teleutaō · die

What it means

teleutaō (τελευτάω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “die”.

Come to the end of life.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To come to the end of one's life.

From Abbott-Smith (1922)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• died ×5
• die ×4
• dead man ×1
• when he was nearing his end ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×4
• Mark×2
• Luke×1
• John×1
• Acts×2
• Hebrews×1

• Matthew 2:19

  And when Herod had died, look, an angel of the Lord appears in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

• Matthew 9:18

  While he was saying these things to them, look, a ruler came and was bowing down before him, saying, “My daughter has just died; but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.”

• Matthew 15:4

  For God said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must surely die.’

• Matthew 22:25

  Now there were among us seven brothers; and the first married and died, and not having offspring, he left his wife to his brother;

• Mark 7:10

  For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must surely die.’

• Mark 9:48

  where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.

• Luke 7:2

  Now a certain centurion’s slave, who was highly valued by him, was sick and was about to die.

• John 11:39

  Jesus says, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the dead man, says to him, “Lord, by now he stinks, for it is the fourth day.”

• Acts 2:29

  Brothers, it is permitted to speak to you with frankness about the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

• Acts 7:15

  And Jacob went down to Egypt, and he died, and our fathers too,

• Hebrews 11:22

  By faith Joseph, when he was nearing his end, spoke about the exodus of the sons of Israel and gave instructions about his bones.