STRONGS G355:
ἀναλίσκω: from the present
ἀναλόω [3 person singular
ἀναλοῖ,
2 Thessalonians 2:8 WH marginal reading] come the future
ἀναλώσω; 1 aorist
ἀνήλωσα and
ἀνάλωσα [see Veitch]; 1 aorist passive
ἀνηλωθην; (the simple verb is found only in the passive
ἁλίσκομαι to be taken; but
α in
ἁλίσκομαι is short, in
ἀναλίσκω long; cf.
Bttm. Ausf. Spr. ii., p. 113; [Veitch, see under the words; "the different quantity, the active form, the transitive sense of the perfect, and above all the difference of sense, indicate a different origin for the two verbs." Liddell and Scott]); [from Pindar down];
1. to expend; to consume,
e. g. χρήματα (to spend money; very often in Xenophon).
2. to consume, use up, destroy:
Luke 9:54;
Galatians 5:15;
2 Thessalonians 2:8 R G WH marginal reading (
Sept. Jeremiah 27:7 (
Jer. 50:7);
Proverbs 23:28;
Genesis 41:30, etc.)
[Compare:
κατ-,
προσαναλίσκω.]
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