Quick Definition
I participate in, share
Strong's Definition
to share or participate; by implication, belong to, eat (or drink)
Derivation: from G3326 (μετά) and G2192 (ἔχω);
KJV Usage: be partaker, pertain, take part, use
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.).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μετέχω metechō 8x
to share in, partake, 1Co_9:10 ; 1Co_9:12 ; 1Co_10:17 ; 1Co_10:21 ; 1Co_10:30 ; Heb_2:14 ; Heb_5:13 ;
to be a member of, Heb_7:13 * partake; share.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
μετ -έχω ,
[in LXX : Pro_5:17 ( H6256 ), Pro_1:18 , 1Es_5:40 ; 1Es_8:70 , Sir_51:28 , al. ;]
to partake of, share in: ἐπ᾿ ἐλπίδι τοῦ μετέχειν , 1Co_9:10 ; c . gen . rei , 1Co_9:12 ; 1Co_10:21 ; 1Co_10:30 , Heb_2:14 ; in sacramental sense, ἑκ τ . ἐνὸς ἄρτου μ ., 1Co_10:17 ( cf. MM , xvi); metaph ., γάλακτος , Heb_5:13 ; of belonging to a tribe, Heb_7:13 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
μετέχω [page 405]
With the use of μετέχω in 1Co_10:17 οἱ γὰρ πάντες ἐκ τοῦ ἑνὸς ἄρτου μετέχομεν , cf. Magn 44 .17 (end of iii/B.C.) μετέχειν τᾶς τε θυσίας καὶ τοῦ ἀγῶνος , where too the immediately following .19 τοὺς κοινωνησοῦντας τᾶς τε θυσίας proves that here, as in the Corinthian passage ( .16 τὸν ἄρτον ὃν κλῶμεν , οὐχὶ κοινωνία τοῦ σώματος τοῦ χριστοῦ ἐστίν ;), μετέχω and κοινωνέω must be regarded as synonymous : see Thieme p. 29 f. For a similar ex. from the papyri, cf. P Oxy XII. 1408 .26 ( c. A.D. 210 14) εἰσὶ ] δ̣ὲ ὑποδεχομένων πολλοὶ τρόποι· οἱ μὲν γὰρ κοινων̣[οῦντες τῶν ἀδικη ]μάτων ὑποδέχονται , οἱ δὲ οὐ μετέχοντες μὲν κα [ . ., there are many methods of giving them (viz. robbersv shelter : some do so because they are partners in their misdeeds, others without sharing in these yet. . . (Edd.). For the acc. after μετέχω cf. P Petr III. 32 ( f ) .6 (iii/B.C.) (= Chrest. I. p. 310 ) ἐπέδωκά σοι ὴ̣δ̣η̣ ὑπομνήματα κατὰ Φίλωνος τοῦ μετέχοντός μοι τὴν μερίδα , and for the gen., as in 1Co_9:12 al. , cf. P Tebt II. 309 .20 (A.D. 116 7) διὰ τὸ [μὴ δύνασθαι με ]τασχέσθαι τῆς γεωργείας , as I am unable to take part in the cultivation (Edd.), and Syll 213 (= .3 409) .63 ( c. B.C. 275 4) ὅσαι ἐπιδόσεις γεγόνασιν ἐν τῶι δήμωι πασῶν μετέσχηκεν .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
μετέχω aeolic πεδ-έχω fut. μεθ-έξω perf. μετ-έσχηκα "to partake of, enjoy a share of, share in, take part in", c. gen. rei, Theogn. , Aesch. ; c. gen. pers. "to partake of" a person's friendship, Xen. ; μ. τῶν πεντακισχιλίων "to be members" of the 5000 "in turn", Thuc. :— with dat. pers. added, μετ. τινός τινι "to partake of" something "in common with" another, Pind. , Eur. :— often the part or share is added, μ. τάφου μέρος Aesch. , etc. rarely with the acc. only, ἀκερδῆ χάριν μ. Soph. absol., οἱ μετέχοντες "the partners", Hdt.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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.†
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