3353. metochos

Strong's Lexicon

metochos: Partaker, sharer, partner

Original Word: μέτοχος
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: metochos
Pronunciation: MEH-toh-khos
Phonetic Spelling: (met'-okh-os)
Definition: Partaker, sharer, partner
Meaning: a sharer, partner, associate.

Word Origin: Derived from the Greek verb "μετέχω" (metechō), meaning "to share in" or "to partake."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "metochos," the concept of sharing or partnership can be related to Hebrew terms like "חָבֵר" (chaver), meaning "companion" or "associate," and "שָׁתַף" (shataf), meaning "to share" or "to join."

Usage: The term "metochos" is used in the New Testament to describe someone who shares in or is a partner in something. It conveys the idea of participation or fellowship in a particular context, often with a spiritual or communal connotation. In the New Testament, it is used to describe believers who share in the heavenly calling, partake in Christ, or are partners in the Holy Spirit.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of partnership or sharing was significant in various aspects of life, including business, religion, and social relationships. The use of "metochos" in the New Testament reflects the early Christian understanding of communal life and spiritual fellowship. Believers were seen as partakers in the divine nature and participants in the life and mission of the church.

HELPS Word-studies

3353 métoxos (from 3348 /metéxō, "share in," derived from 3326 /metá, "with change afterward" and 2192 /éxō, "have") – properly, change due to sharing, i.e. from being an "active partaker with."

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from metechó
Definition
sharing in
NASB Translation
companions (1), partakers (4), partners (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 3353: μέτοχος

μέτοχος, μέτοχον (μετέχω);

1. sharing in, partaking of, with the genitive of the thing (Winer's Grammar, § 30, 8 a.): Hebrews 3:1; Hebrews 6:4; Hebrews 12:8; τοῦ Χριστοῦ, of his mind, and of the salvation procured by him, Hebrews 3:14; cf. Bleek at the passage

2. a partner (in a work, office, dignity): Hebrews 1:9 (from Psalm 44:8 ()); Luke 5:7. (Herodotus, Euripides, Plato, Demosthenes, others.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

fellow, partaker, partner.

From metecho; participant, i.e. (as noun) a sharer; by implication, an associate -- fellow, partaker, partner.

see GREEK metecho

Forms and Transliterations

μετοχοι μέτοχοι μετοχοις μετόχοις μέτοχον μέτοχος μετοχους μετόχους metochoi métochoi metochois metóchois metochous metóchous

Englishman's Concordance

Luke 5:7 Adj-DMP
GRK: κατένευσαν τοῖς μετόχοις ἐν τῷ
NAS: they signaled to their partners in the other
KJV: they beckoned unto [their] partners, which
INT: they beckoned to the partners in the

Hebrews 1:9 Adj-AMP
GRK: παρὰ τοὺς μετόχους σου
NAS: OF GLADNESS ABOVE YOUR COMPANIONS.
KJV: above thy fellows.
INT: above the companions of you

Hebrews 3:1 Adj-NMP
GRK: κλήσεως ἐπουρανίου μέτοχοι κατανοήσατε τὸν
NAS: brethren, partakers of a heavenly
KJV: brethren, partakers of the heavenly
INT: of [the] calling heavenly partakers consider the

Hebrews 3:14 Adj-NMP
GRK: μέτοχοι γὰρ τοῦ
NAS: For we have become partakers of Christ,
KJV: we are made partakers of Christ,
INT: partakers indeed

Hebrews 6:4 Adj-AMP
GRK: ἐπουρανίου καὶ μετόχους γενηθέντας πνεύματος
NAS: and have been made partakers of the Holy
KJV: were made partakers of the Holy
INT: heavenly and partakers having become of [the] Spirit

Hebrews 12:8 Adj-NMP
GRK: παιδείας ἧς μέτοχοι γεγόνασιν πάντες
NAS: have become partakers, then
KJV: all are partakers, then are ye
INT: discipline of which partakers have become all

Strong's Greek 3353
6 Occurrences

μέτοχοι — 3 Occ.
μετόχοις — 1 Occ.
μετόχους — 2 Occ.