Lexicon dapanaó: to spend, spend freely Original Word: δαπανάωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: dapanaó Phonetic Spelling: (dap-an-ah'-o) Short Definition: I spend, bear expense, waste Definition: I spend, bear expense, waste, squander. HELPS word-Studies 1159 dapanáō – properly, to spend (expend); (figuratively) spending one's money, time, energy, resources, etc.; (passive) become spent, (consumed by); "to exert great effort in doing something" (L & N, 1, 42.27). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom dapanéDefinitionto spend, spend freely NASB Translationpay...expenses (1), spend (2), spent (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1159: δαπανάωδαπανάω, δαπάνω: future δαπανήσω; 1 aorist ἐδαπάνησα; ( δαπάνη); from ( Herodotus and) Thucydides down; to incur expense, expend, spend: τί, Mark 5:26 (1 Macc. 14:32); ἐπί with the dative of person, for one, in his favor, Acts 21:24; ὑπέρ τίνος, 2 Corinthians 12:15. in a bad sense, to waste, squander, consume: πάντα, Luke 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): James 4:3. (Compare: ἐκδαπανάω, προσδαπανάω.)
Strong's consume, spend. From dapane; to expend, i.e. (in a good sense) to incur cost, or (in a bad one) to waste -- be at charges, consume, spend. see GREEK dapane |
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