μετά-ληψις G3336
μετάληψις — receiving, partaking, participation in something
This noun appears in 1 Timothy 4:3, where Paul describes false teachers who forbid marriage and demand abstinence from foods 'which God created to be received with thanksgiving.' The word denotes participation or receiving something. Paul argues that these created things are good and designed by God for believers to receive gratefully. The false asceticism he opposes treats material creation as inherently evil, contradicting the doctrine that God created all things good. Proper reception with thanksgiving sanctifies what God has given, while rejecting his gifts dishonors the Creator.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The accusative feminine singular functions with 'for receiving' (εἰς μετάληψιν), expressing purpose. Cross-linguistic renderings (Spanish 'participación,' German 'Genuss') emphasize the receptive act of partaking what God provides. Paul defends creation's goodness against proto-Gnostic devaluation of matter, insisting believers may receive all God's gifts with thanksgiving rather than false ascetic rejection. 1×
AR["التَّناوُلِ"]·ben["গ্রহণ,"]·DE["Genuss"]·EN["receiving"]·FR["μετάλημψιν"]·heb["קַבָּלָה"]·HI["ग्रहन-करन"]·ID["diterima"]·IT["metalēmpsin"]·jav["dipun-tedha,"]·KO["참여함,"]·PT["participação"]·RU["вкушения"]·ES["participación"]·SW["kupokea"]·TR["paylaşım"]·urd["کھانا"]
Related Senses
H5971a 1. people, nation (1836×)H5973a 1. accompaniment, together with (956×)H0854 1. with (accompaniment) (665×)H1471a 1. nations, peoples (plural/collective) (466×)G3326 1. with (368×)H1285 1. covenant, pact, treaty (284×)G2453 1. Jewish person, Jew (194×)H4150 1. meeting (tent of meeting) (151×)G2992 1. people/nation (an ethnic or political community) (142×)G4862 1. (129×)G1484 1. Gentiles, non-Jewish nations (128×)H1471a 2. nation, people-group (singular) (98×)H3162b 1. together (97×)H1616 1. sojourner, resident alien (92×)H0567 1. Amorite (people group) (87×)H3064 1. Jew, Jewish person (81×)H3669a 1. Canaanite (ethnic designation) (70×)G1122 1. scribe / expert in the Law (63×)H2114a 1. stranger, foreigner (person) (54×)H5608b 1. scribe, royal secretary (48×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
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…