Dictionary entry

τελευτάω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

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.): Mt 2:199:1822:25, Mk 9:48, Lk 7:2, Jo 11:39, Ac 2:297:15, He 11:22; Hebraistically, θανάτῳ τελευτάτω (מוּת יוּמָת, Ex 21:17), Mt 15:4, Mk 7:10(LXX).†