μετέχω
metéchō · G3348 · Greek · 8 occurrences
Meanings
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to share in, to have a share of
To share in the possession of something
Examples1 Corinthians 9:10 Or is He speaking entirely for our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake, because the plowman ought to plow in hope, and the thresher to thresh in hope of sharing in the crops.
1 Corinthians 9:12 If others share the right over you, do we not more? Nevertheless, we did not use this right, but we endure all things so that we will cause no hindrance to the gospel of Christ.
1 Corinthians 10:17 Since there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.
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to eat, to eat food, to drink
(Normally occurring together with a term specifying the particular food in question, but also occurring absolutely in contexts relating to food; μετέχω is probably more formal than ἐσθίω) To partake of or to consume food, whether solid or liquid
Examples1 Corinthians 10:17 Since there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.
1 Corinthians 10:30 If I partake with thankfulness, why am I slandered about that for which I give thanks?
Hebrews 5:13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is unacquainted with the word of righteousness, for he is an infant.
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to belong to
To be included in the membership of a group
ExamplesHebrews 7:13 For the one about whom these things are said belongs to another tribe, from which no one has officiated at the altar.
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(An idiom, literally: to share in a table) To belong to a particular religious group as evidenced by ceremonial eating (to belong to (a religious group), to eat at the table of)
Examples1 Corinthians 10:21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons.
How it’s used In 6 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
8 occurrences in 7 groups
- Not stated (infinitive) 2
- ἐγώI, we 1
- ἄλλοςother, another 1
- λέγωto say 1
- πᾶςall, every, each 1
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
5 occurrences in 5 groups
- γάλαmilk 1
- ἐξουσίαauthority, power, right 1
- τράπεζαtable 1
- φυλήtribe, nation, people 1
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐκfrom+ ἄρτοςbread, loaf 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- παραπλησίωςvery similar 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- δύναμαιcan 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἄπειροςinexperienced in 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 4 entries
- To eat, to eat food, to drink23.2
- This sense denotes the act of eating or drinking. 1 Corinthians 10:21 states, “you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons.”
- To belong to34.31
- This sense denotes belonging to a particular group or category. Hebrews 7:13 states that the one spoken of “belongs to another tribe, from which no one has officiated at the altar.”
- To belong to (a religious group), to eat at the table of34.32
- This sense denotes participating in a religious community's shared meal. 1 Corinthians 10:17 states, “Since there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.”
- To share in, to have a share of57.6
- This sense denotes sharing in the benefit of something. 1 Corinthians 9:10 states that the plowman and thresher labor “in hope of sharing in the crops.”
Word family 51 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon 2 aorist μετεσχον; perfect μετέσχηκα; to be or become partaker; to partake: τῆς ἐλπίδος…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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