Hymenaîos — G5211

Definition

masculine proper noun

"hymenæal"; Hymenæus, an opponent of Christianity

Usually translated as

Hymenæus

Origin

from Hymḗn (the god of weddings)

Occurrences

Hymenaîos occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Timothy (1), 2 Timothy (1)

• 1 Timothy 1:20 — Of whom is Hymenaeus (Ὑμέναιος) and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.
• 2 Timothy 2:17 — And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus (Ὑμέναιος) and Philetus;