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Strong's #5211: Humenaios (pronounced hoo-men-ah'-yos)

from Humen (the god of weddings); "hymeneal"; Hymeneus, an opponent of Christianity:--Hymenaeus.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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Humenaios

Hymenaeus = "belonging to marriage"

1) a heretic, one of the opponents of the apostle Paul

Part of Speech: noun proper masculine

Relation: from Humen (the god of weddings)




Usage:

This word is used 2 times:

1 Timothy 1:20: "Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan,"
2 Timothy 2:17: "as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;"









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