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Hymenaeus

Holman Bible Dictionary

(hi' meh nee' uhss) Personal name of the Greek god of marriage. Name of a fellow worker of Paul whose faith weakened and whose life-style changed, leading Paul to deliver him to Satan (1 Timothy 1:20 ). That probably means Paul led the church to dismiss Hymenaeus from the membership to purify the church, remove further temptation from the church, and to lead Hymenaeus to restored faith, repentance, and renewed church membership. Along with Philetus, Hymenaeus taught that the resurrection had already occurred (2 Timothy 2:17-18 ). See Gnosticism . Compare 1 Corinthians 5:1 .