noun · feminine
dapanas
Greekδαπάνη (dapanē)
Strong’sG1160
cost, expense
stem dapan-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
δαπάνη, -ης, ἡ
[in LXX: Es 6:4, 8 (נִפְקָא), Da LXX Bel 21, al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1160 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddap-an'-ay
expense (as consuming)
Fromfrom δάπτω (to devour);
King Jamescost.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | dapanas | dapanais |
| object accusative | dapanan1×δαπάνην | dapanain |
| direct address vocative | dapanar | dapanair |
| of, belonging to genitive | dapanau | dapanaiu |
| to, for dative | dapana | dapanai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
dapana 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
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
dapanan“cost”objectaccusative singular1×
Luke 14:28“cost”tinos gar ek vu thelarōtos purgon oikodomara ouchi prōtem kathizaratos psēfizatō tan dapanan, ei echatō eis apartismon?Which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to see if he has the resources to complete it?