noun · feminine
metalēmpsias
Greekμετάλημψις (metalēmpsis)
Strong’sG3336
participation, sharing in
stem metalēmpsi-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
* μετά-λημψις (Rec. -ληψις), -εως, ἡ
(< μεταλαμβάνω),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3336 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmet-al'-ape-sis
participation
Fromfrom G3335;
King Jamestaking.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | metalēmpsias | metalēmpsiais |
| object accusative | metalēmpsian1×μετάλημψιν | metalēmpsiain |
| direct address vocative | metalēmpsiar | metalēmpsiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | metalēmpsiau | metalēmpsiaiu |
| to, for dative | metalēmpsia | metalēmpsiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
metalēmpsia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
metalēmpsian“received”objectaccusative singular1×
1 Timothy 4:3“received”kōluarōtoiu gamarō, apecherō brōmeiu heim tos theos ktizata eis metalēmpsian meta eucharistiau toi pistoi kai epignōskarētoi tan alētheian.They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.