metoche denotes the participation or shared connection questioned between righteousness and lawlessness, and between light and darkness.

Its sole attested use denotes a participation or shared connection that the verse rhetorically denies between contrasted pairs.

1. Shared connection between contrasting pairs · dominant

   In 2 Corinthians 6:14, the nominative singular feminine form occurs in two rhetorical questions: one concerning righteousness and lawlessness, the other light and darkness. The APB renders both clauses with “what participation,” presenting the connection as absent between the contrasted pairs.

   2 Corinthians 6:14

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 2 Corinthians 6:14, the APB uses “participation” in both rhetorical questions, but its repeated wording reflects the verse's stated contrast.