Definition

to participate; genitive case, to accept (and use)

Etymology

from G3326 (μετά) and G2983 (λαμβάνω);

Where the KJV renders it

• eat
• have
• be partaker
• receive
• take

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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