Philemon Definition

fĭ-lēmən, fī-
noun
A Phrygian peasant who, along with his wife Baucis, was rewarded for showing hospitality to the disguised gods Zeus and Hermes.
American Heritage
A book of the New Testament, a letter from the Apostle Paul to his friend Philemon.
Webster's New World

The husband of Baucis.

Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • Epistle to Philemon
  • Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Philemon

Philemon Sentence Examples

  • The only English translation of any merit is by Philemon Holland (1600).

  • In this respect they differ from the personal and intimate note which Paul wrote to Philemon.

  • Moreover, if Colossians be accepted as Pauline (and among other strong reasons the unquestionable genuineness of the epistle to Philemon renders it extremely difficult not to accept it), the chief matters of this more advanced Christian thought are fully legitimated for Paul.

  • At very nearly the same time he must have written Colossians and Philemon; all three were sent by Tychicus.

  • A fragment of Philemon declares, as if in reply to Aristotle, that not nature, but fortune, makes the slave.

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