STRONGS NUMBER G5211


Word Summary
Hymenaios: Hymenaeus, a heretical teacher at Ephesus
Original Word: Ὑμέναιος
Transliteration: 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: ὑμέναιος

ὑμέναιος (on its accent cf. Winers Grammar, § 6, 1 l.; Chandler § 253), ὑμεναιου, (ὑμήν, ὑμενος, , 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.)