Quick Definition
μετάληψις, εως, ἡ n.f. participation, sharing in
Strong's Definition
participation
Derivation: from G3335 (μεταλαμβάνω);
KJV Usage: taking
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -εως | λαμβάνω
57.129 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Receive
to receive a share in, to have a share of to receive as one’s share in or as one’s part of In 1TI 4:3 the reference of μετάλημψιν is to the activity of eating, and therefore one may translate as ‘which God created for people to eat,’ but one should not mistake the reference of μετάλημψιν for the meaning of the term.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μετά-ληψις (LT Tr WH -λημψις [see M, p]), -ews, 7, (μεταλαμβάνω), a taking, participation, (Plat., Plut., al.) : of the use of food, eis μετάλ. to be taken or received, 1 Tim. iv. 3.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μετάλημψις metalēmpsis 1x
a partaking of, a being partaken of, 1 Tim. 4:3*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* μετά-λημψις (Rec. -ληψις), -εως, ἡ
(< μεταλαμβάνω),
participation, taking, receiving: of food, I Ti 4:3.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
μετάλημψις, as read by WH in 1 Tim 43 (for the intruded μι see sv. λαμβάνω) is found in the sense of ‘concurrence ἢ in the marriage-contract P Oxy X. 1273°° (A.D. 260) οὐ προσδεSpevos τῆς τοῦ ἑτέρου μεταλήμψεως οὐδὲ ἑτέρας εὐδοκήσεως, “without requiring the concurrence of the other side or any further consent” (Edd.); cf. 76. IX. 120036 (A.D. 266). , μετανοεω
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
μετάληψις (metalēpsis) — partaking of. μετά-ληψις, εως, ἡ, participation, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λόγων in philosophy, [Refs]; γίνεσθαι κατὰ τὴν μ. [τοῦ εἴδους] [Refs 4th c.BC+]; partaking of food, [NT]
2. concurrence, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
3. Grammars, τὸ λέγων μ. ἐνεστῶτος καὶ παρατατικοῦ is shared by.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II. alternation, τῶν λόγων [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. succession, μ. τῆς ἀρχῆς [Refs]
II.3. taking one thing instead of another, ἡ ἀντὶ τοῦ μείζονος ἐλάττονος μ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.4. Rhet., use of one word for another, as of Ἥφαιστος for πῦρ, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; transference of meaning, [Refs]
II.5. objection, counterplea, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially concurrence coupled with objection, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.6. συλλογισμοὶ κατὰ μετάληψιν hypothetical syllogisms involving the substitution of a proposition for the original thesis, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; compare μεταλαμβάνω VI.
II.7. Grammars, change of construction, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; change in dialect, [Refs]; change of name, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
II.8. translation, rendering, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.9. transference, αἱ ἐς νεφροὺς καὶ κύστιας -λήψιες [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.10. κατὰ μετάληψιν κατατεῖναι, of reflex tension over a pulley [Refs 1st c.AD+]