Word Summary
metechō: to partake of, share in
Original Word: μετέχωTransliteration: metechō
Phonetic Spelling: (met-ekh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to partake of, share in
Meaning: to partake of, share in
Strong's Concordance
partake, take part, use.
From meta and echo; to share or participate; by implication, belong to, eat (or drink) -- be partaker, pertain, take part, use.
see GREEK meta
see GREEK echo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3348: μετέχωμετέχω; 2 aorist
μετεσχον; perfect
μετέσχηκα;
to be or become partaker; to partake:
τῆς ἐλπίδος αὐτοῦ, of the thing hoped for,
1 Corinthians 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,
1 Corinthians 9:12;
1 Corinthians 10:21;
Hebrews 2:14;
φυλῆς ἑτέρας, to belong to another tribe, be of another tribe,
Hebrews 7:13; namely,
τῆς τροφῆς, to partake of, eat,
1 Corinthians 10:30;
γάλακτος, to partake of, feed on, milk,
Hebrews 5:13;
ἐκ τοῦ ἑνός ἄρτου namely,
τί or
τίνος (see
ἐκ, I. 2 b.),
1 Corinthians 10:17; cf.
Buttmann, § 132, 8; (
Winer's Grammar, § 28, 1; 30, 8 a.).