Strong G5211Ὑμεναῖος
Hymenaeus
- Transliteration
- Humenaios
- Pronunciation
- hoo-men-ah'-yos
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
From Ὑμήν Humēn (the god of weddings); hymenaeal;
Hymenaeus an opponent of Christianity: - Hymenus.
Hymenaeus an opponent of Christianity: - Hymenus.
Meaning of the name
Hymenaeus, "of [pagan god] Hymen"
Detailed definition
Ὑμέναιος, -ου, ὁ
Hymenæus: 1Ti.1:20, 2Ti.2:17.†
(AS)
Hymenæus: 1Ti.1:20, 2Ti.2:17.†
(AS)
In the biblical story
Hymenaeus
A man who rejected faith and good conscience.
Hymenaeus was a man who had rejected the faith and was handed over to Satan by Paul so that he might learn not to blaspheme.
In the Bible
Strong G5211 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- hymeneus2
First verses
- 1 Timothy 1:20Of whom is Hymeneus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.
- 2 Timothy 2:17And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymeneus and Philetus;
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
ὑμέναι-ος [ῠ], ὁ,
(Ὑμήν) the wedding or bridal song, sung by the bride's attendants as they led her to the bridegroom's house, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.493, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 274, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 707 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1036 (Lyric poetry, assuming variant): _plural_, παμφώνων ἰαχὰ ὑμεναίων 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.17, cf. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 922 (_anapaest meter_))], etc.: Aeolic dialect ὐμήνᾰος [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 91, “epigram Gr.” 418.7 (from Cyrene))]: a form ὑμήναιος in [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Aetia” 3.1.43.)]
2 wedding, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 422, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1475 (Lyric poetry): _plural_, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 813 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 123 (Lyric poetry), 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.68K.)]
II ={Ὑμήν}, Hymen, the god of marriage, addressed in wedding-songs, frequently in Trag. and Comedy texts (Lyric poetry), Ὑμὴν ὦ Υμέναι᾽ ἄναζ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 314)]; Ὑμὴν ὦ Ὑμέναι᾽ Ὑμήν[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 331; Ὑμὴν Ὑμέναι᾽ ὦ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1335; Ὑμὴν ὦ, Ὑμέναι᾽ ὦ [prev. author] “Av.” 1736, 1742)]; Doric dialect Ὑμὰν ὦ Ὑμέναιε [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 18.58)]; hence the two are used as one word, ὑμὴν ὑμέναιον ἀείδων [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 1.341.)]
(Ὑμήν) the wedding or bridal song, sung by the bride's attendants as they led her to the bridegroom's house, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.493, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 274, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 707 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1036 (Lyric poetry, assuming variant): _plural_, παμφώνων ἰαχὰ ὑμεναίων 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.17, cf. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 922 (_anapaest meter_))], etc.: Aeolic dialect ὐμήνᾰος [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 91, “epigram Gr.” 418.7 (from Cyrene))]: a form ὑμήναιος in [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Aetia” 3.1.43.)]
2 wedding, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 422, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1475 (Lyric poetry): _plural_, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 813 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 123 (Lyric poetry), 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.68K.)]
II ={Ὑμήν}, Hymen, the god of marriage, addressed in wedding-songs, frequently in Trag. and Comedy texts (Lyric poetry), Ὑμὴν ὦ Υμέναι᾽ ἄναζ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 314)]; Ὑμὴν ὦ Ὑμέναι᾽ Ὑμήν[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 331; Ὑμὴν Ὑμέναι᾽ ὦ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1335; Ὑμὴν ὦ, Ὑμέναι᾽ ὦ [prev. author] “Av.” 1736, 1742)]; Doric dialect Ὑμὰν ὦ Ὑμέναιε [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 18.58)]; hence the two are used as one word, ὑμὴν ὑμέναιον ἀείδων [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 1.341.)]