Lexicon
δαπανάω
dapanaō
G1159
G:V Greek

to spend

5
Occurrences
5
Books
Greek
Language

Dapanao denotes expending what one has, whether resources, possessions, or oneself for others.

The attested use describes expending what is available: all one has in need or treatment, funds for an obligation, what is sought for pleasures, and oneself for others.

Senses in use

  1. Expending resources or oneself · dominant

    The aorist participles describe having exhausted everything before need arose in Luke 15:14 and having used all she had while seeking treatment in Mark 5:26. The same expenditure appears in Acts 21:24 for expenses on behalf of others, in James 4:3 for pleasures, and in 2 Corinthians 12:15 in the future statement of spending and being spent for souls.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term with “spend” in 2 Corinthians 12:15, James 4:3, and Luke 15:14, “pay the expenses” in Acts 21:24, and “spent all she had” in Mark 5:26. These are clause-level renderings rather than definitions.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture