Word Summary
metalambanō: to partake of
Original Word: μεταλαμβάνωTransliteration: metalambanō
Phonetic Spelling: (met-al-am-ban'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to partake of
Meaning: to partake of
Strong's Concordance
to partake of, share
From meta and lambano; to participate; genitive case, to accept (and use) -- eat, have, be partaker, receive, take.
see GREEK meta
see GREEK lambano
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3335: μεταλαμβάνωμεταλαμβάνω; imperfect
μετελάμβανον; 2 aorist infinitive
μεταλαβεῖν, participle
μεταλαβών; (see
μετά, III. 1; from
Pindar and
Herodotus down);
to be or to be made a partaker: genitive of the thing,
2 Timothy 2:6;
Hebrews 6:7;
Hebrews 12:10;
τροφῆς,
to partake of, take (some)
food, Acts 2:46;
Acts 27:33f (in 34
Rec. προσλαβεῖν); with the accusative of the thing,
to get, find (a whole):
καιρόν,
Acts 24:25; on the construction with the genitive and accusative see
Krüger, § 47, 15; cf.
Winer's Grammar, § 30, 8.