To spend
δαπανάωStrong’s G1159dapanaō
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Dapanaō is the Greek word usually translated “having spent”, “when was spending” and “do bear expense”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,”
Meaning
Usually translated “having spent”, “when was spending” and “do bear expense”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- having spent 1
- when was spending 1
- do bear expense 1
- will spend 1
- you may spend 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Mark 1
- Luke 1
- Acts 1
- 2 Corinthians 1
- James 1
5 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 15:14And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
- Acts 21:24Them 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.
- 2 Corinthians 12:15And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
- James 4:3Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
Greek dictionary
δαπανάω dapanaō · to spend
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.).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “spend” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SPEND, verb transitive
preterit tense and participle passive spent. [Latin expendo; from the root of Latin pando, pendeo, the primary sense of which is to strain, to open or spread; allied to span, pane, etc.]
- To lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend money for clothing. Isaiah 55:2“Why do ye spend money for that which is not bread?” Isaiah 55:2
- To consume; to waste; to squander; as to spend an estate in gaming or other vices.
- To consume; to exhaust.
- To bestow for any purpose; often with on or upon.
All definitions and other forms of “spend”
- To effuse. [Little used.]
- To pass, as time; to suffer to pass away.“They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave” Job 21:13
- To lay out; to exert or to waste; to wear away; as, to spend one's strength.
- To exhaust of force; to waste; to wear away; as, a ball had spend its force.
- To exhaust of strength; to harass; to fatigue.
SPEND, verb intransitive
- To make expense; to make disposition of money.
- To be lost or wasted; to vanish; to be dissipated.
- To prove in the use. -Butter spent as if it cam from the richer soil.
- To be consumed.
- To be employed to any use.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.