Lexical Definition

‎μεταλαμβάνω‎ metalambánō (met-al-am-ban'-o) to partake ^G:V
from ‎μετά‎ and ‎λαμβάνω‎

eat, have, be partaker, receive, take.

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

Abbott-Smith

** μετα-λαμβάνω, [in LXX: Es 5:1, Wi 18:9, I-IV Mac12*;]
to have or get a share of, partake of: c. gen. rei, II Ti 2:6, He 6:7 12:10; τροφῆς, Ac 2:46 27:33, 34; c. acc. rei (of the whole), to get: καιρόν, Ac 24:25 (v. Bl., § 36, 1; MM, xvi).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

μεταλαμβάνω,

future - λήψομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—have or get a share of, partake of, with genitive of things, ληΐης, καμάτου, μιαρίας, [NT+5th c.BC+]middle, μεταλαμβάνεσθαί τινος lay claim to, τοῦ οὐνόματος [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 with the part received added in accusative, Ἄρεως μοῖραν μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 with accusative of things, ἢν μὴ μεταλάβῃ τοὐπίπεμπτον [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 in Platonic Philos., with genitive of things, participate in the universal, ἤτοι ὅλου τοῦ εἴδους ἢ μέρους μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__5 with genitive person, have part in, share his society, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; go shares with another, ὡς ἐμοῦ τι κεκλοφότος ζητεῖς μεταλαβεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__6 receive notice or information, Mitteis [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: with accusative et infinitive, [LXX+2nd c.BC+]participle, μ. πολιορκοῦντά τινα[Refs]:—passive, to be cited, = Latin recitari, ἐκ διπτύχων [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__7 understand, φωνάς [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II receive in succession or afterwards, [χαλινόν] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; occupy a position left by the enemy, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; μ. τὴν ἀρχήν succeed to the government, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; μ. τὸν λόγον take up the discourse, i. e. answer, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; μ. alone, [Refs]; οἱ παρά τινος -λημψόμενοι his successors in title, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἐκ διαδοχῆς μ. τὸ ἱερόν [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.2 absolutely, come after, come on, ἅμα τῷ μεταλαβεῖν τὸ τῆς νυκτός [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__III take instead, take in exchange, substitute, πόλεμον ἀντ᾽ εἰρήνης [Refs 5th c.BC+]; διαναπαύσωμεν αὐτὸν μεταλαβόντες αὐτοῦ τὸν συγγυμναστή; [Refs], compare b; μ. τὰ ἐπιτηδεύματα ἐς τὸ ὁμοῖον adopt new customs so as to resemble others, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἱμάτια, ἐσθῆτας μ., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. παλτόν take another javelin, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, ἀντὶ τοῦ αἰεὶ φυλάσσεσθαι.. [τὸ] ἀντεπιβουλεῦσαι μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV passive, to be changed, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__IV.2 in Medicine texts, of humours, blood, to be transferred, conveyed, ὑπὸ δηχθέντος [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__IV.3 Grammars, to be changed, altered, εἰς.. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; also, of words, have their construction altered, εἰς.. [Refs]; but μ. ἐκ.. to be used in place of, [Refs]
__V take words in another sense, τὰ πράγματα τοῖς ὀνόμασι μ. [Refs 3rd c.AD+] in “de An.” 18.35; parody, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__V.2 translate, interpret, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__VI in the Logic of [Refs 4th c.BC+] proposition substituted for the original thesis in hypothetical reasoning, [Refs]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Acts.2.46}