metochos · partner, sharer

What it means

metochos (μέτοχος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “partner, sharer”.

Partner, companion; sharer in something.

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. One who has a part in something with others.
2. One who works alongside another, joined in the same task.

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

How it is translated

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

• sharers ×4
• companions ×1
• partners ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Luke×1
• Hebrews×5

• Luke 5:7

  And they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them; and they came and filled both the boats, so that they were sinking.

• Hebrews 1:9

  You loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; therefore God, your God, anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions.

• Hebrews 3:1

  Therefore, holy brothers, sharers in a heavenly calling, consider the apostle and high priest of our confession, Jesus,

• Hebrews 3:14

  For we have become sharers in the Messiah, if indeed we hold the beginning of our confidence firm to the end,

• Hebrews 6:4

  For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become sharers in the Holy Spirit,

• Hebrews 12:8

  But if you are without discipline, in which all have become sharers, then you are illegitimate and not sons.