Greek verb · G3335
μεταλαμβάνω
metalambanomet-al-am-ban'-o
to partake
7 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: metalambánō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3335is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3335
to participate; genitive case, to accept (and use)
The King James renders it: eat, have, be partaker, receive, take.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
metalambano is rendered "to partake". It stands 7 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Four of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Acts 2:46With one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of heart,
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
With one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of heart,
Acts 2:46μετελάμβανον
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's seven uses are in Acts.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- to partake3
- having found1
- partakes1
- they were partaking1
- to share1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| μετά | meta | with/after | Uses461 |
| μετανοέω | metanoeo | to repent | Uses34 |
| μετάνοια | metanoia | repentance | Uses22 |
| μεταβαίνω | metabaino | to depart | Uses12 |
| μεταξύ | metaxy | between/meanwhile | Uses9 |
| μεταπέμπω | metapempo | to summon | Uses9 |
| μετατίθημι | metatithemi | to transport | Uses6 |
| μεταμέλλομαι | metamellomai | to repent | Uses6 |
| μεταδίδωμι | metadidomi | to share | Uses5 |
| μετασχηματίζω | metaschematizo | to transform | Uses5 |
| μετακαλέω | metakaleo | to summon | Uses4 |
| μεταμορφόω | metamorphoo | to transform | Uses4 |
and 8 more on the stem.
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- μεταλαβεῖν3
- μεταλαβὼν1
- μεταλαμβάνει1
- μεταλαμβάνειν1
- μετελάμβανον1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)3V-2AAN
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-2AAP-NSM
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-IAI-3P
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-PAI-3S
- verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-PAN
Acts
four uses
With one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of heart,
- μετελάμβανονmetelambanonverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they were partaking
As Paul expounded on righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and said, “You may go for now. When I find the time, I will call for you.”
- μεταλαβὼνmetalabonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having found
Right up to daybreak, Paul kept urging them all to eat: “Today is your fourteenth day in constant suspense, without taking any food.
- μεταλαβεῖνmetalabeinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to partake
So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”
- μεταλαβεῖνmetalabeinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to partake
2 Timothy
one use
The hardworking farmer should be the first to partake of the crops.
- μεταλαμβάνεινmetalambaneinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to partake
Hebrews
two uses
For land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is tended receives the blessing of God.
- μεταλαμβάνειmetalambaneiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: partakes
Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.
- μεταλαβεῖνmetalabeinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to share
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.