adjective
metochos
Strong’sG3353
a sharer, partner
stem metoch-6 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books4 of 26 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
μέτοχος, -ον
(< μετέχω), [in LXX chiefly for חָבֵר;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3353 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmet'-okh-os
participant, i.e. (as noun) a sharer; by implication, an associate
Fromfrom G3348;
King Jamesfellow, partaker, partner.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
sharing in, partaking of, with genitive, [τῆς συμφορῆς] τὸ πλεῦν μέτοχος Refs 5th c.BC+; μ. ἐλπίδων, τέχνης, Refs 5th c.BC+; τοῦ βίου, of a wife, Refs 4th c.BC+
II substantive, partner, accomplice in, τοῦ φόνου Refs 5th c.BC+; partner in business, NT+3rd c.BC+
II.2 member of a board of officials, frequently in phrase ὁ δεῖνα καὶ μέτοχοι πράκτορες, ἐπιτηρηταί, ἀγορανόμοι, τραπεζῖται, etc., Refs 2nd c.AD+
II.3 joint owner of a house, Refs 3rd c.AD+
III θεῶν μέτοχοι, of the demigods, Refs 4th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | metochos | metochas | metochem | metochois2×μέτοχοι | metochais | metocheim |
| object accusative | metochon | metochan | metochoin2×μετόχους | metochain | ||
| direct address vocative | metochor | metochar | metochoir1×μέτοχοι | metochair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | metochou | metochau | metocheu | metochoiu | metochaiu | metocheiu |
| to, for dative | metocho | metocha | metoche | metochoi1×μετόχοις | metochai | metochei |
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
metoch 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
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
6 occurrences, every one of them listed
metochois“partners”subjectnominative plural2×
Hebrews 3:14“partners”metochois gar tou Christou genanē, eanper tan …… share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the …
Hebrews 12:8“partakers”ei de chōris avō paideiau hau metochois genalē pantois, ara nothois kai ouk …If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.
metochoin“partakers”objectaccusative plural2×
Hebrews 1:9… theos su, elaiem agalliasiau para toin metochoin su;… God, has anointed You above Your companions with the oil of joy.”
Hebrews 6:4“partakers”… tē tau dōreau tau epouranau kai metochoin genirantoin pneumeu hagieu… have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit,
metochoir“partakers”direct addressvocative plural1×
Hebrews 3:1“partakers”Hothen, adelfoir hagioir, klēsiau epouranau metochoir, katanoavar ton apostolon kai archierevon tau …Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, set your focus on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we …
metochoi“partners”to, fordative plural1×
Luke 5:7kai kataneuala toi metochoi en te hetere ploie teu ercharantoin …So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come …