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Philemon   /fəlˈeɪmən/   Listen
Philemon

noun
1.
(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.
2.
(New Testament) a Christian (probably living in Colossae) whose slave escaped and went to see Saint Paul.
3.
A New Testament book containing an epistle from Saint Paul to Philemon asking Philemon to forgive the slave for escaping.  Synonyms: Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Philemon, Epistle to Philemon.





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"Philemon" Quotes from Famous Books



... not a soul would let them in. Our wandering saints, in woful state, Treated at this ungodly rate, Having through all the village passed, To a small cottage came at last, Where dwelt a good old honest yeoman, Called in the neighbourhood Philemon; Who kindly did these saints invite In his poor hut to pass the night; And then the hospitable sire Bid Goody Baucis mend the fire; While he from out the chimney took A flitch of bacon off the hook, And freely from the fattest side Cut out large slices to be fried; Then stepped aside to fetch ...
— Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Complete • George Gilfillan
... in 62 or early in 63 A.D., this Letter was written, together with the companion Letters to the Colossians and Philemon. ...
— Weymouth New Testament in Modern Speech, Preface and Introductions - Third Edition 1913 • R F Weymouth
... "Come, lift your spur if you want to fight."(13) The runaway slave, whom you brand, is only a spotted francolin with us.(14) Are you Phrygian like Spintharus?(15) Among us you would be the Phrygian bird, the goldfinch, of the race of Philemon.(16) Are you a slave and a Carian like Execestides? Among us you can create yourself fore-fathers;(17) you can always find relations. Does the son of Pisias want to betray the gates of the city to the foe? Let him become a partridge, ...
— The Birds • Aristophanes


Words linked to "Philemon" :   epistle, Greek mythology, countryman, New Testament, ruralist, Colossian


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