Quick Definition
δαπάνη, ης, ἡ n.f. cost, expense
Strong's Definition
from dapto (to devour); expense (as consuming)
KJV Usage: cost
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δαπάνη, -ης, ἡ, (fr. δάπτω to tear, consume, [akin are δεῖπνον, Lat. daps; Curtius § 261]), expense, cost: Lk. xiv. 28. (2 Esdr. vi. 4; 1 Mace. iii. 30, ete. Among Grk. writ. Hes. opp. 721, Pind., Eur., Thuc., et sqq.) * Aave(S and Δαυΐδ, see Δαβίδ.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
δαπάνη dapanē 1x
expense, cost, Lk. 14:28*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
δαπάνη, -ης, ἡ
[in LXX: Es 6:4, 8 (נִפְקָא), Da LXX Bel 21, al. ;]
expense, cost: Lk 14:28.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
δαπάνη is very common. Thus P Fay tor verso® (c. B.C. 18) δαπάνης (δραχμαὶ) δ, P Oxy II. 29427 (A.D. 22) = (Selections, p- 36) els δαπάνην οὗ ext pov, ‘with reference to the expense of what he has belonging to me,” 2d. VIII. 1125* (ii/A.D.) ἰδίαις ἑαυτοῦ δαπάναις. In P Lond 35616 (i/a.v.) (= II. p. 252, Se/ectzons p. 59) the writer warns his correspondent that if he sells him stale drugs—yelvaoke σαυτὸν ἕξοντα πρὸς ἐμὲ περὶ τῶν δαπανῶν, “understand that you will have to settle with me with regard to the expenses.” P Lond III. 1171*4 (accounts—b.c. 8) (=III. p. 178) shows the new word ὑπερδαπάνη, i.e. ‘‘ debit balance” or ‘‘deficit” : trepSdmavoy(?) and ὑπερδαπάνημα are also found in this sense in the same papyrus. The simple δαπάνημα, which belongs to later Greek, is common, e.g. BGU III. 1oo1* 15. (B.c. 56) τ]ά τε βλάβη καὶ δαπανήματα.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
δαπάνη (dapanē) — cost. δᾰπᾰν-η, ἡ, cost, expenditure, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; δ. χρυσοῦ καὶ ἀργύρου, χρημάτων, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. κούφα the cost is little, with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: also in plural, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. money spent, ἵππων on horses, [Refs].47; δαπάνην παρέχειν money for spending, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. extravagance, ἡ ἐν τῇ φύσει δ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]