What does μέτοχος (métochos) mean in the Bible?
μέτοχος (métochos): Sharing in something or someone through active participation, not mere spectation or inheritance
Greek · G3353
μέτοχος
Partaker
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μέτοχος G3353
Pronunciation métochos
What does μέτοχος (métochos) mean in the Bible?
μέτοχος (métochos): Sharing in something or someone through active participation, not mere spectation or inheritance
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3353?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include . . . (1), companions (1), else (1), partners (1), to share (1).
Where does μέτοχος (métochos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 5:7. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (5), Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It . . . 1× Hebrews 6:4
companions 1× Hebrews 1:9
else 1× Hebrews 12:8
partners 1× Luke 5:7
to share 1× Hebrews 3:14
who share 1× Hebrews 3:1
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 5:7 μετόχοις to partners Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural Hebrews 1:9 μετόχους to companions Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural Hebrews 3:1 μέτοχοι to who share Adjective - Vocative Masculine Plural Hebrews 3:14 Μέτοχοι to to share Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Hebrews 6:4 μετόχους to . . . Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural Hebrews 12:8 μέτοχοι to else Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 5:7
Aligned rows 6
Books represented 2
Luke 1 Hebrews 5
Source forms
μέτοχοι 2x metochoi Hebrews 3:1, Hebrews 12:8
μετόχους 2x metochous Hebrews 1:9, Hebrews 6:4
Μέτοχοι 1x Metochoi Hebrews 3:14
μετόχοις 1x metochois Luke 5:7
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural 2x Hebrews 1:9, Hebrews 6:4
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 2x Hebrews 3:14, Hebrews 12:8
Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural 1x Luke 5:7
Adjective - Vocative Masculine Plural 1x Hebrews 3:1
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Sharing in something or someone through active participation, not mere spectation or inheritance
Strong's G3353
Lexical occurrences 6 verses Greek text appearances 6 times Word forms 4 forms 6 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
partaker
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Sharing in something or someone through active participation, not mere spectation or inheritance
(μετέχω), [in LXX chiefly for חָבֵר ;]
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 5:7 Adjective Dative Plural Masculine
μετόχοις metocoiv
a sharer, partner
Read verse Hebrews 1:9 Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
μετόχους metocouv
a sharer, partner
Read verse Hebrews 3:1 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
μέτοχοι, metocoi
a sharer, partner
Read verse Hebrews 3:14 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
μέτοχοι metocoi
a sharer, partner
Read verse Hebrews 6:4 Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
μετόχους metocouv
a sharer, partner
Read verse Hebrews 12:8 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
μέτοχοι metocoi
a sharer, partner
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 6 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Plural (6)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Heb 3:14 · Heb 12:8 2×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Luke 5:7 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Heb 1:9 · Heb 6:4 2×
Vocative · Plural · Masculine Heb 3:1 1×
Word Origins
μέτοχος is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain