Partaker
μέτοχοςStrong’s G3353metochos
Appears in 6 verses of the New Testament
In short
Metochos is the Greek word usually translated “partakers”, “partners” and “companions”. It appears in 6 verses of the New Testament.
“And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink.”
Meaning
Usually translated “partakers”, “partners” and “companions”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- partakers 4
- partners 1
- companions 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Hebrews 5
- Luke 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Hebrews 1:9Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
- Hebrews 3:1Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
- Hebrews 3:14For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
- Hebrews 6:4For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
- Hebrews 12:8But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
Greek dictionary
μέτοχος metochos · partaker
μέτοχος, -ον (μετέχω), [in LXX chiefly for חָבֵר ;] 1. sharing in, partaking of: with genitive of thing(s), Heb.3:1 6:4 12:8; τ. Χριστοῦ, Heb.3:14. 2. As subst., ὁ μ., a partner, associate: Luk.5:7, Heb.1:9" (LXX) (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “partaker” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PARTA'KER, noun
One who has or takes a part, share or portion in common with others; a sharer; a participator; usually followed by of.
- “If the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things--” Romans 15:27“If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets” Matthew 23:30
- An accomplice; an associate.“When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers” Psalms 50:18
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.