Strong's Lexicon
G3348 — μετέχω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3348 |
|---|---|
| Word: | μετέχω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G3326 and G2192 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 8 |
| Transliteration: | metecho |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | met-ekh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to share or participate 2. (by implication) belong to, eat (or drink) |
| KJV Renderings: | be partaker, pertain, take part, use |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μετέχω; 2 aorist μετεσχον; perfect μετέσχηκα; to be or become partaker; to partake: τῆς ἐλπίδος αὐτοῦ, of the thing hoped for, 1Co 9:10 Rec. but G L T Tr WH have rightly restored ἐπ’ ἐλπίδι τοῦ μετέχειν, in hope of partaking (of the harvest); with a genitive of the thing added, 1Co 9:12; 1Co 10:21; Heb 2:14; φυλῆς ἑτέρας, to belong to another tribe, be of another tribe, Heb 7:13; namely, τῆς τροφῆς, to partake of, eat, 1Co 10:30; γάλακτος, to partake of, feed on, milk, Heb 5:13; ἐκ τοῦ ἑνός ἄρτου namely, τί or τίνος (see ἐκ, I. 2 b.), 1Co 10:17; cf. Buttmann, § 132, 8; (Winer’s Grammar, § 28, 1; 30, 8 a.).
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
μετέχω (be partaker)
1 Corinthians 9:10
- KJV: Or saith he altogether for our sakes For our sakes no doubt is written that he that ploweth should plow in hope and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope
- GK: η δι΄ ημάς πάντως λέγει δι΄ ημάς γαρ εγράφη ότι επ΄ ελπίδι οφείλει ο αροτριών αροτριάν και ο αλοών της ελπίδος αυτού μετέχειν επ΄ ελπίδι
1 Corinthians 9:12
- KJV: If others be partakers power over you not we rather Nevertheless we have not used this power but suffer all things lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ
- GK: ει άλλοι της εξουσίας υμών μετέχουσιν ου μάλλον ημείς αλλ΄ ουκ εχρησάμεθα τη εξουσία ταύτη αλλά πάντα στέγομεν ίνα μη εγκοπήν τινα δώμεν τω ευαγγελίω του χριστού
1 Corinthians 10:17
- KJV: For we many are one bread one body for we are all partakers of that one bread
- GK: ότι εις άρτος εν σώμα οι πολλοί εσμεν οι γαρ πάντες εκ του ενός άρτου μετέχομεν
1 Corinthians 10:21
- KJV: Ye 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
- GK: ου δύνασθε ποτήριον κυρίου πίνειν και ποτήριον δαιμονίων ου δύνασθε τραπέζης κυρίου μετέχειν και τραπέζης δαιμονίων
1 Corinthians 10:30
- KJV: For if I by grace be a partaker why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks
- GK: ει εγώ χάριτι μετέχω τι βλασφημούμαι υπέρ ου εγώ ευχαριστώ
Hebrews 2:14
- KJV: Forasmuch 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
- GK: επεί ούν τα παιδία κεκοινώνηκε σαρκός και αίματος και αυτός παραπλησίως μετέσχε των αυτών ίνα διά του θανάτου καταργήση τον το κράτος έχοντα του θανάτου τουτ΄ τον διάβολον
Hebrews 5:13
- KJV: For every one that useth milk unskilful in the word of righteousness for he is a babe
- GK: πας γαρ ο μετέχων γάλακτος άπειρος λόγου δικαιοσύνης νήπιος γαρ εστι
Hebrews 7:13
- KJV: For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe of which no man gave attendance at the altar
- GK: εφ ον γαρ λέγεται ταύτα φυλής ετέρας μετέσχηκεν αφ΄ ης ουδείς προσέσχηκε τω θυσιαστηρίω