Philemon
pronunciation
How to pronounce Philemon in British English:
UK [faɪˈliːmɒn]
How to pronounce Philemon in American English:
US [ fɪˈlimən, faɪˈlimən]
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- Noun:
- (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
- (New Testament) a Christian (probably living in Colossae) whose slave escaped and went to see Saint Paul
- a New Testament book containing an epistle from Saint Paul to Philemon asking Philemon to forgive the slave for escaping
Word Origin
- Philemon
- masc. proper name, in Greek mythology a pious man, husband of Baucis; from Greek philemon, literally "loving, affectionate," from philein "to love" (see philo-).
Example
- 1. The lord asks us to forgive brothers as paul asked philemon to forgive onesimus .
- 2. Paul 's advocacy before philemon is parallel to christ 's work of mediation before the father .
- 3. Paul , a prisoner of christ jesus , and timothy our brother , to philemon our beloved and fellow-worker .
- 4. Paul , a prisoner of christ jesus , and timothy our brother , to philemon our dear friend and fellow worker .
- 5. To anyone else , philemon might be perceived as a figment of jung 's imagination , or evidence of madness .