verb
dapanamō
Strong’sG1159
I spend, bear expense, waste
stem dapan-5 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books5 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
** δαπανάω, -ῶ
[in LXX: To 1:7, I Mac 14:32, al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1159 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddap-an-ah'-o
to expend, i.e. (in a good sense) to incur cost, or (in a bad one) to waste
Fromfrom G1160;
King Jamesbe at charges, consume, spend.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
passive, present participle δαπανούμενα (as if from δαπανέω) Refs 1st c.BC+: future δαπανηθήσομαι Refs 1st c.BC+: aorist ἐδαπανήθην Refs 5th c.BC+: perfect δεδαπάνημαι Refs 5th c.BC+pluperfect δεδαπάνητο (κατα-) Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, also middle δαπανάομαι Refs 5th c.BC+; imperfect, Refs 5th c.BC+: aorist, Refs 5th c.BC+ (aorist middle ἐδαπανησάμην Refs 4th c.BC+: perfect, Refs 5th c.BC+:— spend, Refs 5th c.BC+; δ. εἴς τι to spend upon a thing, Refs 5th c.BC+; τἀναλώματα πάντα ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων ἐδαπανῶμεν defrayed all expenses, interpolated in Refs 4th c.BC+:—passive, Refs 5th c.BC+middle (see. above), spend, Refs 5th c.BC+; δαπανηθεὶς οὐδέν uncertain reading in Refs 4th c.BC+
2 consume, use up, ἡ φύσις δ. τὸν θορόν Refs 4th c.BC+:—passive, Refs 4th c.BC+; of time, Refs 2nd c.AD+; destroy, consume, φλὸξ δ. πάντα Refs 1st c.AD+; of persons, to be destroyed, ὑπὸ θηρίων Refs 1st c.AD+; καθάπερ ὑπὸ πυρόςRefs 1st c.BC+; ὑπὸ νόσου or νόσῳ δαπανᾶσθαι Refs 1st c.AD+ —middle, πυρὶ καὶ φόνῳ καὶ σιδήρῳ πάντα δαπανήσασθαι Eun.[prev. cited]
II causal, τὴν πόλιν δαπανᾶν to put it to expense, exhaust it, Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| dapanamiδαπανήσω | will happen · Ifuture active indicative 1st person singular | spend | 1× |
| dapanaveiaδαπανήσητε | happened · yeaorist active subjunctive 2nd person plural | spend | 1× |
| dapanasarδαπάνησον | happened · youaorist active imperative 2nd person singular | pay … expenses | 1× |
| dapanarantasδαπανήσασα | happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative singular feminine | spent | 1× |
| dapanarantouδαπανήσαντος | happened · of, belonging toaorist active participle genitive singular masculine | spent | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | dapanamō | dapaname | dapanami1×δαπανήσω | dapanama | dapanamē | dapanamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | dapanasō | dapanase | dapanasi | dapanasa | dapanasē | dapanaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | dapanatō | dapanate | dapanati | dapanata | dapanatē | dapanatelē |
| we 1st person plural | dapananō | dapanane | dapanani | dapanana | dapananē | dapananelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | dapanavō | dapanave | dapanavi | dapanava | dapanavē | dapanavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | dapanalō | dapanale | dapanali | dapanala | dapanalē | dapanalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | dapanameiō | dapanameia | dapanameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | dapanaseiō | dapanaseia | dapanaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | dapanateiō | dapanateia | dapanateiē |
| we 1st person plural | dapananeiō | dapananeia | dapananeiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | dapanaveiō | dapanaveia1×δαπανήσητε | dapanaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | dapanaleiō | dapanaleia | dapanaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | dapanasōr | dapanasar1×δαπάνησον | dapanasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | dapanatōr | dapanatar | dapanatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | dapanavōr | dapanavar | dapanavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | dapanalōr | dapanalar | dapanalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | dapanamoiō | dapanamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | dapanasoiō | dapanasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | dapanatoiō | dapanatoia |
| we 1st person plural | dapananoiō | dapananoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | dapanavoiō | dapanavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | dapanaloiō | dapanaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | dapanarō | dapanari | dapanara | dapanarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 2 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | dapanarōntos | dapanarintos | dapanarantos2× | dapanarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
dapan is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
dapanami“spend”will happen · Ifuture active indicative 1st person singular1×
2 Corinthians 12:15mis de hēdisteim dapanami kai ekdapanimi huper taiu psuchaiu vu. …… your souls, I will most gladly spend my money and myself. If I …
dapanaveia“spend”happened · yeaorist active subjunctive 2nd person plural1×
James 4:3“spend”… aitovō, hina en tai hēdonai vu dapanaveia.… because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.
dapanasar“pay … expenses”happened · youaorist active imperative 2nd person singular1×
Acts 21:24houtoin paralabarantos hagnizisar sun autoi kai dapanasar epi autoi hina xureli tan kefalan, …… purify yourself along with them, and pay their expenses so they can have their heads …
dapanarantas“spent”happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative singular feminine1×
Mark 5:26… polleim pascharantas hupo polloiu iatroiu kai dapanarantas teim para autau panteim kai mēdenem …… care of many physicians and had spent all she had, but to no …
dapanarantou“spent”happened · of, belonging toaorist active participle genitive singular masculine1×
Luke 15:14dapanarantou de autou panteim geneta limas ischuras …After he had spent all he had, a severe famine …