What does συμμέτοχος (symmétochos) mean in the Bible?
συμμέτοχος (symmétochos): Co-participation in something shared, emphasizing collective involvement rather than individual possession
Greek · G4830
συμμέτοχος
A co-participant
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συμμέτοχοςG4830
Pronunciationsymmétochos
What does συμμέτοχος (symmétochos) mean in the Bible?
συμμέτοχος (symmétochos): Co-participation in something shared, emphasizing collective involvement rather than individual possession
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4830?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include fellow partakers (1), partakers (1).
Where does συμμέτοχος (symmétochos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Ephesians 3:6. Its strongest book concentrations include Ephesians (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itfellow partakers1×Ephesians 3:6
partakers1×Ephesians 5:7
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Usage map
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First aligned rowEphesians 3:6
Aligned rows2
Books represented1
Ephesians2
Source forms
συμμέτοχα1xsymmetochaEphesians 3:6
συμμέτοχοι1xsymmetochoiEphesians 5:7
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural1xEphesians 3:6
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural1xEphesians 5:7
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Co-participation in something shared, emphasizing collective involvement rather than individual possession
Strong'sG4830
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkEphesians 3:1-6Source Gloss
a co-participant
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Co-participation in something shared, emphasizing collective involvement rather than individual possession
partaking together with; as subst., ὁ σ., a joint partaker (with dative of person(s) and genitive of thing(s), FlJ, BJ, i, 24, 6): with genitive of thing(s), Eph.3:6; with genitive of person(s), Eph.5:7 (Arist.).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Ephesians 3:6Adjective Accusative Plural Neuter
συμμέτοχαsummetoca
jointly partaking
Read verseEphesians 5:7Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
συμμέτοχοιsummetocoi
jointly partaking
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 2 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 patterns2Aligned forms2Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternPlural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · MasculineEph 5:71×
Accusative · Plural · NeuterEph 3:61×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Biblical Witnesses
Co-participants in the mystery of Christ and the gospel promise through faith
Those who share or participate together in unfruitful works of darkness
Word Origins
συμμέτοχος is built from these roots: