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Ὑμέναιος

Hymenaios

Proper masculine noun · From Humen (the god of weddings)

From Ὑμήν Hymḗn (the god of weddings); "hymenæal"; Hymenæus, an opponent of Christianity:—Hymenæus.

Outline

Hymenaeus = "belonging to marriage"

a heretic, one of the opponents of the apostle Paul

Usages

1 Timothy 1:20

Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.

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2 Timothy 2:17

And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;

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