metechō · share in, partake

What it means

metechō (μετέχω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “share in, partake”.

Share in, have a part in something; eat or drink of something with others.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To have a part in something; eat of something; be of a tribe.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• partake ×3
• has belonged to ×1
• share in ×1
• shared ×1
• sharing in the harvest ×1
• who feeds on ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 1 Corinthians×5
• Hebrews×3

• 1 Corinthians 9:10

  Or is he speaking entirely for our sake? Yes, for our sake it was written, because the one who plows ought to plow in hope, and the one who threshes ought to thresh in hope of sharing in the harvest.

• 1 Corinthians 9:12

  If others share in the right over you, do we not even more? But we did not make use of this right; instead, we endure all things so that we may not put any obstacle in the way of the good news of the Messiah.

• 1 Corinthians 10:17

  Because there is one bread, we, the many, are one body, for we all partake of the one bread.

• 1 Corinthians 10:21

  You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and of the table of demons.

• 1 Corinthians 10:30

  If I partake with thanks, why am I slandered for what I give thanks for?

• Hebrews 2:14

  Since therefore the children share in blood and flesh, he also likewise shared in the same things, so that through death he might render powerless the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,

• Hebrews 5:13

  For everyone who feeds on milk is unacquainted with the word of righteousness, for he is a child.

• Hebrews 7:13

  For the one about whom these things are said has belonged to another tribe, from which no one has served at the altar.