Decease
Bible Usage:
- First Reference: Luke 9:31
- Last Reference: 2 Peter 1:15
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: No
Strongs Concordance:
- G1841 Used 2 times
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Decease
DECE'ASE, noun [Latin to depart or to withdraw.] Literally, departure; hence, departure from this life; death; applied to human beings only.
Moses and Elias, who appeared in glory, and spoke of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem. Luke 9:31.
DECE'ASE, verb intransitive To depart from this life; to die.
Gen. Washington deceased, December 14, 1799, in the 68th year of his age.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Deceased
DECE'ASED, participle passive or adjective Departed from life. This is used as a passive participle. He is deceased for he has deceased; he was deceased for he had deceased This use of the participle of an intransitive verb is not infrequent, but the word omitted is really has. He has deceased It is properly an adjective, like dead.