Word Summary
Hymenaios: Hymenaeus, a heretical teacher at Ephesus
Original Word: ὙμέναιοςTransliteration: Hymenaios
Phonetic Spelling: (hoo-men-ah'-yos)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: Hymenaeus, a heretical teacher at Ephesus
Meaning: Hymenaeus -- a heretical teacher at Ephesus
Strong's Concordance
Hymenaeus.
From Humen (the god of weddings); "hymeneal"; Hymeneus, an opponent of Christianity -- Hymenaeus.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5211: ὑμέναιοςὑμέναιος (on its accent cf.
Winers Grammar, § 6, 1 l.;
Chandler § 253),
ὑμεναιου,
ὁ (
ὑμήν,
ὑμενος,
ὁ, the god of marriage),
Hymenaeus, a heretic, one of the opponents of the apostle Paul:
1 Timothy 1:20;
2 Timothy 2:17. (
B. D., under the word.)