δαπανάω

δαπανάω (fr. δάπτω ‘devour’ [of wild beasts Il. 16, 159 al.] via δαπάνη) fut. δαπανήσω; 1 aor. ἐδαπάνησα, impv. δαπάνησον. Pass.: aor. 3 sg. ἐδαπανήθη 2 Macc 1:32; pf. ptc. δεδαπανηνένος LXX (Hdt., Thu.+; ins, pap, LXX; TestAbr A 6 p. 83, 12 [Stone p.14]; EpArist, Philo, Joseph.; Just., A I, 13, 1)

① to use up or pay out material or physical resources, spend, spend freely w. acc. as obj. property Mk 5:26 (cp. 1 Macc 14:32; Jos., Ant. 15, 303; SEG XLI, 311, 3 [II A.D.]). τὶ εἴς τι (Diod S 11, 72, 2; Appian, Bell. Civ. 3, 32 §126; Artem. 1, 31 p. 33, 11f; Sb 8331, 17f [98 A.D.] πολλὰ δαπανήσας ἰς τὸ ἱερόν; OGI 59, 15; Bel 6 LXX, 3 Theod.; Jos., Ant. 4, 277) spend someth. for or on someth. Hs 1:8; also ἔν τινι (BGU 149, 5 ἐν πυρῷ κατʼ ἔτος δαπανᾶται τὰ ὑπογεγραμμένα) ἐν ταῖς ἡδοναῖς ὑμῶν on your pleasures Js 4:3. ἐπί τινι spend (money) on someone=pay someone’s expenses Ac 21:24; cp. ὑπέρ τινος 2 Cor 12:15 (s. BBetzinger, ZNW 18, 1918, 201; Seneca, Providentia 5, 4 boni viri … impendunt, impenduntur, et volentes quidem=good men expend, are expended, and, in fact, voluntarily).—W. the connotation of wastefulness (Hesychius; Suda δαπ.: οὐ τὸ ἁπλῶς ἀναλίσκειν, ἀλλὰ τὸ λαμπρῶς ζῆν καὶ σπαθᾶν καὶ δαπανᾶν τὴν οὐσίαν=not a matter of mere spending, but of living luxuriously, and squandering and wasting one’s estate): πάντα spend or waste everything Lk 15:14 (though the neutral sense use everything up is also prob.). Cp. also Js 4:3 above.—In a bold fig. αἱ δεδαπανημέναι καρδίαι τ. θανάτῳ hearts indentured to death, i.e., they were extravagantly handed over to death (the phrase is amplified by the succeeding phrase: ‘given over to lawless wandering’) B 14:5; the bridge to mng. 2 is apparent.

② to cause destruction by external means, wear out, destroy fig. ext. of 1 (Jos., Bell. 3, 74) τοὺς ἀνθρώπους Hm 12, 1, 2; pass. (Appian, Bell. Civ. 4, 41 §171; 4, 108 §456; cp. Cat. Cod. Astr. VIII/3 p. 135, 19 ὑπὸ τ. λύπης ἐδαπανώμην) ibid. of base desire.—Of fire (Dio Chrys. 4, 32; 2 Macc 1:23; 2:10; Philo, Exsecr. 153; Jos., Ant. 4, 192; SibOr 2, 197; Just., A I, 13, 1 τὰ … εἰς διατροφὴν γενόμενα … πυρὶ δαπανᾶν) πυρί σε ποιῶ δαπανηθῆναι I will cause you to be consumed by fire MPol 11:2; cp. 16:1.—DELG s.v. δάπτω. M-M.