dapanaō · spend

What it means

dapanaō (δαπανάω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “spend”.

Spend freely, use up.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Lay out money; throw it away on pleasures.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• had spent ×2
• spend ×2
• pay the expenses ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Mark×1
• Luke×1
• Acts×1
• 2 Corinthians×1
• James×1

• Mark 5:26

  and who had suffered much under many doctors, and had spent all that she had, and had not been helped at all, but rather had grown worse,

• Luke 15:14

  And when he had spent everything, a severe famine came over that country, and he began to be in need.

• Acts 21:24

  Take these men, purify yourself with them, and pay the expenses for them so that they may shave their head, and all will know that there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you yourself also walk in order, keeping the law.

• 2 Corinthians 12:15

  And I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more, am I to be loved less?

• James 4:3

  You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.