Strong's Lexicon

G1159

G1159 — δαπανάω

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekdapanaoverbOccurrences: 5

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G1159
Word:δαπανάω
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:from G1160
Language:Greek
Occurrences:5
Transliteration:dapanao
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:dap-an-ah'-o
Meaning:1. to expend 2. (in a good sense) to incur cost 3. (in a bad sense) to waste
KJV Renderings:be at charges, consume, spend

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

δαπανάω, δαπάνω: future δαπανήσω; 1 aorist ἐδαπάνησα; (δαπάνη); from (Herodotus and) Thucydides down; to incur expense, expend, spend: τί, Mar 5:26 (1Ma 14:32); ἐπί with the dative of person, for one, in his favor, Act 21:24; ὑπέρ τίνος, 2Co 12:15. in a bad sense, to waste, squander, consume: πάντα, Luk 15:14; ἵνα ἐν ταῖς ἡδοναῖς ὑμῶν δαπανήσητε, that ye may consume, waste what ye receive, in luxurious indulgence — (ἐν marking the realm in rather than the object on): Jas 4:3. (Compare: ἐκδαπανάω, προσδαπανάω.)

Englishman's Greek Concordance

δαπανάω (be at charges)

Mark 5:26

KJV: And had suffered many things of many physicians and had spent all that she had and was nothing bettered but rather grew worse
GK: και πολλά παθούσα υπό πολλών ιατρών και δαπανήσασα τα παρ΄ εαυτής πάντα και μηδέν ωφεληθείσα αλλά μάλλον εις το χείρον ελθούσα

Luke 15:14

KJV: And when he had spent all there arose a mighty famine in that land and he began to be in want
GK: δαπανήσαντος δε αυτού πάντα εγένετο λιμός ισχυρός κατά την χώραν εκείνην και αυτός ήρξατο υστερείσθαι

Acts 21:24

KJV: Them take and purify thyself with them and be at charges with them that they may shave heads and all may know that those things whereof they were informed concerning thee are nothing but thou thyself also walkest orderly and keepest the law
GK: τούτους παραλαβών αγνίσθητι συν αυτοίς και δαπάνησον επ΄ αυτοίς ίνα ξυρήσωνται την κεφαλήν και γνώσι πάντες ότι ων κατήχηνται περί σου ουδέν εστιν αλλά στοιχείς και αυτός τον νόμον φυλάσσων

2 Corinthians 12:15

KJV: And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you though the more abundantly I love you the less I be loved
GK: εγώ δε ήδιστα δαπανήσω και εκδαπανηθήσομαι υπέρ των ψυχών υμών ει περισσοτέρως υμάς αγαπών ήττον αγαπώμαι

James 4:3

KJV: Ye ask and receive not because ye ask amiss that ye may consume upon your lusts
GK: αιτείτε και ου λαμβάνετε διότι κακώς αιτείσθε ίνα εν ταις ηδοναίς υμών δαπανήσητε
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