Metochos denotes people who share in a calling, experience, or association with others.

The term most often identifies people as sharing in a stated experience or relationship: a heavenly calling, Christ, the Holy Spirit, or discipline. In two settings it identifies associates alongside another person, rendered as those beyond whom one is anointed and as partners in another boat.

1. Sharing in a stated experience or relationship · dominant

   In Hebrews 3:1 the vocative plural addresses brothers in connection with a heavenly calling, and in Hebrews 3:14 the nominative plural occurs in the statement that they have become associated with Christ. Hebrews 6:4 places the accusative plural among those who have become associated with the Holy Spirit, while Hebrews 12:8 describes discipline in which all have participated; the APB renders these clauses with “partakers” or “participated.”

   Hebrews 3:1Hebrews 3:14Hebrews 6:4Hebrews 12:8
2. Associates or partners with another · occasional

   In Hebrews 1:9 the accusative plural marks those set in comparison with the one anointed with oil of joy, rendered by the APB as “your partakers.” In Luke 5:7 the dative plural refers to those in the other boat who are signaled to come help, where the APB renders the clause with “their partners.”

   Hebrews 1:9Luke 5:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB usually presents the term with “partakers,” while Hebrews 12:8 uses “participated” and Luke 5:7 uses “partners.” These renderings reflect the surrounding clauses rather than providing a word-by-word alignment.