Luk 5:7 | RWP | e4.org | They beckoned ( κατενευσαν ). Possibly they were too far away for a call to be understood. Simon alone had been ordered to put out into the deep. So they used signs. Unto their partners ( τοις μετεχοις ). This word μετοχος , from μετεχω , to have with, means participation with one in common blessings ( , ; ; ). While κοινωνος (verse here of James and John also) has the notion of personal fellowship, partnership. Both terms are here employed of the two pairs of brothers who have a business company under Simon's lead. Help them ( συλλαβεσθα ). Second aorist middle infinitive. Take hold together with and so to help. Paul uses it in . It is an old word that was sometimes employed for seizing a prisoner ( ) and for conception ( con-capio ) by a woman ( ). So that they began to sink ( ωστε βυθιζεσθα αυτα ). Consecutive use of ωστε and the infinitive (present tense, inchoative use, beginning to sink). An old verb from βυθος . In the N.T. only here and .

‏ Luke 5:7

They beckoned ( κατενευσαν ). Possibly they were too far away for a call to be understood. Simon alone had been ordered to put out into the deep. So they used signs.

Unto their partners ( τοις μετεχοις ). This word μετοχος, from μετεχω, to have with, means participation with one in common blessings (Heb 3:1, 14; 6:4; 12:8). While κοινωνος (verse 10 here of James and John also) has the notion of personal fellowship, partnership. Both terms are here employed of the two pairs of brothers who have a business company under Simon's lead.

Help them ( συλλαβεσθα ). Second aorist middle infinitive. Take hold together with and so to help. Paul uses it in Php 4:3. It is an old word that was sometimes employed for seizing a prisoner (Lu 22:54) and for conception (con-capio) by a woman (Lu 1:24).

So that they began to sink ( ωστε βυθιζεσθα αυτα ). Consecutive use of ωστε and the infinitive (present tense, inchoative use, beginning to sink). An old verb from βυθος. In the N.T. only here and 1Ti 6:9.