Philemon Definition & Meaning
philemon
- 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
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