partaking of

Greek Noun Female

μετά-λημψις (Rec. -ληψις), -εως, ἡ (μεταλαμβάνω) participation, taking, receiving: of food, 1Ti.4:3. (AS)

partaking of

Greek Noun Female

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+]

Greek

Noun Feminine

participation; taking; from g3335 (μεταλαμβάνω)