δᾰν-είζω G1155
to lend (money); (middle) to borrow
Daneizo in the active voice means to lend, and in the middle voice to borrow. Jesus uses this word in the Sermon on the Mount and the Sermon on the Plain to challenge transactional generosity. In Matthew 5:42, he commands giving to the one who asks and not turning away the would-be borrower. In Luke 6:34-35, he pushes further: even sinners lend to sinners expecting equal return, but disciples should lend expecting nothing back. The word sits at the intersection of economics and ethics, redefining generosity.
Senses
1. sense 1 — To lend money or goods to someone, or (in the middle voice) to borrow. Jesus invokes this financial term to redefine generosity: do not refuse the one who wants to borrow (Matt 5:42), and lend expecting nothing in return, unlike sinners who lend only for reciprocal gain (Luke 6:34-35). Spanish 'prestar/pedir prestado,' French 'prêter,' and the German forms all preserve the dual active-middle distinction between lending and borrowing. 4×
AR["أَقرَضتُم", "أَقرِضوا", "أَنْ-يَسْتَقْرِضَ", "يُقرِضونَ"]·ben["ধার-দাও", "ধার-দেয়", "ধার-নিতে,"]·DE["δανίζετε", "δανίζουσιν", "δανίσασθαι", "δανίσητε"]·EN["lend", "to-borrow", "you-lend"]·FR["prêter"]·heb["הַלְווּ", "לִלְווֹת", "מַלְוִים"]·HI["उधार-देते-हैं", "उधार-देते-हो", "उधार-दो", "उधार-लेना"]·ID["kalian-meminjamkan", "meminjam", "meminjamkan", "meminjamkanlah"]·IT["danisasthai", "danisete", "danizete", "danizousin"]·jav["nyambut", "nyambutaken", "nyambutakena"]·KO["꾸어주면", "꾸어주어라", "꾸어준다", "빌리라"]·PT["tomar-emprestado"]·RU["взаймы-давайте", "взаймы-дают", "взаймы-даёте", "занять"]·ES["pedir-prestado", "prestad", "prestan", "prestáis"]·SW["kopesheni", "kukopa", "mnawakopesha", "wanawakopesha"]·TR["borç-almak", "ödünç-verin,", "ödünç-verirler,", "ödünç-verirseniz"]·urd["بے-اُمید", "تاکہ", "قرض-دو", "قرض-لینا"]
Related Senses
H5414 1. give, bestow (1855×)H3947 1. take, seize, grasp (Qal) (940×)G2192 1. possess / have (680×)G1325 1. give, bestow (336×)H5159 1. inherited land or property (170×)G2983 1. receive, obtain (134×)H3423 1. Qal: take possession of land (130×)G2983 2. take, take up (113×)G2398 1. one's own, belonging to oneself (91×)G3860 1. hand over, deliver to custody (78×)H7998 1. spoil, plunder, booty (74×)G1325 2. be given, be granted (70×)H5414 2. put, place, set (68×)H7999a 1. pay, repay, recompense (63×)H7069 1. Buy, purchase (59×)H1892 1. vanity, futility, absurdity (58×)H5159 2. heritage as covenant portion (52×)H6299 1. redeem or ransom (Qal active) (49×)H4376 1. Sell (Qal active) (47×)H1350a 1. Redeem, buy back (46×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
δᾰν-είζω, future -είσωRefs 4th c.BC+: aorist ἐδάνεισα Refs 5th c.BC+: perfect δεδάνεικα Refs 4th c.BC+ —middle Refs: future δανείσομαι Refs: aorist ἐδανεισάμην Refs 5th c.BC+perfect δεδάνεισμαι in middle sense, Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, aorist ἐδανείσθην Refs 5th c.BC+: perfect δεδάνεισμαι Refs: (δάνος):—put out money at usury, lend, Refs 5th c.BC+; δ. ἐπὶ τούτοις τοῖς ἀνδραπόδοις on the security…