Definition
μετα-λαμξάνω
[in LXX: Esther 5:1, Wis.18.9; 4Ma.12.1-19 * ;]
to have or get a share of, partake of: with genitive of thing(s), 2 Timothy 2:6, Hebrews 6:7; 12:10; τροφῆς, Acts 2:46; 27:33-34; with accusative of thing(s) (of the whole), to get: καιρόν, Acts 24:25 (see Bl., § 36, 1; MM, xvi).
Usage patterns
Occurrences
7 total
- Acts 2:46μετελάμβανον · sharingWith one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of heart,
- Acts 24:25μεταλαβὼν · I findAs Paul expounded on righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and said, “You may go for now. When I find the time, I will call for you.”
- Acts 27:33μεταλαβεῖν · to eatRight up to daybreak, Paul kept urging them all to eat: “Today is your fourteenth day in constant suspense, without taking any food.
- Acts 27:34μεταλαβεῖν · to eat somethingSo for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”
- 2 Timothy 2:6μεταλαμβάνειν · to partakeThe hardworking farmer should be the first to partake of the crops.
- Hebrews 6:7μεταλαμβάνει · receivesFor land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is tended receives the blessing of God.
- Hebrews 12:10μεταλαβεῖν · we may shareOur fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.