τελευτή, τελευτῆς, ἡ (τελέω), end (see τέλος, 1 a. at the beginning); the end of life, decease, death: Mat_2:15 (and often in Greek writings from Pindar and Thucydides down; the Sept. for ξεϊ; with βιοτοιο added, Homer, Iliad 7, 104; τοῦ βίου, Herodotus 1, 30, and often in Attic writings).

τελευτή teleutē 1x a finishing, end; hence, end of life, death, decease, Mat_2:15

πελευτή , -ῆς , ἡ ( < τελέω ), [in LXX chiefly for H4191 , H4194 ;] 1. a finishing . 2. an end: τ . βίου ( Hdt ., al. ): also without βίου , the end of life, death ( Hdt ., Plat ., al. ): Mat_2:15 .†

τελευτή [page 630] death : cf. P Oxy II. 265 .22 (A.D. 81 95) πρὸς τὸ μετὰ τὴν ἑαυτῆς τελευτὴν βεβαιῶσθαι , ib . I. 76 .25 (A.D. 179) πρὸς τὸ μετὰ τελευτὴν αὐτοῦ ἀνεύθυνόν με εἶναι , to free me from responsibility after his death, and P Cairo Preis 42 .9 (iii/iv A.D.), where a testator makes certain dispositions μετ᾽ ἐμὴν τελευτήν . In P Ryl II. 106 .18 (A.D. 158) and P Fay 30 .17 (A.D. 173) it is certified that notice has been made to the scribes of the metropolis περὶ τελ (ευτῆς ) concerning the death of Harpocras and Aphrodisius respectively. For the adj. τελευταῖος , last, see P Lond 1912 .25 (A.D. 41) εἵνα τὸ τελευταῖον εἴπωι , and P Oxy VI. 940 .2 (v/A.D.) ἄχρι τῆς τελευταίας μερίδος , until the last holding.

τελευτή [Etym: τελέω] "a finishing, completion, accomplishment", Od. "a termination, end", Il. , attic; τῆς ὁδοῦ Ar. ; ἡ τ. τοῦ πολέμου Thuc. esp. "an end" of life, βιότοιο τ. Il. ; βίου Hdt. , etc:—also periphr., θανάτοιο τ. "the end" that death brings, Lat. mortis exitus, Hes. "the end, event, issue", Pind. , Aesch. with Preps., in adv. sense, ἐς τελευτήν, "at the end, at last", Hes. , Soph. ; ἐπὶ τελευτῆς Plat. ; ἐν τελευτῇ Aesch. "the end, extremity" of any thing, τελευταὶ Λιβύης "the extremities" of Libya, Hdt. "the end" of a sentence, Arist.

τελευτή, -ῆς, ἡ (τελέω), [in LXX chiefly for מוּת, מָוֶת ;] __1. a finishing. __2. an end: τ. βίου (Hdt., al.): also without βίου, the end of life, death (Hdt., Plat., al.): Mat.2:15.† (AS)