to decease

Greek Verb

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)

to decease

Greek Verb

τελευτ-άω, future -ήσω[Refs 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+]

Greek

Verb

to finish life (by implication, of g979 (βίος)), i.e. expire (demise); be dead, decease, die; from a presumed derivative of g5055 (τελέω)