Strong G3348μετέχω
to share
- Transliteration
- metechō
- Pronunciation
- met-ekh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
μετ-έχω
[in LXX: Pro.5:17 (עֵת), Pro.1:18, 1Es.5:40 Est.8:70, Sir.51:28, al.;]
to partake of, share in: ἐπ᾽ ἐλπίδι τοῦ μετέχειν, 1Co.9:10; with genitive of thing(s), 1Co.9:12 10:21 10:30, Heb.2:14; in sacramental sense, ἑκ τ. ἐνὸς ἄρτου μ., 1Co.10:17 (cf. MM, xvi); metaphorically, γάλακτος, Heb.5:13; of belonging to a tribe, Heb.7:13.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Pro.5:17 (עֵת), Pro.1:18, 1Es.5:40 Est.8:70, Sir.51:28, al.;]
to partake of, share in: ἐπ᾽ ἐλπίδι τοῦ μετέχειν, 1Co.9:10; with genitive of thing(s), 1Co.9:12 10:21 10:30, Heb.2:14; in sacramental sense, ἑκ τ. ἐνὸς ἄρτου μ., 1Co.10:17 (cf. MM, xvi); metaphorically, γάλακτος, Heb.5:13; of belonging to a tribe, Heb.7:13.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3348 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- partaker5
- he2
- be1
- pertaineth1
- take1
- useth1
First verses
- 1 Corinthians 9:10Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.
- 1 Corinthians 9:12If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 10:17For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
- 1 Corinthians 10:21Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils.
- 1 Corinthians 10:30For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?
- Hebrews 2:14Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
- Hebrews 5:13For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
- Hebrews 7:13For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
μετέχω,
Aeolic dialect πεδέχω [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 59, 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 68.2)]; infinitive πεδέχην [Refs (Ead. “Supp.” 5.22)]: future μεθέξω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.86, later μεθέξομαι (_3rd.pers._ _sing._ misspelt μεθέξετε) “IG” 3.1427)]: perfect μετέσχηκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.80)]:—partake of, share in:— Constr.:
1 mostly with genitive of things only, κακοτάτων, βρόδων, Alc.[same place], [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 68.2)]; ἀγαθῶν, κακῶν, βίου, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 82, 354, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 333)]; τῆς τοῦ Μάγου ὕβριος Hdt.[same place]; μ. τοῦ λόγου to be in the secret, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.127; τοῦ ἔργου 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.62: with _genitive_ _person_, μ. τῶν πεντακισχιλίων)] to be members of the [Refs (5, 000, Th.)][same place]; μ. τῆς πόλεως, τῆς πολιτείας, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 6.48, 30.15; ἐκκλησίας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1282a29; also ἐκ τοῦ ἑνὸς ἄρτου μ. NT.1Cor.10.17: with _dative_ _person_ added, μ. τινός τινι)] partake of something in common with another, οὔ οἱ μ. θράσεος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.83; πόνων μ. Ἡρακλέει 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 8; τῶν αὐτῶν ἔργων Ἐρατοσθένει μ. 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.58; μ. ἱερῶν καὶ θυσιῶν τισι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.4.20; μ. τῶν ἴσων τισί [prev. author] “Cyr.” 2.1.15, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 805d; κινδύνων 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.16.3; also ξὺν σοὶ μετεῖχον τῶν ἴσων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1168.)]
2 frequently the part or share is added, τοῦ πεδίου οὐκ ἐλαχίστην μοῖραν μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.204; μ. τάφου μέρος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 507, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 226, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 31.5; πλεῖστόν σου μέρος μεθέξομεν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.54.)]
3 with accusative of things, μ. τὸ ἴσον (i.e. μέρος) τῶν ἀγαθῶν τινι[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 7.2.28, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 787; μ. τὰς ἴσας πληγὰς ἐμοί 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1144; μ. τινὶ τὴν μερίδα “PPetr.” 3p.67 (3rd c.BC).)]
4 rarely with accusative only, ἀκερδῆ χάριν μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1484 (Lyric poetry).)]
5 with dative of things only in a corrupt passage, τῇ.. κατὰ τὴν χώραν.. οἰκήσει μετεῖχον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.16.)]
6 μ. περὶ ἔργων καὶ τεχνῶν have some knowledge respecting.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1282a11.)]
7 absolutely, to be a partner, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (PRev.Laws 14.11 (3rd c.BC))]; οἱ μετέχοντες the partners, accomplices, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.132.)]
II in Platonic Philos., participate in a universal, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 990b31, 1037b19; τὰ μετέχοντα, opposed to αἱ ἰδέαι, [prev. work] 991a3:)] —passive, μετέχονται (i.e. αἱ ἰδέαι) are participated in,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 990b30, compare 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 4.16, 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “in Platonis Parmenidem commentarii” p.650 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, etc.)]
III in Aristotelian Logic, share in, i.e. admit the definition of, τὰ μὲν εἴδη μετέχει τῶν γενῶν, τὰ δὲ γένη τῶν εἰδῶν οὔ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 121a12, compare 123a8, 143b14.)]
Aeolic dialect πεδέχω [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 59, 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 68.2)]; infinitive πεδέχην [Refs (Ead. “Supp.” 5.22)]: future μεθέξω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.86, later μεθέξομαι (_3rd.pers._ _sing._ misspelt μεθέξετε) “IG” 3.1427)]: perfect μετέσχηκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.80)]:—partake of, share in:— Constr.:
1 mostly with genitive of things only, κακοτάτων, βρόδων, Alc.[same place], [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 68.2)]; ἀγαθῶν, κακῶν, βίου, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 82, 354, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 333)]; τῆς τοῦ Μάγου ὕβριος Hdt.[same place]; μ. τοῦ λόγου to be in the secret, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.127; τοῦ ἔργου 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.62: with _genitive_ _person_, μ. τῶν πεντακισχιλίων)] to be members of the [Refs (5, 000, Th.)][same place]; μ. τῆς πόλεως, τῆς πολιτείας, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 6.48, 30.15; ἐκκλησίας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1282a29; also ἐκ τοῦ ἑνὸς ἄρτου μ. NT.1Cor.10.17: with _dative_ _person_ added, μ. τινός τινι)] partake of something in common with another, οὔ οἱ μ. θράσεος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.83; πόνων μ. Ἡρακλέει 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 8; τῶν αὐτῶν ἔργων Ἐρατοσθένει μ. 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.58; μ. ἱερῶν καὶ θυσιῶν τισι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.4.20; μ. τῶν ἴσων τισί [prev. author] “Cyr.” 2.1.15, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 805d; κινδύνων 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.16.3; also ξὺν σοὶ μετεῖχον τῶν ἴσων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1168.)]
2 frequently the part or share is added, τοῦ πεδίου οὐκ ἐλαχίστην μοῖραν μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.204; μ. τάφου μέρος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 507, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 226, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 31.5; πλεῖστόν σου μέρος μεθέξομεν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.54.)]
3 with accusative of things, μ. τὸ ἴσον (i.e. μέρος) τῶν ἀγαθῶν τινι[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 7.2.28, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 787; μ. τὰς ἴσας πληγὰς ἐμοί 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1144; μ. τινὶ τὴν μερίδα “PPetr.” 3p.67 (3rd c.BC).)]
4 rarely with accusative only, ἀκερδῆ χάριν μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1484 (Lyric poetry).)]
5 with dative of things only in a corrupt passage, τῇ.. κατὰ τὴν χώραν.. οἰκήσει μετεῖχον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.16.)]
6 μ. περὶ ἔργων καὶ τεχνῶν have some knowledge respecting.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1282a11.)]
7 absolutely, to be a partner, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (PRev.Laws 14.11 (3rd c.BC))]; οἱ μετέχοντες the partners, accomplices, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.132.)]
II in Platonic Philos., participate in a universal, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 990b31, 1037b19; τὰ μετέχοντα, opposed to αἱ ἰδέαι, [prev. work] 991a3:)] —passive, μετέχονται (i.e. αἱ ἰδέαι) are participated in,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 990b30, compare 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 4.16, 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “in Platonis Parmenidem commentarii” p.650 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, etc.)]
III in Aristotelian Logic, share in, i.e. admit the definition of, τὰ μὲν εἴδη μετέχει τῶν γενῶν, τὰ δὲ γένη τῶν εἰδῶν οὔ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 121a12, compare 123a8, 143b14.)]