from 473 and the middle voice of 2983; TDNT - 1:375,62
AV - help 1, support 1, partaker 1, 3
1) to lay hold of, hold fast to anything
2) to take a person or thing in order as it were to be held, to take to, embrace
3) to help, to be a partaker of, partake of (the benefits of the services rendered by the slaves)