Strong G1361Διοτρεφής
Diotrephes
- Transliteration
- Diotrephēs
- Pronunciation
- dee-ot-ref-ace'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
Meaning of the name
Diotrephes, "nurtured by Zeus"
Detailed definition
Διοτρέφης (Rec. -τρεψής), -ες
(Διός, genitive of Ζεύς + τρέφω: cherished by Zeus),
as proper name, Diotrephes: III Jn 9.†
(AS)
(Διός, genitive of Ζεύς + τρέφω: cherished by Zeus),
as proper name, Diotrephes: III Jn 9.†
(AS)
In the biblical story
Diotrephes
Church leader who opposed John
Diotrephes was a church leader who loved to be first and refused to welcome John and his companions. (3Jn.1.9)
In the Bible
Strong G1361 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- diotrephes1
First verses
- 3 John 1:9I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
cherished by Zeus , of kings and nobles, [8th/7th c.BC (Homer)] (Middle Liddel)