PHILEMON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Philemon mean? 

• PHILEMON (noun)
  The noun PHILEMON has 3 senses:

1. (Greek mythology) a simple countryman who offered hospitality to Zeus and Hermes when they came to earth without revealing their identities in order to test people's piety

2. (New Testament) a Christian (probably living in Colossae) whose slave escaped and went to see Saint Paul

3. a New Testament book containing an epistle from Saint Paul to Philemon asking Philemon to forgive the slave for escaping

  Familiarity information: PHILEMON used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHILEMON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Greek mythology) a simple countryman who offered hospitality to Zeus and Hermes when they came to earth without revealing their identities in order to test people's piety

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

countryman; ruralist (a man who lives in the country and has country ways)

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(New Testament) a Christian (probably living in Colossae) whose slave escaped and went to see Saint Paul

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Colossian (a native or inhabitant of the city of Colossae in ancient Phrygia)

Domain category:

New Testament (the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A New Testament book containing an epistle from Saint Paul to Philemon asking Philemon to forgive the slave for escaping

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Philemon; Epistle to Philemon; Philemon

Instance hypernyms:

Epistle (a book of the New Testament written in the form of a letter from an Apostle)

New Testament (the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible)