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philemon
/fəˈleɪmən/
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What does philemon mean?
proper noun
- The eighteenth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the epistle of Saint Paul to a fellow Christian called Philemon.
- A male given name from Ancient Greek.
- A surname transferred from the given name.
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/fəˈleɪmən/
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Very similar to the accounts of the saving of Philemon and Baucis are those of the saving of Lot and his family.
He loved Paul of Tarsus, liked St John, hated St James as much as he dared, and regarded with mixed feelings Timothy, Titus, and Philemon.
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And yet at the same time Naevius and Plautus, the first Latin comedians, had filled the city with all the borrowed scenes of Menander and Philemon.
Among the most familiar stories are those of Adonis, Crocus, Phyllis, Narcissus, Leucothea, Hyacinthus, Syrinx, Clytie, Daphne, Orchis, Lotis, Philemon and Baucis, Atys, etc. All over the world we find myths of like import.