Definition

to expend, i.e. (in a good sense) to incur cost, or (in a bad one) to waste

Etymology

from G1160 (δαπάνη);

Word family

• δαπάνη dapánē

How the KJV renders it

• be at charges
• consume
• spend

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.