Strong G3336μετάληψις

partaking of

Transliteration
metalēpsis
Pronunciation
met-al'-ape-sis
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From G3335; participation: - taking.

Detailed definition

μετά-λημψις (Rec. -ληψις), -εως, ἡ
(μεταλαμβάνω)
participation, taking, receiving: of food, 1Ti.4:3.†
(AS)

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Strong G3336 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • receive1

First verses

  1. 1 Timothy 4:3
    Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
μετά-ληψις, εως, ἡ,
participation, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 131a)]; λόγων in philosophy, [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 539d; γένεσις μ. οὐσίας [prev. author] “Def.” 411a)]; γίνεσθαι κατὰ τὴν μ. [τοῦ εἴδους] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione et Corruptione” 335b14, compare “Metaphorical” 1072b20, etc.)]; partaking of food, [NT (NT.1Tim.4.3.)]
2 concurrence, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (POxy. 1273.39 (3rd c.AD), etc.)]
3 Grammars, τὸ λέγων μ. ἐνεστῶτος καὶ παρατατικοῦ is shared by.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Adverbiis;” 124.1.)]
II alternation, τῶν λόγων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 173b; αἱ μ. τοῦ σχήματος 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 9.20.2; ἐκ μεταλήψεως [prev. author] 2.33.4.)]
II.2 succession, μ. τῆς ἀρχῆς [Refs ([prev. author] 31.13.3.)]
II.3 taking one thing instead of another, ἡ ἀντὶ τοῦ μείζονος ἐλάττονος μ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1369b25.)]
II.4 Rhet., use of one word for another, as of Ἥφαιστος for πῦρ, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.AD: Quintilianus Rhetor Latinus 8.6.37, 1st c.BC: Trypho Grammaticus “περὶ τρόπων” 5, etc.)]; transference of meaning, [Refs (12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 79.12.)]
II.5 objection, counterplea, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 4d)]; especially concurrence coupled with objection, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Syrianus Philosophus et Rhetor “in Hermogenem commentaria” 2.153 R., 1st c.AD: Cornutus Philosophus “Rh.” p.391 H.)]
II.6 συλλογισμοὶ κατὰ μετάληψιν hypothetical syllogisms involving the substitution of a proposition for the original thesis, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Priora” 45b17)]; compare μεταλαμβάνω VI.
II.7 Grammars, change of construction, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 210.3)]; change in dialect, [Refs ([prev. work] 335.1)]; change of name, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Demetrius Lacon Philosophus “Herc.” 1014.60.)]
II.8 translation, rendering, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis ad 2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 180; ἡ εἰς τὸ Ἑλληνικὸν μ. [prev. author][prev. work] 294.)]
II.9 transference, αἱ ἐς νεφροὺς καὶ κύστιας -λήψιες [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων χρονίων παθῶν” 1.9.)]
II.10 κατὰ μετάληψιν κατατεῖναι, of reflex tension over a pulley [Refs 1st c.AD+ (compare (μεταληπτικός 11), 1st-2nd c.AD: Heliodorus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 48.9.25.)]