Lexical Summary Hymenaios: Hymenaeus, a heretical teacher at Ephesus Original Word: ὙμέναιοςTransliteration: 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: ὑμέναιοςὑμέναιος (on its accent cf. Winers Grammar, § 6, 1 l.; Chandler § 253), ὑμεναιου, ὁ (ὑμήν, ὑμενος, ὁ, 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.) |