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Philemon

Phi le mon 1 |fəˈlēmən, fī -fəˈlimən |Greek Mythology a good, old countryman living with his wife Baucis in Phrygia who offered hospitality to Zeus and Hermes when the two gods came to earth, without revealing their identities, to test people's piety. Philemon and Baucis were subsequently saved from a flood that covered the district.

 

Philemon

Phi le mon 2 |fəˈlēmən fəˈlimən | a book of the New Testament, an epistle of St. Paul to a well-to-do Christian living probably at Colossae in Phrygia.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Philemon

Philemon 1 |fɪˈliːmən |Greek Mythology a good old countryman living with his wife Baucis in Phrygia who offered hospitality to Zeus and Hermes when the two gods came to earth, without revealing their identities, to test people's piety. Philemon and Baucis were subsequently saved from a flood which covered the district.

 

Philemon

Phi le mon 2 |fəˈlēmən fəˈlimən | a book of the New Testament, an epistle of St. Paul to a well-to-do Christian living probably at Colossae in Phrygia.

 

Philemon, Epistle to

Philemon, Epistle to a book of the New Testament, an epistle of St Paul to a well-to-do Christian living probably at Colossae in Phrygia.

 

Duden Dictionary

Philemon

Phi le mon Eigenname |Phil e mon |phrygische Sagengestalt; Gatte der Baucis

 

Philemon und Baucis

Phi le mon und Bau cis |Phil e mon und B au cis |antikes Vorbild ehelicher Liebe und Treue sowie selbstloser Gastfreundschaft

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

Philemon

Phi le mon /fɪlíːmən |-mɔn /名詞 聖書 ピレモン書 (⦅略 ⦆Phil. , Philem.).