Strong G3335μεταλαμβάνω
to partake
- Transliteration
- metalambanō
- Pronunciation
- met-al-am-ban'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
μετα-λαμξάνω
[in LXX: Est.5:1, Wis.18:9; 4Ma.12:1-19 *;]
to have or get a share of, partake of: with genitive of thing(s), 2Ti.2:6, Heb.6:7 12:10; τροφῆς, Act.2:46 27:33-34; with accusative of thing(s) (of the whole), to get: καιρόν, Act.24:25 (see Bl., § 36, 1; MM, xvi).†
(AS)
[in LXX: Est.5:1, Wis.18:9; 4Ma.12:1-19 *;]
to have or get a share of, partake of: with genitive of thing(s), 2Ti.2:6, Heb.6:7 12:10; τροφῆς, Act.2:46 27:33-34; with accusative of thing(s) (of the whole), to get: καιρόν, Act.24:25 (see Bl., § 36, 1; MM, xvi).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3335 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- partaker2
- be1
- call1
- eat1
- receiveth1
- take1
First verses
- Acts 2:46And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
- Acts 24:25And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
- Acts 27:33And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing.
- 2 Timothy 2:6The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
- Hebrews 6:7For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:
- Hebrews 12:10For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
μεταλαμβάνω,
future - λήψομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.18)]:—have or get a share of, partake of, with genitive of things, ληΐης, καμάτου, μιαρίας, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.64, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.79, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.12; ἀμείνονος μοίρας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 248e; τροφῆς NT.Act.2.46, etc.:—)]middle, μεταλαμβάνεσθαί τινος lay claim to, τοῦ οὐνόματος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.45.)]
2 with the part received added in accusative, Ἄρεως μοῖραν μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 302; τὸ πέμπτον μέρος τῶν ψήφων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 36b, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.266, etc.; μ. τῶν τῆς ἀρετῆς μορίων οἱ μὲν ἄλλο οἱ δὲ ἄλλο 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 329e.)]
3 with accusative of things, ἢν μὴ μεταλάβῃ τοὐπίπεμπτον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 201; δικαστῶν τοσούτων οὐ δὲ διακοσίας ψήφους μ. 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.17.)]
4 in Platonic Philos., with genitive of things, participate in the universal, ἤτοι ὅλου τοῦ εἴδους ἢ μέρους μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 131a.)]
5 with genitive person, have part in, share his society, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.51)]; go shares with another, ὡς ἐμοῦ τι κεκλοφότος ζητεῖς μεταλαβεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 370.)]
6 receive notice or information, Mitteis [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“Chr.” 31 ii 2 (2nd c.BC))]: with accusative et infinitive, [LXX+2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 40.7 (2nd c.BC), LXX.2Mac.4.21: with _accusative_ et)]participle, μ. πολιορκοῦντά τινα[Refs ([prev. work] 11.6; μ. διότι.. Aristeas 316)]:—passive, to be cited, = Latin recitari, ἐκ διπτύχων [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“SIG” 827 B 1 (Delph., 2nd c.AD).)]
7 understand, φωνάς [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 1.19.)]
II receive in succession or afterwards, [χαλινόν] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 10.6; [ἱμάτιον] θάτερον 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 159.6; πλοῦτον ἕτερον 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 201)]; occupy a position left by the enemy, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.40.11, etc.)]; μ. τὴν ἀρχήν succeed to the government, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ ([prev. author] 5.40.6, compare “PTeb.” 79.49 (2nd c.BC))]; μ. τὸν λόγον take up the discourse, i. e. answer, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.2.2)]; μ. alone, [Refs ([prev. author] 10.38.1, etc.)]; οἱ παρά τινος -λημψόμενοι his successors in title, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (PTeb. 294.18 (2nd c.AD), etc.)]; ἐκ διαδοχῆς μ. τὸ ἱερόν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Stud.Pal.” 22.184.95 (2nd c.AD).)]
II.2 absolutely, come after, come on, ἅμα τῷ μεταλαβεῖν τὸ τῆς νυκτός [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 15.30.2.)]
III take instead, take in exchange, substitute, πόλεμον ἀντ᾽ εἰρήνης [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.120; ἄλλο ὄνομα ἀντὶ τῆς ἡδονῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 355c)]; διαναπαύσωμεν αὐτὸν μεταλαβόντες αὐτοῦ τὸν συγγυμναστή; [Refs ([prev. author] “Plt.” 257c; τὰ ὄργανα τἀλλήλων [prev. author] “R.” 434a)], compare b; μ. τὰ ἐπιτηδεύματα ἐς τὸ ὁμοῖον adopt new customs so as to resemble others, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.18, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 356d)]; ἱμάτια, ἐσθῆτας μ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.4, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.78.3)]; μ. παλτόν take another javelin, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 12.13)]: with infinitive, ἀντὶ τοῦ αἰεὶ φυλάσσεσθαι.. [τὸ] ἀντεπιβουλεῦσαι μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.87.)]
IV passive, to be changed, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.9, 6th c.AD: Olympiodorus Philosophus “in Aristotelis Meteora commentaria - pars” 36.19.)]
IV.2 in Medicine texts, of humours, blood, to be transferred, conveyed, ὑπὸ δηχθέντος [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “fragment” 118, compare 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.7.)]
IV.3 Grammars, to be changed, altered, εἰς.. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 107.2)]; also, of words, have their construction altered, εἰς.. [Refs ([prev. author] “Pron.” 15.11, +others)]; but μ. ἐκ.. to be used in place of, [Refs ([prev. author] “Synt.” 195.14, +others)]
V take words in another sense, τὰ πράγματα τοῖς ὀνόμασι μ. [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 9.9, compare 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista)] in “de An.” 18.35; parody, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 8.336f (_passive_).)]
V.2 translate, interpret, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.480 (_passive_).)]
VI in the Logic of [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus, τὸ μεταλαμβανόμενον)] proposition substituted for the original thesis in hypothetical reasoning, [Refs (“APr.” 41a39.)]
future - λήψομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.18)]:—have or get a share of, partake of, with genitive of things, ληΐης, καμάτου, μιαρίας, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.64, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.79, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.12; ἀμείνονος μοίρας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 248e; τροφῆς NT.Act.2.46, etc.:—)]middle, μεταλαμβάνεσθαί τινος lay claim to, τοῦ οὐνόματος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.45.)]
2 with the part received added in accusative, Ἄρεως μοῖραν μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 302; τὸ πέμπτον μέρος τῶν ψήφων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 36b, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.266, etc.; μ. τῶν τῆς ἀρετῆς μορίων οἱ μὲν ἄλλο οἱ δὲ ἄλλο 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 329e.)]
3 with accusative of things, ἢν μὴ μεταλάβῃ τοὐπίπεμπτον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 201; δικαστῶν τοσούτων οὐ δὲ διακοσίας ψήφους μ. 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.17.)]
4 in Platonic Philos., with genitive of things, participate in the universal, ἤτοι ὅλου τοῦ εἴδους ἢ μέρους μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 131a.)]
5 with genitive person, have part in, share his society, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.51)]; go shares with another, ὡς ἐμοῦ τι κεκλοφότος ζητεῖς μεταλαβεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 370.)]
6 receive notice or information, Mitteis [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“Chr.” 31 ii 2 (2nd c.BC))]: with accusative et infinitive, [LXX+2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 40.7 (2nd c.BC), LXX.2Mac.4.21: with _accusative_ et)]participle, μ. πολιορκοῦντά τινα[Refs ([prev. work] 11.6; μ. διότι.. Aristeas 316)]:—passive, to be cited, = Latin recitari, ἐκ διπτύχων [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“SIG” 827 B 1 (Delph., 2nd c.AD).)]
7 understand, φωνάς [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 1.19.)]
II receive in succession or afterwards, [χαλινόν] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 10.6; [ἱμάτιον] θάτερον 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 159.6; πλοῦτον ἕτερον 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 201)]; occupy a position left by the enemy, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.40.11, etc.)]; μ. τὴν ἀρχήν succeed to the government, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ ([prev. author] 5.40.6, compare “PTeb.” 79.49 (2nd c.BC))]; μ. τὸν λόγον take up the discourse, i. e. answer, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.2.2)]; μ. alone, [Refs ([prev. author] 10.38.1, etc.)]; οἱ παρά τινος -λημψόμενοι his successors in title, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (PTeb. 294.18 (2nd c.AD), etc.)]; ἐκ διαδοχῆς μ. τὸ ἱερόν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Stud.Pal.” 22.184.95 (2nd c.AD).)]
II.2 absolutely, come after, come on, ἅμα τῷ μεταλαβεῖν τὸ τῆς νυκτός [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 15.30.2.)]
III take instead, take in exchange, substitute, πόλεμον ἀντ᾽ εἰρήνης [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.120; ἄλλο ὄνομα ἀντὶ τῆς ἡδονῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 355c)]; διαναπαύσωμεν αὐτὸν μεταλαβόντες αὐτοῦ τὸν συγγυμναστή; [Refs ([prev. author] “Plt.” 257c; τὰ ὄργανα τἀλλήλων [prev. author] “R.” 434a)], compare b; μ. τὰ ἐπιτηδεύματα ἐς τὸ ὁμοῖον adopt new customs so as to resemble others, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.18, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 356d)]; ἱμάτια, ἐσθῆτας μ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.4, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.78.3)]; μ. παλτόν take another javelin, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 12.13)]: with infinitive, ἀντὶ τοῦ αἰεὶ φυλάσσεσθαι.. [τὸ] ἀντεπιβουλεῦσαι μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.87.)]
IV passive, to be changed, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.9, 6th c.AD: Olympiodorus Philosophus “in Aristotelis Meteora commentaria - pars” 36.19.)]
IV.2 in Medicine texts, of humours, blood, to be transferred, conveyed, ὑπὸ δηχθέντος [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “fragment” 118, compare 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.7.)]
IV.3 Grammars, to be changed, altered, εἰς.. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 107.2)]; also, of words, have their construction altered, εἰς.. [Refs ([prev. author] “Pron.” 15.11, +others)]; but μ. ἐκ.. to be used in place of, [Refs ([prev. author] “Synt.” 195.14, +others)]
V take words in another sense, τὰ πράγματα τοῖς ὀνόμασι μ. [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 9.9, compare 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista)] in “de An.” 18.35; parody, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 8.336f (_passive_).)]
V.2 translate, interpret, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.480 (_passive_).)]
VI in the Logic of [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus, τὸ μεταλαμβανόμενον)] proposition substituted for the original thesis in hypothetical reasoning, [Refs (“APr.” 41a39.)]