Quick Definition
ἀναλίσκω v. I destroy, annihilate
Strong's Definition
properly, to use up, i.e. destroy
Derivation: from G303 (ἀνά) and a form of the alternate of G138 (αἱρέομαι);
KJV Usage: consume
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | fut.3sg. ἀναλώσει · aor. ἀνήλωσα · opt.3sg. ἀναλοῖ · pass. ἀνηλώθην | ἁλίσκομαι (be caught, captured)
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀν-αλίσκω : fr. the pres. ἀναλόω [3 pers. sing. ἀναλοῖ, 2 Th. i.8 WH mrg.] come the fut. ἀναλώσω; 1 aor. ἀνήλωσα and ἀνάλωσα [see Veitch]; 1 aor. pass. ἀνηλώθην; (the simple verb is found only in the pass. ἁλίσκομαι to be taken; but a in ἁλίσκομαι is short, in ἀναλίσκω long; οἵ. Bitm. Ausf. Spr. ii. p. 113; [Veitch s. vv.; “the diff. quantity, the act. form, the trans. sense of the pf., and above all the difference of sense, indicate a diff. origin for the two verbs.” lL. and 5.7); [fr. Pind. down]; 1. to expend; to consume, 6. g. χρήματα (to spend money ; very often in Xen.). 2. to consume, use up, destroy: Lk. ix. 54; Gal. v.15; 2 Th. ii. 8 RG WH ure. (Sept. Jer. xxvii. (1.) 7; Prov. xxiii. 28; Gen. xli. 30, ete.) [Comp.: κατ-, προσ-αναλίσκω.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀναλόω analoō 2x
to destroy, Luke 9:54; Gal. 5:15
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀν-αλίσκω
(on the etymology, v. MM, VGT, s.v.), [in LXX chiefly for אכל also for כּלה, etc.;]
to expend.
to consume, destroy: Lk 9:54, Ga 5:15, II Th 2:8, Rec. WH, mg.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀναλίσκω. P Flor II. 2124 (a.p. 254) εἰς τοσαύτην ἀτυχίαν ἦλθες τοσαῦτα λήμματα ἀναλίσκων ὡς μὴ ἔχειν σε ἀρτά[β]ην μίαν λωτίνου. P Eleph 5% οἴνου ἀνηλώθησαν κ(εραμία) fry, Ρ Par 4015 (B.c. 164-58) μηδὲ ἀναλίσκειν χαλκοῦς, etc. Notice ἀναλουμένων in the same sense, P Lond 1177}} (B.c. 113) (=III. p. 181). P Grenf II. 77%® (iii/iv a.p.) (= Selections, p. 121) φροντίσατε οὖν τὰ ἀναλωθέντα ἕτοιμάσαι, ‘see to it therefore that you furnish the sums expended.” P Oxy T. 587° (A.D. 288) τὰ μάταια ἀναλώματα πία]ύσεται, ‘‘ useless expense will be stopped,” with reference to a proposed reduction in the number of treasury officials. The noun ἀνάλωμα (often ἀνήλωμα), which does not happen to occur in NT, is exceedingly common. The verb is an early compound of Fadtokw, whose simplex survives in the passive ἁλίσκομαι : the ἃ is due to contraction of -aFa- after The meaning destroy is therefore parallel loss of digamma. with dvatpéw. A.D.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀναλίσκω (analiskō) — to consume. ἀνᾱλίσκω [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—also ἀνᾱλόω [Refs 5th c.BC+]: imperfect ἀνήλισκον[Refs 5th c.BC+]: future ἀνᾱλώσω[Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἀνήλωσα[Refs 5th c.BC+] and later: perfect ἀνήλωκα[Refs 5th c.BC+] codices and later:—passive, future ἀνᾱλωθήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist ἀνηλώθην and ἀνᾱλώθην: perfect ἀνήλωμαι and ἀνάλωμαι:—in Attic Inscrr. both forms are found in 5th C, ἀναλίσκω only from 4th C onwards. The augmented forms are sometimes wrongly used, ἀνηλοῦντι[Refs 3rd c.BC+]; compare ἀνήλωμα: ἀνάλωσα is found at Amorgos, [Refs]:—use up, spend, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. εἴς τι spend upon a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+] spend money in paying him, [Refs]:—passive, τἀνηλωμένα the monies expended [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. metaphorically, ἀνήλωσας λόγον hast wasted words, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. ὕπνον waste time in sleep, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λόγῳ ἀ. τὸν χρόνον τῆς ἡμέρας diem eximere dicendo, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
3. consume, σιτία[Refs 5th c.BC+]; of animals, in passive, to be eaten, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:— passive, to be expended, εἰς τὴν πιμελήν in forming fat, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. of persons, kill, destroy, τοὺς ἀναλωθέντας[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle kill oneself, [Refs]: —passive, to be consumed, perish, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be disposed of, got rid of, [Refs](ἀνά, ἁλίσκομαι.)