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Overview of noun philemon

The noun philemon has 3 senses


  • Philemon -- ((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)

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

  • Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Philemon, Epistle to Philemon, Philemon -- (a New Testament book containing an epistle from Saint Paul to Philemon asking Philemon to forgive the slave for escaping)