Quick Definition
διανύω v. I finish, complete
Strong's Definition
from 1223 and anuo (to effect); to accomplish thoroughly
KJV Usage: finish
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δι-ανύω: 1 aor. ptep. διανύσας ; 0 accomplish fully, bring quite to an end, finish: τὸν πλοῦν, Acts xxi. 7. (2 Mace. xii. 17; fr. Hom. down.) [Cf. Field, Otium Norv. iii. p- 85 sq.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
διανύω dianyō 1x
to complete, finish, Acts 21:7*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** δι-ανύω
[in LXX: II Mac 12:17 * ;]
to accomplish fully, finish, complete: Ac 21:7 (EV).
In late writers (Xen., al., Clem., I ad Cor., xxv, 3), to continue: Ac, l.c. (Field, Notes, 134 f.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
διανύω. For 8. with the accus., as in Ac 217, cr, Vettius Valens pp- 8157, 1094, 330° πόνους διήνυσα. In 7d. p. 5817 the verb is intransitive = zzvere. The simplex appears in CP Herm 119 verso¥l4 (A.D. 260-8) πάντα ἡμῖν κατ᾽ εὐχὴν ἤνυσται : the passage does not strongly taste of vernacular.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
διανύω (dianuō) — to continue. διᾰνύω (also διᾰνύτω [Refs 5th c.BC+] [ῠ], perfect -ήνυκα[Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—bring quite to an end, accomplish, finish, κέλευθα δ. finish a journey, [NT+5th c.BC+] having finished one's course over the sea, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πλεῖον δ. traverse, of a point moving along a line, [Refs 4th c.BC+] arrive at a place, [Refs] —passive, ὁδὸς διηνυσμένη[Refs]: aorist infinitive διανυσθῆναι [Refs 5th c.AD+]: with participle, finish doing a thing, οὔ πω κακότητα διήνυσεν ἣν ἀγορεύων [Refs 8th c.BC+]; but πόνοις σε διδοῦσα διήνυσεν continued giving.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, live, [Refs]
