleia | teleutaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, 2 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | teleutasōr | teleutasar | teleutasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | teleutatōr2×τελευτάτω | teleutatar | teleutatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | teleutavōr | teleutavar | teleutavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | teleutalōr | teleutalar | teleutalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | teleutamoiō | teleutamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | teleutasoiō | teleutasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | teleutatoiō | teleutatoia |
| we 1st person plural | teleutanoiō | teleutanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | teleutavoiō | teleutavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | teleutaloiō | teleutaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | teleutarō1×τελευτᾶν | teleutari | teleutara | teleutarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 3 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | teleutarōntos1×τελευτῶν | teleutarintos | teleutarantos1× | teleutarēntos1× |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
teleut is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
11 occurrences, every one of them listed
teleutatō“die”happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular1×
Mark 9:48“die”hopou tos skōlēkos autoiu ouk teleutatō kai tem purem ouk sbennuotō.where ‘their worm never dies, and the fire is never quenched.’
teleutata“died”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular4×
Matthew 9:18… legarōntos hoti Tas thugatras mu arti teleutata; alla ercharantos epitithasar tan cheiran su …… before Him. “My daughter has just died,” he said. “But come and place …
Matthew 22:25… hepta adelfois; kai tos prōtos gamarantos teleutata, kai mē echarōntos spermem afiēkata tan …… us. The first one married and died without having children. So he left …
Acts 2:29… peri tou patriarchou David, hoti kai teleutata kai thaptita, kai tem mnēmem autou …… with confidence that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb …
Acts 7:15kai katabainata Iakōb eis Aiguptan. kai teleutata autos kai tois patrois nu,… Egypt, where he and our fathers died.
teleutatōr“let him die”happening now · he/she/itpresent active imperative 3rd person singular2×
Matthew 15:4“let him die.”… Tos kakologarōntos patron ē mētēran thanato teleutatōr;… curses his father or mother must be …
Mark 7:10“let him die”… Tos kakologarōntos patron ē mētēran thanato teleutatōr;… curses his father or mother must be …
teleutarō“die”happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive1×
Luke 7:2… de tinou doulos kakōs echarōntos mellate teleutarō, hos ate auto entimos.… centurion was sick and about to die.
teleutarōntos“dying”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine1×
Hebrews 11:22“dying”pistia Iōsēf teleutarōntos peri tau exodau toiu huioiu Israēl …By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites and …
teleutarantou“died”happened · of, belonging toaorist active participle genitive singular masculine1×
Matthew 2:19Teleutarantou de tou Hērōdou idou angelos kuriou …After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared …
teleutarēntou“dead”has happened · of, belonging toperfect active participle genitive singular masculine1×
John 11:39… lithon. legatō auto tas adelfas tou teleutarēntou Marthas; Kurior, ēdē ozatō, tetartaios gar …… said Martha, the sister of the dead man. “It has already been four …