Strong G1159δαπανάω

to spend

Transliteration
dapanaō
Pronunciation
dap-an-ah'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G1160; to expend that is (in a good sense) to incur cost or (in a bad one) to waste: - be at charges consume spend.

Detailed definition

δαπανάω, -ῶ
[in LXX: Tob.1:7, 1Ma.14:32, al.;]
1. to spend, expend: with accusative, Mrk.5:26; before ἐπί, with dative of person(s), Act.21:24; ὑπέρ, 2Co.12:15.

2. to consume, squander: Luk.15:14; ἐν τ. ἡδσναῖς (on the constr. with ἐν, see Hort, Mayor, in l.), Jas.4:3 (cf. ἐκ-, προσ- δ.).†
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In the Bible

Strong G1159 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • spend3
  • charge1
  • consume1

First verses

  1. Mark 5:26
    And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,
  2. Luke 15:14
    And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
  3. Acts 21:24
    Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.
  4. 2 Corinthians 12:15
    And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
  5. James 4:3
    Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
δᾰπᾰν-άω:—
passive, present participle δαπανούμενα (as if from δαπανέω) [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“IG” 5(1).1390.55 (Andania, 1st c.BC))]: future δαπανηθήσομαι [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC(?): Satyrus Epigrammaticus 20, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.218d)]: aorist ἐδαπανήθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.4.11)]: perfect δεδαπάνημαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.125, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 21.5, etc.:)]pluperfect δεδαπάνητο (κατα-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.34)]:—passive, also middle δαπανάομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 2.37, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 588, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus, etc.)]; imperfect, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 569.10, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 25.13)]: aorist, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.225, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 5.43 (but -ήσας [prev. work] 45))] (aorist middle ἐδαπανησάμην [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.AD: Eunapius Historicus “Fragmenta Historica - HGM” p.271 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator))]: perfect, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 18.63)]:— spend, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.29, etc.; ὑπὲρ τὴν οὐσίαν δ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 32.7; δ. τὰ προσταττόμενα 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.42)]; δ. εἴς τι to spend upon a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.45, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.3.11, probably in 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1307b34; δ. ἐκ τῶν αὑτοῦ 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 7.38)]; τἀναλώματα πάντα ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων ἐδαπανῶμεν defrayed all expenses, interpolated in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.154)]:—passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.125; τὰ λαμβανόμενα καὶ δαπανώμενα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1314b5: also)]middle (see. above), spend, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.37; δ. μεγάλα 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.32, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 33.5: with _accusative_ _cognate_, τοσαύτας δαπάνας δαπανώμενος [prev. author] 21.3; ὅσα δεδαπάνησθε εἰς τὸν πόλεμον 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.27, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 18.63)]; δαπανηθεὶς οὐδέν uncertain reading in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 5.43.)]
2 consume, use up, ἡ φύσις δ. τὸν θορόν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 757a25; χρόνον εἴς τι 1st c.AD: Onosander (Onasander) Tacticus 1.5)]:—passive, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 745a13)]; of time, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Αιβυκή” 130)]; destroy, consume, φλὸξ δ. πάντα [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.208; ἄνεμος [πόλιν] ἐδαπάνησεν 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 1.94)]; of persons, to be destroyed, ὑπὸ θηρίων [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.43)]; καθάπερ ὑπὸ πυρός[Refs 1st c.BC+ ([prev. work] 433; πρὸς θηρίων 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 5.79; ἐν ταρτάροις καὶ βαράθροις δαπανωμένους 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.81)]; ὑπὸ νόσου or νόσῳ δαπανᾶσθαι [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Galba” 17, 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 55.27:)] —middle, πυρὶ καὶ φόνῳ καὶ σιδήρῳ πάντα δαπανήσασθαι Eun.[prev. cited]
II causal, τὴν πόλιν δαπανᾶν to put it to expense, exhaust it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.3, compare 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.642.)]