Partake, Partaker

1. koinonos
2. sunkoinonos
3. metochos
4. summetochos

1. koinoneo
2. sunkoinoneo
3. metecho
4. antilambano
5. metalambano
6. summerizo

koinonos an adjective, signifying "having in common" (koinos, "common"), is used as a noun, denoting "a companion, partner, partaker," translated "partakers" in Matt_23:30; 1_Cor_10:18, AV (see koinonos_under_COMMUNION); 2_Cor_1:7; Heb_10:33, RV (see koinonos_under_COMPANION); 2_Pet_1:4; "partaker" in 1_Pet_5:1. See PARTNER.

See also : koinonos in other topics

sunkoinonos denotes "partaking jointly with" (sun, and koinonos), Rom_11:17, RV, "(didst become) partaker with them" (AV, "partakest"); 1_Cor_9:23, RV, "a joint partaker," i.e., with the Gospel, as cooperating in its activity; the AV misplaces the "with" by attaching it to the superfluous italicized pronoun "you;" Php_1:7, "partakers with (me of grace)," RV, and AV marg.; not as AV text, "partakers (of my grace);" Rev_1:9, "partaker with (you in the tribulation, etc.)," AV, "companion." See COMPANION.

metochos see metochos_under_FELLOW, PARTNER.

See also : metochos in other topics

summetochos "partaking together with" (sun, "with," and metochos), is used as a noun, a joint partaker, Eph_3:6, RV, "fellow partakers" (AV, "partakers"); in Eph_5:7, RV and AV, "partakers."

Notes:
(1) For antilambano, "to partake of," rendered "partakers" in 1_Tim_6:2, AV, see antilambano.
(2) For the phrase "to be partakers," Col_1:12, see meris_under_PART.

koinoneo "to have a share of, to share with, take part in" (akin to koinonos), is translated "to be partaker of" in 1_Tim_5:22; Heb_2:14 (1st part), AV, "are partakers of," RV, "are sharers in" (for the 2nd part see metochos); 1_Pet_4:13; 2_John_1:11, RV, "partaketh in" (AV, "is partaker of"); in the Passive Voice in Rom_15:27. See COMMUNICATE, DISTRIBUTE.

See also : koinoneo in other topics

sunkoinoneo see sunkoinoneo_under_FELLOWSHIP.

See also : sunkoinoneo in other topics

metecho "to partake of, share in" (meta, "with," echo, "to have"), akin to metochos, is translated "of partaking" in 1_Cor_9:10, RV (AV, "be partaker of"); "partake of" in 1_Cor_9:12, RV (AV, "be partakers of"); so in 1_Cor_10:17,21; in 1_Cor_10:30 "partake;" in Heb_2:14, the AV "took part of" is awkard; Christ "partook of" flesh and blood, RV; cp. koinoneo in this verse; in Heb_5:13, metaphorically, of receiving elementary spiritual teaching, RV, "partaketh of (milk)," AV, "useth;" in Heb_7:13, it is said of Christ (the antitype of Melchizedek) as "belonging to" (so RV) or "partaking of" (RV marg.) another tribe than that of Levi (AV, "pertaineth to"). See PERTAIN, USE. See PARTNER.

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antilambano "to take hold of, to lay hold of" something before one, has the meaning "to partake of" in 1_Tim_6:2, RV, "partake of," marg., "lay hold of," AV, "are ... partakers of" (anti, "in return for," lambano, "to take or receive"); the benefit mentioned as "partaken" of by the masters would seem to be the improved quality of the service rendered; the benefit of redemption is not in view here. See HELP.

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metalambano "to have, or get, a share of," is translated "to be partaker (or partakers) of" in 2_Tim_2:6; Heb_12:10. See EAT, HAVE, RECEIVE, TAKE.

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summerizo primarily, "to distribute in shares" (sun, "with," meros, "a part"), in the Middle Voice, "to have a share in," is used in 1_Cor_9:13, AV, "are partakers with (the altar)," RV, "have their portion with," i.e., they feed with others on that which, having been sacrificed, has been placed upon an altar; so the believer feeds upon Christ (who is the altar in Heb_13:10).

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