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• ܕ݁ܺܝܳܘܛܪܶܦ݂ܺܝܣ
• Διοτρέφης

Diot´rephes (Jove-nourished), a person who seems to have been one of the false teachers condemned by St. John in his third epistle. He appears to have been a presbyter or deacon—probably the former. He refused to receive the letter sent by John, thereby declining to submit to his directions or acknowledge his authority ().