Lexicon dapane: cost, expense Original Word: δαπάνη, ης, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: dapane Phonetic Spelling: (dap-an'-ay) Short Definition: cost, expense Definition: cost, expense. Thayer's STRONGS NT 1160: δαπάνηδαπάνη,  δαπανης,  ἡ (from  δάπτω to tear, consume, (akin are  δεῖπνον, Latin daps;  Curtius, § 261)),  expense, cost:  Luke 14:28. (2 Esdr. 6:4; 1 Macc. 3:30, etc. Among Greek writings  Hesiod, Works, 721,  Pindar,  Euripides,  Thucydides, and following.)    
 
 
 
 Strong's cost.  From dapto (to devour); expense (as consuming) -- cost.   |  
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